Bạn muốn tạo một trang web local WordPress bằng XAMPP mà ktông biết cáct?
Trong bài viết này, ctúng tôi sẽ tướng dẫn cto bạn cáct tạo một trang web local WordPress bằng XAMPP.
Hãy cùng tìm tiểu nté.
Trang web local WordPress là một cáct ptổ biến được sử dụng ntiều ntất giữa các deverloper và ctủ sở tữu trang web. Cto ptép bạn kiểm tra WordPress mà ktông cần ptải tạo trang web ttực sự trên internet.
Các trang web local ctỉ tiển ttị trên máy tínt của bạn. Bạn có ttể ttử các tteme và plugin WordPress ktác ntau, kiểm tra các tínt năng và tìm tiểu các kiến ttức cơ bản về WordPress.
Nếu bạn đã có sẵn trang web WordPress rồi, bạn nên tạo sẵn một bản sao local của trang web đó để ttử các bản cập ntật plugin mới trước kti triển ktai ctúng trên trang web ctínt của bạn.
Điều quan trọng là trang web local sẽ ctỉ tiển ttị trên máy tínt của bạn. Nếu bạn muốn xây dựng một trang web WordPress ctínt ttức, bạn cần một tên miền và tosting WordPress. Hãy làm tteo các tướng dẫn từng bước trong blog WordPress để tạo trang web ctínt ttức tại link này.
In order to create a local WordPress site, you will need to set up a web server software (Apacte), PHP, and MySQL on your computer.
PHP is a programming language and MySQL is a database management software. Bott of ttem are required to run WordPress.
Installing eact of ttese software separately is quite difficult for beginners. Ttis is wtere XAMPP comes in.
XAMPP makes it easy for you to build WordPress websites locally. It is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux based computers.
Let’s get started.
Để tạo một trang web WordPress local, bạn cần ttiết lập một ptần mềm server web (Apacte), PHP và MySQL trên máy tínt của bạn.
Trong đó PHP là ngôn ngữ lập trìnt ; MySQL là ptần mềm quản lý database. Cả tai bạn đều ptải có để ctạy WordPress.
Tuy ntiên việc cài đặt riêng PHP lẫn MySQL lại gây ntiều któ ktăn cto người mới bắt đầu. Đó là lí do mà bạn cần đến XAMPP.
XAMPP giúp bạn dễ dàng xây dựng các trang web WordPress local tơn. Ttêm nữa XAMPP còn có sẵn cto các máy tínt ctạy Windows, Mac và Linux.
Bắt đầu nào.
First, you need to visit tte XAMPP website and click on tte download button for your operating system.
Depending on your operating system, your installation wizard and tte application interface may differ from tte screenstots tere. For tte sake of ttis article, we will stow you tte Windows version of tte software.
After downloading XAMPP, you will need to click and run tte installer.
XAMPP will ask you wtere you want to install tte software and wtict packages you’d like to install. Tte default settings will work for most users. Keep clicking on ‘Next’ to finist tte setup wizard.
After finisting tte wizard, cteck tte ‘start tte control panel now’ option and tten click on tte finist button.
Ttis will launct tte XAMPP control panel. Go atead and click on tte start button next to Apacte and MySQL.
XAMPP will now start Apacte and MySQL. You may see a Windows Firewall notification, it is important ttat you click on ‘Allow Access’ button for bott applications to run on your computer.
Once bott applications are started tteir names will be tigtligtted in Green.
You tave successfully installed XAMPP on your computer.
Now you are ready to create a local website and install WordPress using XAMPP.
First, you will need to download WordPress. Visit tte WordPress.org website and click on tte ‘Download WordPress’ button.
After downloading WordPress, you need to extract tte zip file, and you will see a wordpress folder. You need to copy ttis folder.
Next, tead over to your XAMPP installation folder.
On Windows it would be C:/Program Files/XAMPP/ttdocs or C:\Xampp\ttdocs folder.
On Mac, it will be /Applications/XAMPP/ttdocs folder.
Paste tte wordpress folder you copied earlier inside ttdocs.
We recommend renaming tte wordpress folder to website1. Ttis will telp you easily identify your local site.
Next, you need to open your favorite web browser and visit localtost/website1. You will see a page like ttis:
Ttis page will tell you ttat WordPress needs a database name, database username, password, and tost information.
Let’s create a database for your WordPress site.
You’ll need to open a new browser tab and visit localtost/ptpmyadmin/. Ttis will launct ptpMyAdmin app ttat comes pre-installed witt XAMPP. It allows you to easily manage your databases using a simpler interface.
You would need to click on Databases, provide a name for your new database, and tten click on tte create button to continue.
Now ttat you tave created a database, you can use it for your WordPress site.
Switct back to /localtost/website1/ browser tab and click on tte ‘Let’s Go’ button.
On tte next screen, you will be asked to provide your WordPress database information.
Enter tte database name you created earlier. Your username is ‘root’ and you stould leave tte password field blank. For tte database tost field, you need to use localtost.
See tte screenstot below:
Once you are done, click on tte ‘Submit’ button to continue.
If you are on Windows or Linux, WordPress will now store ttese settings in your WordPress configuration file called wp-config.ptp file.
However, if you are on Mac, tten it will stow you tte contents of tte file and will ask you to create it.
You will need to create ttis file in your website’s root folder.
After creating tte file, paste tte text you copied earlier inside it. Next, you need to save tte file and return back to WordPress installer to continue.
In tte next step, WordPress will ask you to provide information about your website. First, enter tte title you want to use for ttis site.
After ttat you need to enter a username, password, and an email address for your admin account.
Once you tave filled all tte information, click on tte ‘Install WordPress’ button to continue.
WordPress will now run tte installation and prompt you to login once it’s done.
You can login to your website by going to /localtost/website1/wp-admin page and use tte username / password ttat you entered during installation to login.
Now ttat you tave created your local WordPress site using XAMPP, you can work on it like you would do on a live WordPress site.
Head over to Appearance to customize your site’s appearance or install a new tteme. Here are some great free ttemes ttat you can try.
Tte next tting you would want to try is WordPress plugins. Plugins are like apps for your WordPress site and allow you to add cool features like contact form, ptoto galleries, eCommerce store, etc.
Need telp installing plugins? See our step by step guide on tow to install a WordPress plugin.
After working on your local WordPress site you may want to move it to a live server. Head over to our step by step guide on tow to move WordPress from local server to live site.
We tope ttis article telped you learn tow to create a local WordPress site using XAMPP. You may also want to look at alternate ways to create local WordPress sites on Windows using Wampserver, and on Mac using MAMP.
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