After years of building WordPress websites, we’ve learned how important it is to have a local WordPress setup on your computer.
Having WordPress on your personal machine lets you experiment with new features without risking your live site, dive deep into WordPress development, and even build entire websites before they go live. It’s like having a private sandbox for all your WordPress projects.
If you’re a Windows user, there are numerous ways to set up WordPress locally. But we’ve narrowed it down to the two easiest methods. In this guide, we will show you how to easily install WordPress on a Windows computer, no matter which version you’re using.
Why You Should Install WordPress on Windows?
If you’re a Windows user, then installing WordPress locally on your computer offers several benefits.
A local WordPress installation creates a testing environment that doesn’t affect your live website. This setup, often called a local server or localhost, is your personal playground for WordPress.
WordPress developers regularly use local installations for their work. For instance, they may use it to experiment with new plugins or themes or test the site before updating to the Gutenberg block editor.
But it’s not just for the pros. If you’re new to WordPress, a local setup is perfect for learning. You can explore features, test themes and plugins, and experiment freely without worrying about breaking a live site.
It’s important to note that when you install WordPress locally on Windows, only you can see the site. If you want to create a public website, then you’ll need a domain name and web hosting.
Now, technically, you can install WordPress on Windows using XAMPP, and we’ve written a tutorial on it before.
That being said, we’ve found 2 even simpler ways than XAMPP for setting up a local WordPress environment, making them great for beginners or users who need to create a local site quickly. You can click the link below to jump ahead to any method you’re interested in:
Method 1: Install WordPress on Windows Using Studio (Quick and Simple)
For the first method, we will use Studio. It’s a local WordPress software made by Automattic, the company that manages and runs WordPress.com, which is a website builder based on the WordPress software.
We will talk about this method first because it’s much quicker and simpler to follow, making it perfect for complete beginners.
First, you need to open the Studio by WordPress.com website. Then, click on the ‘Download for Windows’ button.
Once you’ve done that, just open the downloaded file to start the installation.
A popup window will now appear, showing you that the application is being installed.
With that done, you can add your first site.
To do this, just enter your new local WordPress site name and click ‘Add site.’ You can name the site however you like so long as it helps you easily identify it.
You should now see your local WordPress site dashboard.
To access your WordPress dashboard and edit your website, just click the ‘Start’ button at the top right corner. This will make your local website accessible to you on your computer.
Once the ‘Start’ button changes to ‘Running,’ you can click on the ‘WP Admin’ link at the top left side of the page.
This will bring you to your local WordPress admin page.
And that’s pretty much it for the setup. Let’s explore the other settings that may be necessary as you build your local website.
As you can see in the ‘Overview’ tab, you can immediately access the WordPress full-site editor menu right from the Studio dashboard. You can also click ‘File explorer’ to open your WordPress website’s folders and files and click on ‘Terminal’ to manage your website using WP-CLI.
If you switch to the ‘Share’ tab, you can log in to your WordPress.com account, clone your local website, and upload it to WordPress.com’s servers. This will temporarily make the cloned site online, which is useful for sharing demo sites with your clients or team members.
At times, you may want to log in to your local website directly through your browser instead of using Studio. In that case, you need to know your wp-admin credentials.
To find them, you can switch to the ‘Settings’ tab and find your WordPress admin username, password, and login URL there.
Another neat feature of Studio is its built-in AI chatbot, which you can communicate with by clicking on the ‘Assistant’ button.
Here, you can ask Studio for help with tasks like updating all your plugins at once, updating your core WordPress version, or creating code for a custom block.
When you’re done working on your local site, just hover over the ‘Running’ button at the top right corner until it says ‘Stop.’
Then, click on the button to stop the website.
One downside of Studio is you cannot configure the WordPress environment to your liking. This means you need to use the PHP version, web server, and database that have been pre-selected for you.
This can be a drawback if you need to test your website or plugin with specific server configurations.
