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WordPress Installing WordPress Locally Installing WordPress Locally Setting up the Environment

l p
l p
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l p
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So we called the database 'localwp', does this has a reason or is it just an example and we can call it locally want?

So we called the database 'localwp', does this has a reason or is it just an example and we can call it locally want? Also do we need to give the same names in the user account?

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Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
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Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
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You can name your database anything you wish, same for username. Will need to remember those names, as well as some other info (password, host address, table prefix) when setting up wp-config a little later.

l p
l p
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l p
l p
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Thanks!