Step 1 : Download WordPress File
If you’ve ever manually installed WordPress, the rest of the process should feel pretty familiar. First, you need to go to wordpress.org and download the latest version of WordPress
Step 2 : Find The Main Folder
Then, in Windows, navigate to the folder where you installed XAMPP. For me, that’s C://xampp. It should be something similar for you. Then, in that folder, find the htdocs
Step 3 : Create a Folder For WordPress
In htdocs, create a new folder for your test site. This folder name will become the sub-name used to access your site. For example, if you make the folder WordPress, you’ll access your site by going to http://localhost/wordpress.
Step 4: Extract The Downloaded File
Once you create the folder, extract the WordPress .zip file you downloaded from wordpress.org into This New Folder.
Step 5: Create a database for WordPress
you need to create a MySQL database for your WordPress install. To do that, launch PHPMyAdmin from your XAMPP control panel.
Go to A Browser http://localhost/phpmyadminCreat a Database Name wpress
Step 6: Install WordPress locally via the on-screen installer
The only step where this process will differ from a normal install is the database details. When you get to the database details, enter them like this:
- Database Name = Name of the database you created in PHPMyAdmin
- Username = “root”
- Password = leave blank