If you require more control over your local WordPress environment or need to match your local setup with a specific live server configuration, then you can check out the next method using Local WP.
Method 2: Install WordPress on Windows Using Local WP (More Customizable)
First, you need to download and install the Local WP software on your Windows computer. Simply go to the Local WP website and click the ‘Download for Free’ button.
After that, a popup window will appear where you’ll need to select your platform. Go ahead and choose ‘Windows’ from the dropdown menu.
Next, you can enter your details like first and last name, work email address, and phone number to download the software.
Upon entering the details, simply click the ‘Get it Now’ button.
After that, the software will be automatically downloaded into your computer. Otherwise, you can click on the ‘click here’ link to start the download.
Once the file is downloaded, go ahead and launch the setup wizard.
Now, you’ll need to select whether you’d like to install the software for all users or only for you.
Once you’ve selected an option, click the ‘Next’ button.
In the next step, you can select the ‘Destination Folder’ where the software will be installed.
Simply click the ‘Browse’ button to set the path and then click the ‘Install’ button.
The Local WP software will now install on your Windows computer.
Once it’s done, you can check the ‘Run Local’ checkbox and click the ‘Finish’ button in the setup wizard.
The software will now launch on your Windows device.
The next step is to add a new local website. To do that, simply click the plus ‘+’ button at the bottom.
After that, you can create a site in the Local software.
Select the ‘Create a new site’ option and click the ‘Continue’ button. There are also options to create the site from a blueprint or an existing website file, but we’ll go with the first option for the sake of demonstration.
Next, you can enter a name for your local website, like ‘My WordPress Website.’
There are also advanced options where you can enter the local site domain and local site path. By default, the domain will use your website title but separated with dashes.
Once you’re done, simply click the ‘Continue’ button.
After that, you will need to choose an environment for your local website.
You can use the ‘Preferred’ environment where the software will automatically select the PHP version, web server, and MySQL version. On the other hand, you can also select ‘Custom’ and enter the environment details.
Local WP offers the latest PHP versions. As for the web server, you can choose between Nginx or Apache. You can also select between MySQL or MariaDB for the databases.
Do note that some PHP, web server, and database versions require downloading some dependencies for them to work properly.
Next, you can enter a WordPress username and password for your local website. Plus, there’s also an option to choose a WordPress email address where you’ll receive all the email notifications.
Other than that, there is an advanced option where the software will ask whether you have a WordPress multisite network. If not, just click ‘No.’
After entering these details, simply click the ‘Add Site’ button.
The software will now install WordPress and set up your website.
To launch the local website, go ahead and click on the ‘Start site’ button at the top right corner.
Next, click on the ‘WP Admin’ button, and you’ll see the WordPress admin login page.
Simply enter the username and password you entered earlier when setting up the local website, and then click the ‘Log In’ button.
You can now edit your local website on your Windows computer.
When you’re done, don’t forget to stop the website from the Local WP software by clicking the ‘Stop site’ button.
Pro Tip: If you want to skip the login process, you can enable a one-click admin login in Local WP.
To do this, just go back to the Local WP dashboard and toggle the ‘One-click admin’ button until it says ‘On.’ Then, in the dropdown menu, select the admin user that can use this one-click login feature.
Alternative: Use WordPress Playground to Test Themes, Plugins, and More
WordPress Playground is an innovative tool that lets you experiment with WordPress directly in your web browser. It’s a virtual sandbox where you can try new WordPress themes, plugins, and features without affecting any real website.
WordPress Playground differs from a local WordPress environment in several key ways.
First, it doesn’t require installation on your computer and resets after each use, unlike permanent local setups. You can access it from any device with a browser, while local installations are tied to one computer.
While WordPress Playground is ideal for quick tests and learning, a local WordPress environment on your Windows computer offers more flexibility for long-term development projects.
For a detailed walkthrough, check out our guide on how to use WordPress Playground in your browser.
I’ve Installed WordPress on My Windows Computer, What Now?
