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WordPress Installing WordPress Locally Installing WordPress Locally Setting up the Environment

Sandeep Singh
Sandeep Singh
3,582 Points
Posted by Sandeep Singh
Sandeep Singh
3,582 Points

problem in set up wordpress with mamp

HI , i have few problem with installation of wordpress with mamp. Currently , i am using windows 10. so the problem is , when i install wordpress in mamp/htdocs , it gives error that there is no .ini file in there. Than i installed it in main MAMP folder instead htdocs. Now it works but need MySql root password for further installation so i put the password from ini file of mysql which was "root" but did not work. Than i tried password from MAMP database i created before and paste it there but still same problem. And i couldn't understand from this video that how to copy that wordpress folder and where need to put in site folder.

so i am really confused what to do and where to install wordpress .

Thanks

2 Answers

teamz
teamz
44,723 Points
teamz
teamz
44,723 Points

There is an older course "How to Install WordPress on Your Computer" that will be retired on 11/30/2017. I found the set up for Windows really straight forward in that video.

pat barosy
pat barosy
6,759 Points
pat barosy
pat barosy
6,759 Points

XAMPP may have been an easier install since you're using Windows. I would go back and look at the videos where they discuss creating a sites / project folder. This would help with your confuaion about where & how to install WordPress.