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Configure Wordpress manually with xampp

We all know that Wordpress is a free and open source Content Management System (CMS), based on PHP and MySQL. It is the most easiest tool to create a Blog or a Website. 
Today, I am going to show you how to manually configure your wordpress with xampp web server. Before we begin, make sure that xampp web server should be install on your Windows OS.

1. Goto https://wordpress.org/download/ and click on download button to download latest version of wordpress.

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2. Once downloaded, extract wordpress.
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3. Place the wordpress folder to htdocs folder of xampp.
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4. Click on START (Windows Logo) and then click to start xampp control panel.
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5. Start Apache and MySQL services and then, click on Admin button. If you got an error that Apache won't start, then please check my post Fix Apache error in xampp.
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6. On phpMyAdmin window, click on Database and then type database name of your choice. And then, click on Create.
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7. Now, open a new web browser tab and type localhost/wordpress. It will open wb-admin config window. Click on Continue button below to goto the next page.
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8. Please read info on this page and click on Let's go!
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9. Type Database Name, Username and Password database connection detail and click on Submit. Please take a note of this info in a diary for future reference.

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10. Click Run the install button to continue.
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11. Please type Site Title (The Title of your local website/ blog name), Username, Password and Your Email info and then click on Install Wordpress button.
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12. Type Username or Email Address and Password to login to your local Website/ Blog and click on Log in button.
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13. This is wp-admin Dashboard, where you can configure your wordpress settings. Click sitename on your website/ blog (above) to view.
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14. Here's how you see the skeleton of your Website/ Blog.
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