Now that you have WordPress on your computer, here are some things you can do:
- Learn basic WordPress tips and tricks to use your site better.
- Try different WordPress themes to see how your site can look.
- Install and test must-have WordPress plugins to add new features to your site.
- Learn how to fix common WordPress errors on your own.
- Try different drag-and-drop page builders to make your site look nice.
- Learn how to reset the WordPress admin password on localhost to recover access to your site.
- Set up automated workflows to make managing your site easier.
- Learn about WordPress security to keep your site safe from hackers.
- Move your local WordPress site to a live server when you’re ready to share it with everyone.
We hope this article helped you learn how to install WordPress locally on a Windows computer. You may also want to see our article on how to install WordPress locally on a Mac computer and our ultimate guide to creating a WordPress staging site.
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Bidyut Kumar Mondal
Thanks a lot for such a wonderful post.
Ali
Just to say Thank you very much.
sreenu
thank you…thank you soooooooooooo much ..
Nissim
Thank you so much. this was sterling
adriana
OMG i made it through. lol. thank you for your time writing this, it helped me through the panic stage lol
mahendra
Who help of peoples, They are God
Kenneth Ekeh
Help please! I have followed the article and installed wamp, created the wp database but culd not be able to run complete configuration of wp. Its telling me “can’t select database”. Try Again. Please help me to fix this. Thanks.
WPBeginner Support
During the installation when it asks for your database details, please make sure that you are entering the same name for the database which you used when creating database in phpmyadmin. For username, use root and leave password blank.
Admin
Tom
Upon opening mysql workbench, choose your connection, then write the code without quotes “create database nameofyourdatabase;” this will be the name of your database and what you will use in the wordpress setup when it asks for the name of your 1)database(use nameofyourdatabase) 2)username 3)password 4)database host(im using “localhost”)
Hope this helps.
Tammi L. Coles
Just a quick note of thanks for this very simple-to-follow tutorial. It worked like a charm (including the Apache rewrite for permalinks follow-up).
ogunmakinwa dayohanks.
Your tutorials as been good for me so far, but please which stable wordpress can i download? can i download the latest version? i am just thinking that some plugins might not be available for the latest version.. so for now which version do you recommend for me? thanks
WPBeginner Support
We always recommend using the latest stable version of WordPress.
Admin
Mohamed Ishag
Hi there,
Would you please answer the question posted on 12/11/13 I still need help
as I am unable to run the WAMP Server on Windos 8. Please read question posted on 12/11/13.
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Mohamed
Orestes
I was able to install WP, but I’d like to know how to manage different web logs within my local server. Thank you for the instructions and tutorials here.
WPBeginner Support
you can install different weblogs (blogs or websites) on the same server by installing wordpress in different sub-directories inside your
/wamp/wwwfolder. For example:C:\wamp\www\site-1 will open in http://localhost/site-1
C:\wamp\www\site-2 will open in http://localhost/site-2
Admin
GinoDC
After entering details for Site Title, Username, Password and Email I press Install WordPress and my computer hangs. Please help.
WPBeginner Support
This could happen for a number of reasons. Try to uninstall wampserver and then download and reinstall again. If the problem presists, then you can try XAMPP.
Admin
Mohamed Ishag
Hello,
I have installed WAMP on Windows 8 but I am having a problem creating a data base due to the following error (You don’t have permission to access /phpmyadmin/ on this server). I have edited the htpd.conf file as follows
Open file httpd.conf through wamp tray icon
Find:
# onlineoffline tag – don’t remove
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.1
Change to:
# onlineoffline tag – don’t remove
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from all
Then saved but still get the same error, why!? Norton 360 is installed on the PC
and no other conflicting apps. I need some help to fix this issue. Any ideas? Thank you in advance.
Best Regards,
Mohamed
Mohamed Ishag
Dear Syed and the team,
Thank you very much for this site. I am new to Wordpress and found your tutorials and explanation very good and straight forward. I feel that you are a busy man but still have time to dedicate this site to new WP beginners. God bless your parents.
