How to install WordPress on Ubuntu

Overview

To install WordPress on Ubuntu, follow these steps:

• Update your Ubuntu system: Run the following commands in your terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

• Install Apache, MySQL, and PHP: Install the required packages by running:

sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php php-mysql libapache2-mod-php

• Create a MySQL database and user for WordPress: Log in to MySQL:

mysql -u root -p

Enter your root password, then run the following commands:

CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wordpressuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Replace password with a strong password of your choice.

• Download and extract WordPress: Run:

cd /var/www/html
sudo wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
sudo tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz
sudo mv wordpress/* .
sudo rmdir wordpress

Key steps and notes

• Set file permissions: Run:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/

• Create an Apache virtual host configuration:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/wordpress.conf

Add the following configuration:

<VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin admin@example.com DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ ServerName example.com ServerAlias www.example.com <Directory /var/www/html/> AllowOverride All </Directory> ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Replace example.com with your domain name or server IP address.

• Enable the virtual host and rewrite module:

sudo a2ensite wordpress.conf
sudo a2enmod rewrite

• Restart Apache:

sudo service apache2 restart

Final notes

• Complete the installation: Open your website in a browser and follow the WordPress setup instructions.

That’s it! You have successfully installed WordPress on Ubuntu.