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WordPress is a popular open-source content management system (CMS) that allows you to create and manage websites easily. In this guide, we will walk you through the installation of WordPress on Ubuntu 20.04.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following:
First, log in to your MySQL server with the command:
sudo mysql
Once you are logged in to MySQL, create a new database for your WordPress installation:
CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
Next, create a new user and grant it all privileges on the database you just created. Replace 'username' and 'password' with your desired values:
CREATE USER 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'username'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Exit MySQL by typing:
EXIT;
Change to your web server's document root directory:
cd /var/www/html
Download the latest version of WordPress:
sudo wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded file:
sudo tar -xf latest.tar.gz
Once the extraction is complete, copy the WordPress files to a new directory with a name of your choice. In this example, we will use 'mywordpress' as the directory name:
sudo cp -R wordpress mywordpress
Change ownership of the WordPress files to your web server user. For Apache, the user is typically 'www-data':
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data mywordpress
Now, rename the 'wp-config-sample.php' file to 'wp-config.php':
cd mywordpress
sudo mv wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php
Edit the 'wp-config.php' file:
sudo nano wp-config.php
Locate the section that contains the database information:
// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define( 'DB_NAME', 'database_name_here' );
/** MySQL database username */
define( 'DB_USER', 'username_here' );
/** MySQL database password */
define( 'DB_PASSWORD', 'password_here' );
Replace 'database_name_here', 'username_here', and 'password_here' with your database name, username, and password that you created in Step 1.
Save and close the file by pressing Ctrl+X, followed by Y and Enter.
Create a new Apache configuration file for your WordPress site:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/mywordpress.conf
Add the following content to the file:
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mywordpress
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
Replace '[email protected]', 'example.com', and 'www.example.com' with your desired email address, domain name, and www domain.
Save and close the file.
Enable the newly created virtual host:
sudo a2ensite mywordpress.conf
Reload Apache for the changes to take effect:
sudo systemctl reload apache2
Open your web browser and enter your domain name in the address bar. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the WordPress installation.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed WordPress on your Ubuntu 20.04 server. You can now start building your website using the powerful features of WordPress.
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