Salam,
Mohamed
adam
Hello,
I have installed everything and am finally at my wordpress dashboard on my localhost machine. everytime i click on visit my site to view what I have changed the page simple directs to the WAMP server configuration screen that shows apache version, php version, loaded extensions, etc… It seems that something simple needs to be changed but I dont know…Can anyone please help? Thanks in advance…
WPBeginner Support
You have probably installed WordPress in www directory. You need to install it in a subdirectory like www/testsite1/
Admin
Nuno
Hey i have the same problem, so if i just copy all the files to a subdirectory it will work or do i have to reinstall it all over? Thanks.
Matthew
Thank you, than you, thank you. I am a technophobe and your clear instructions helped me all the way.
Arthur
Hi,
After installing WAMP in accordance with your instructions, I could not open phpmyadmin; explorer kept waiting for localhost. I’m not a pc techie so I desperately need instructions how to proceed furter in the same easy way as your manual above. I have a 64 bit W7 machine, and installed the 64 bit version of WAMP first, but since that did not work as described , I installed the 32 bit, but with the same result. Thanks for your help in advance ! (No Skype, port 80 OK, as far as I can see)
WPBeginner Support
Try restarting all services make sure that WAMPServer icon is green also make sure that Skype is not running in the background. Also look at this support thread for more possible solutions.
Admin
Arthur
Thanks a lot: I followed your recommended thread and I removed a double line in the Host file (‘127.0.0.1 Localhost’) that seemed too much and now I can get to a log-in page of phpMyAdmin, which is great, but I have not yet even entered an ID and password during initial installation of WAMP. Did I miss something ?
Thanks for your patience again…
WPBeginner Support
To log in to phpMyAdmin, enter username root and leave password blank.
Trudy Ritsema
Can I run more than 1 test site on WAMP? and any ideas of how I would go about this please?
I already I have localhost site running – and I don’t want to get rid of that yet as I am still developing it…
Thanks in advance.
WPBeginner Support
in your www directory create new directories for each website. That way you can run multiple sites on localhost.
Admin
viki
i can’t create new database, bcause it is showing ” * No Privileges” in red colour letters. please help me
WPBeginner Support
you are probably entering wrong credentials to connect to your mysql database.
Admin
nick mav
you should login using the following credentials:
username: root
password: [empty] –> that is, no password
Shawn Morrissey
Thanks Nick,
I had the same issue and couldn’t find this out anywhere I had looked previously…
SanketP
Hi. I am a new-bee to this world of eb designing. Wanted Joomla but that didnot go thru too well. WP instal was as good for me. Thank you. XOXOXO.
Everett
Hello. I want to be able to develop my wordpress site locally and not have to be connected to the web when I make changes and do save or update inside wordpress. Before I go through all the installation of WAMP and WP locally, can anyone tell me if I will have to have internet access to make updates to a wordpress running locally in WAMP? Sure I realize if I wanted a new Theme or Plugin, I would have to be online, but if I am just making adjustments to text and adding pictures that are already on my laptop, etc. will I have to have internet access to do so? I ask because I do a lot of travel where I am on an airplane and could be working on a new version of a website if I don’t have to be online. Also, I can’t afford a wireless account for my laptop, so I only have internet when I am at home with my own wifi or when I am somewhere that has a free wifi. Thanks.
WPBeginner Support
no you do not need an internet connection to work locally on your website.
Admin
Ian
I followed the instructions to the letter, installed WAMP and the required SP1 Visual C++ on a brand new laptop running Windows 8 64bit. The installation refuses to launch, brings up a screen asking if I’m sure I want to let this programme make changes to the computer, then does nothing when ‘Yes’ is clicked. What is going wrong?
WPBeginner Support
Does the wampserver icon appear in your windows taskbar? If it does, then you need to click it and launch wampserver.
