Installing and Running Wordpress using XAMPP

Few steps to install wordpress using XAMPP are as following:

Step 1: Create a database for wordpress without table. You will need database name, username, password, etc. later to setup and use wordpress.

Step 2: Download wordpress zip from its website - http://wordpress.org/download/.

Step 3: Extract zip and copy wordpress folder in your /xampp/htdocs folder.

Step 4: Rename file  wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php under wordpress folder.

Step 5: Edit this config file to enter database information. Following information will be needed to modify in config file –

• DB_NAME - your wordpress database name.
• DB_USER – database username.
• DB_PASSWORD – password for given database username.
• DB_HOST – address of the database, for local pc it will be localhost or 127.0.0.1 .

Step 6: From your browser go to wordpress (http://localhost/wordpress). It will ask you to give some information to setup wordpress. Give necessary information and submit. After configuring wordpress it will redirect you to a page showing success message and you are ready to use wordpress.

For installation details, you may visit wordpress official installation guide here - http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress