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Lab Session 16

This document provides instructions for installing and setting up WordPress locally, including downloading WordPress, creating a database, running the setup wizard to configure the database connection, and customizing the site. The objective is for students to install WordPress and customize a website to easily manage web content. Key steps involve extracting WordPress files, navigating to the installer, entering database details, and configuring administrative information to complete the installation.

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Lab Session 16

This document provides instructions for installing and setting up WordPress locally, including downloading WordPress, creating a database, running the setup wizard to configure the database connection, and customizing the site. The objective is for students to install WordPress and customize a website to easily manage web content. Key steps involve extracting WordPress files, navigating to the installer, entering database details, and configuring administrative information to complete the installation.

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LAB SESSION 16: WORDPRESS

Objective
On completion of this lab, students will be able:

 To install and setup WordPress.


 To customize website and manage web content easily.

Introduction to WordPress
A WordPress website is any website that uses WordPress as its content management system (CMS).
WordPress powers both the backend of the website (the interface where a user logs in to make
changes or add new content) and the frontend (the visible part of the website that your visitors see on
the web).

System Requirements for WordPress


 Database: MySQL 5.0+ Web Server: WAMP (Windows)

 LAMP (Linux) o XAMP (Multi-platform) MAMP (Macintosh)

 Operating System: Cross-platform Browser Support: IE (Internet Explorer 8+), Firefox,


Google chrome, Safari

 Opera PHP Compatibility: PHP 5.2+

Download WordPress
When you open the link https://wordpress.org/download/, you will get to see a screen as the following
snapshot:

Download the WordPress zip file from the official site.

Create Store Database


WordPress requires MySQL database. So create a new empty database with user/password (for
example, user as "root" and password as "root" or else you can set as per your convenience).

Then, you can continue with the installation process as discussed further.

Set Up Wizard

It's very easy to set up WordPress into your system. The following steps describe how to set up
WordPress locally on your system.

Step (1): Extract the downloaded WordPress folder and upload it into your web server or localhost.

Step (2): Open your browser and navigate to your WordPress file path, then you will get the first screen
of the WordPress installer as shown in the following screen. In our case, the path is localhost/<
Your_WordPress_folder >.
Select your language for the WordPress and click on Continue.

Step (3): In this step, you can view the information needed for the database before proceeding with
WordPress installation.

Step (4): Here, you have to enter the information about the MySQL database as described below.

 Database Name: Enter the database name which you have created in MySQL database for
WordPress.
 Username: Enter the user name of your MySQL database.
 Password: Enter the password which you had set for MySQL database.
 Database Host: Write the host name, by default it will be localhost.

Table Prefix: It is used to add prefix in the database tables which helps to run multiple sites on the same
database. It takes the default value.

After filling all information, click on Submit button.

Step (5): WordPress checks the database setting and gives you the confirmation screen. Click on Run the
install

Step (6): Enter administrative information. It contains the following fields:

 Site Title: Enter the name of the site which you are going to create in WordPress.
 Username: Enter the username as per your choice while logging in the WordPress.
 Password twice: Enter password two times to protect your site.
 Your E-mail: Enter your e-mail address which helps to recover the password or any update.
Privacy: It allows the search engine to index this site after checking the checkbox. After filling all
the information, click on the Install WordPress button.

Step (7): After installation being successful, you will get a screen of the stating success Click on Log In
button.

Step (8): After clicking on login, you will get a WordPress Admin Panel as depicted in the following
screen.

The WordPress Dashboard is a first screen which will be seen when you log into the administration area
of your blog which will display the overview of the website. It is a collection of gadgets that provide
information and provide an overview of what's happening with your blog. You can customize your needs
by using some quick links such as writing quick draft, replying to latest comment, etc.

Dashboard can be categorized as shown in the following snapshot. Each of these categories are discussed
in the following sections:

Dashboard Menu

The WordPress Dashboard provides navigation menu that contains some menu options such as posts,
media library, pages, comments, appearance options, plugins, users, tools and settings on the left side.
The writing settings controls the writing experience and provides options for customizing WordPress site.
These settings control the features in the adding and editing posts, Pages, and Post Types, as well as the
optional functions like Remote Publishing, Post via e-mail, and Update Services.

Lab Task

Using WordPress CMS, perform the given tasks:

 Install WordPress on our local machines.


 Customize WordPress themes and plugins.
 Create a simple website on WordPress.

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