Admin
Brynn
Please help. I installed WAMP but when I went to open phphMyAdmin, nothing happens. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but still getting the same problem. I’m not even getting any sort of popup block notification in my browser. Just nothing.
I wonder if this might have something to do with the WARNING window that popped up on the WAMP website before I downloaded it… It said something in French, and then something about needing to install C++ which I know nothing about, and which was not mentioned in this tutorial.
Do I need to install C++ and if so, do I need to learn how to use the programming language before I can finish this tutorial on installing Wordpress? I am a designer, not a programmer, so I hope to god I don’t need to stop everything and go learn C++ before I can do a simple Wordpress install.
WPBeginner Support
Brynn you can always check whether or not Microsoft Visual C++ is installed on your computer from Control Panel -> Programs and Features. Do you see wampserver page when you visit http://localhost? If you do, then you have already successfully installed WAMP.
John Victor
Can I hug you now or later?
Anudeep
Awesome tutorial
guru
I install wordpress to my localhost. But i dont know to use it to develop a site. I’m new to wordpress. Please anyone help me.
WPBeginner Support
Take a look at our beginner’s guide section. For theme development you may want to take a look at our WordPress theme cheat sheet for beginners.
Admin
Scott Cho
Got WAMP installed, but when I try to create a new databse by clicking on the phpMyAdmin button in WAMP the chrome browser window that opens up says:
Forbidden
You don’t have permission to access /phpmyadmin/ on this server.
Can anyone point me in the right direction as to what this is and how to fix it? I don’t know if this makes a difference but I have it installed on my secondary hard drive, not my C drive (the c drive just has my operating system).
Asad Riaz
Here is how you edit the htpd.conf file
Open file httpd.conf through wamp tray icon
Find:
# onlineoffline tag – don’t remove
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.1
Change to:
# onlineoffline tag – don’t remove
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from all
Plus resolution to some other conflicts
Make sure no other program conflict wamp such as Xampp, phpEasy, IIS, Skype, Zonealarm, firewall/antivirus, NOD32, Eset, any web and/or Remote Desktop related program, such as Teamviewer …
IIS and Apache/Wamp are both web server and might conflict in some way, so you have to disable IIS in order for Wamp to work
Disable IIS in Vista/W7:
Control Panel, Uninstall Programs, Turn Widows Features On or Off, uncheck Internet Information Services
Disable IIS in XP:
Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components, uncheck Internet Information Services (IIS)
Restart computer, then restart Wamp
Also, in folder C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\etc, open file hosts and delete anything in this file and have only this line below and nothing else
127.0.0.1 localhost
If using Skype, go to Tools->Options->Advanced->Connection and uncheck the box “Use 80 and 443 as alternatives for incoming connections”. Restart Skype after WAMP. Now you will be able to use both programs at the same time w/o problems.
I hope it helps, found it on net
Asad Riaz
Howdy,
Well i have managed to install it using the article. Some info was missing in this article like
1. Once you click on phpMyAdmin, it asks for login details, so here they are:
username: root
pass: (leave it blank)
2. WAMP sometimes gets offline and it wont open the phpMyAdmin page, so you guys need to edit the htpd.conf file in C:wamp/bin/apache4.2/conf/htpd
Lets see now how much it helps me.
I m here for all the support that i can extend.
Thanks to the author of this page.
Cesar M.
thanks for the user info I was getting crazy, but I finally got in to phpmyadmin
Colin Teasdale
Hiya,
Problem solved – I had needed to install the Visual C# redistributable, and did that after installing Winamp. Uninstalled Winamp, rebooted and then re-installed – everything fine. That’ll be user error then ! ! !
Colin T.
Scott Cho
I’m getting the same error you just described below, where is this redistributable you speak of?
Colin Teasdale
Hi guys,
I’ve just downloaded and installed WAMP and have got to the “set up a database” stage. When I select ‘phpMyAdmin’ I get a ‘Firefox Problem Loading Page’ page with “Unable to connect – Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at localhost”.
I’ve tried the fix suggested by Imran on June 17th, but this doesn’t seem to have fixed resolved the problem.
Any thoughts on how I fix this, please??
Peter
Hi Editorial Staff,
Do you have a tutorial that is the reverse process also using WAMP? I have a functioning website that I would like to duplicate on my home computer for experimenting and learning css, and php programming without risking my functional website.
Thanks.
EL
That is exactly what I need!
Denzil
Hi, a very useful article, thanks. Is it easy to migrate a test WP site on WAMP to a hosted site elsewhere? Do you have a tutorial article to help?
Thanks
Editorial Staff
Yes, it is fairly easy to do that. Tutorial will be coming tomorrow
Admin
Denzil
Great! How timely! Thanks guys, looking forward to it.
Kate BP
Absolutely cracking article – really helpful, thanks so much!
akash
After clicking on phpmyadmin,,,,,,,
i am getting redirected to directly php my admin webpage and not the database entry option which is shown above.
thereafter the details are not matching afterwards in database,username and password.please give me its solution as soon as psbl.
Amitoj Gautam
User Name: Root
Password: None (Leave this space empty)
Click on the Go button. You will be directed to the page you are looking for.
Dana
Hi! Once I’ve created a site on my WAMP server, could I then transfer it to an existing domain name? I’m trying to create a new site without shutting down the old one. Once the new one is finished, I would want to replace the old one, but use the same domain name. Thank you!
Editorial Staff
Yes you can do that. We have updated the article to add a link to the tutorial.
Admin
vahid
Thank you so much
chris martin
Hi, I am having trouble with links not working. Could you help me or give me some direction on how to fix that? On my site “chrisjamesmedia.com” click menu, then “blog” and i get “not found”. This also happens with links as well.
Also, do you have a tutorial on how to host multiple domains from this as well, or point me in the right direction.? I have looked up several things about virtual domain, localhost, and everytime I find something they want me to edit httpd conf, but what they have doesnt match mine.
Thank you so much!!!!
Tamsin
Hi,
Great article, very clearly explained.
Would you be able to tell me the best way to add a second Wordpress site to Wamp? I have read a lot of conflicting information and would rather not make a massive mess of things!
Editorial Staff
Create a new folder inside your www folder, then repeat this process.
Admin
Tom Smith
Hi,
Thank you for providing this excellent tutorial! It’s going to be great to get use to using WP onn my PC before I install it on my host server and create my website.
I followed your instructions and installed WAMP and then Wordpress and got all the screens you showed here… and with the tweaking you suggested, I was finally able to open WP – saw the Dashboard, etc. Then I closed it.
But now I can’t seem to open WP. I open WAMP and click on Localhost – and it just sits “waiting for response from localhost” – does not open anything. I’ve tried http://localhost/my database name – it will not open – I get “HTTP 500 Internal Server Error”. Just in case, I also followed your instructions on SKYPE and unchecked that Port 80 box.
What am I missing?
Editorial Staff
Did you shut down your computer? You have to launch WAMP Server every time you restart your computer.
Admin
Imran
When i try to Setting Up a Database for WordPress, it was saying like this : Forbidden
You don’t have permission to access /phpmyadmin/ on this server. what is the reason ? can you please guide me. thank you in advance….
Editorial Staff
That’s weird. Since you are the admin of your Wamp install, then you shouldn’t get this error.
Admin
Imran
Finally i got the solution…
I think it will be useful for others.
for phpmyadmin
Goto c : wamp/alias/phpmyadmin.conf file, open with notepad.
find
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride all
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.1
replace with
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride all
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from all
thats it…
Imran
Thank you very much EDITORIAL STAFF, this is a nice post and very usefull.
Melanie
I had this same problem with the phpmyadmin and I found and made the changes cited here to the alias file, then restarted WAMP and I was able to create my database. However, now I’m getting the same Forbidden message when I try to install Wordpress on my localhost, exact text below:
Forbidden
You don’t have permission to access / on this server.
I can get to the WP install screen from 127.0.0.1, but not localhost. I’m running Windows 8. Any ideas on how to get this to install? Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to give me.
Akshay
Hi.
I wanted to use this method to test out plugins before installing then on my live site. So in your tutorial, instead of copying in clean WordPress files, I copied in a full backup of my site made using BackupBuddy.
However from this point on I’m not sure what to modify in order for my site to function correctly offline. I edited my wp-config file to the new database details, and imported my database from my online phpmyadmin to the WAMP one. However it seems like there’s something I’m missing, as when I try to access localhost/site/wp-admin I am redirected to my online login page.
Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks very much for your help.
Akshay
Brandi
I’m in the same boat – did you ever find a solutions?
Christophe R.
Another (lazy) point for XAMPP : I know there are some differences in the config files, but I use both linux (at home) and Windows (Seven and 8) at work, so I appreciate having the same interface for I only have to learn once.
Andre
Great article and easy instructions for those who want to venture into WAMPP….however, for myself, I still prefer XAMPP and do run it on it’s own on a second drive without the installable version. Updating is a breeze, although I rarely need to.
I’ve used XAMPP for many years now for both WordPress and Joomla theme development, as well for a testing server. Never had issues and I do find it quite easy to use. I used to use the full version but I found that the Lite version works extremely well.
I noticed someone said AMPPS, but I’ve never tried that…perhaps in my spare time I will try it out.
Nicholas
Its click and install that’s how easy it is and just open to localhost/ampps i use it for all my scripts that this includes as downloads and install on the service. no worries on xamp and wamp that i found to limited in some ways.
Adrian
Thanks alot it was really helpful
Thomas
Hi everyone,
I’m a very beginner with WordPress and I have created a site with it and WAMP on my computer.
Now I want to put it online, but I don’t know how to do it.
Where does a tutorial exist for that?
The thing is that I want to replace the current site, which is hosted somewhere else, and so keeping the domain name.
Does anyone know where I can find this kind of information?
Thanks a lot!
Nicholas
WAMP in the older days was great! Now there is a far more better and less embarrassing way when it comes to configuring things with WAMP. WAMP is in the past and gone for me. I use AMPPS far more better no configurations, just install and a few dips of changes in the options section that’s it. Open your browser go to your localhost and install any cms or other scripting lang within your browser using ampps. You’ll be amazed! No more downloading then extracting in www folder and then reconfiguring. Wordpress is just a click and install on ampps. No hassle! Shouldn’t you guys write something about AMPPS? This is a lot more better than WAMP! WAMP lags a lot of things like cgi and stuff those are extras, but on ampps everything is included. Ever since ampps I never looked back to wamp! Sorry!
Editorial Staff
Have been using WAMP for so long that didn’t even bother with another option. AMPPS sure looks good. Good to see that it is made by the folks from Softaculous. Will have to give it a try.
Thanks for the suggestion Nicholas.
Admin
Zimbrul
Why do you say you prefer WAMP over XAMPP?
Alexander Gounder
WAMP is much simpler and easier to use compared to XAMPP.
Editorial Staff
Would second that. WAMP is easier to use. Several years ago when we used XAMPP the upgrade process was complicated and it was buggy. We switched over to WAMP and it was awesome.
Admin
Parth S.
Hi, Thank you very much for this. It’s very informative and easy to follow. However I’d suggest you mention the skype thing a lil early around the localhost point, because, there ppl start to worry when they see a blank screen with skype on in their PC.
Great post though. Keep it up.
Mladen
Just to mention, that Team Viewer also causes problems with WAMP.
Christophe R.
I actually do prefer XAMPP and DTX-Control for I can overcome security policy : Installation without administration rights (zip file pour the web server) and full access to blocked ports (80, 443, 3306).