How to Build a Free WordPress Lab for Yourself

It is considered that it’s best to have your own installed WordPress on your PC that runs on Windows like a WordPress lab. This way you are free to experiment with its features and to learn more efficiently than you would do by reading tutorials or watching how-to videos. Moreover, there is the great advantage of eliminating costs using a WordPress lab. In the case you own a web host, you may as well try WordPress on your personal Internet site. If you do not, then you could greatly benefit of the following tips about building your own WordPress lab.

In this article we will show you how to build your own free WordPress installation located on your PC giving you a WordPress lab to test your skills and ideas.

First and foremost, WordPress software asks for a web server so it can function. As soon as you get your own one, you may proceed to the installation. Further requirements are a scripting language (PHP) and a MySQL running database. Don’t fret, it is not that hard any more to do the configuration as it used to be before and after all you will get your own WordPress lab.

To configure things after installation, you need an application named WAMP, which will be the best aid at this stage. Simply go to the official website of WAMP and download the server file. Perhaps you wonder why we don’t advise the common way of getting your test lab up, meaning having to pay for a web host to provide the server. Our method is fortunately ruling out these costs and bringing them to zero, while also allowing all desired action within the personal WordPress lab test .

See this screenshot where you will be taken in order to have your WampServer downloaded.

Now go through the setup process. Also you can help yourself with the demos listed below.

WordPress lab Step 1:agree to the license agreement and click next

WordPress lab Step 2 : choose the default directory C:\WAMP and hit next button

WordPress lab Step 3 : choose the additional icons if you want it seen in your desktop and quick lunch bar than hit next again.

WordPress lab Step 4: read the short notes to verify you have set them correctly. Press install button to initialize your installation process.

WordPress lab Step 5 : During the installation process you will be asked to specify your STMP server and email name. Choose wisely or just leave them to the default settings. Hit next one last time.

WordPress lab Step 6 : If you see the below screen, just press the finish button.

After you have installed the software we recommended above and chose the default options, click the WAMP application icon that appeared at the bottom of your screen, on the bar. As you select the phpMyAdmin line (as shown below), a page is being displayed and this signified that you now have a running web server and that your MySQL database can be connected with the php script. You’re now set to go.

As all is functional at this stage, in the way a paid account would be, you may now proceed to WordPress installation. WAMP must be started, therefore you need to double-click its icon on the desktop. The next steps are opening My Computer then go to C:/WAMP folder, where you will find the WWW. In this one, create another folder that you will name WordPress. At this point you may go to the WordPress website and download the most recent version of the application. Copy the contents of the download to the newly created folder.

Using any internet browser, open http://localhost.wordpress where you will be required to create a file for configuration. What needs to be done now is creating a blank database, a user name with password, to which WordPress will be connected. Anything that will be posted will get stored in the MySQL database. Only this part is manual, the rest will be done by WordPress alone.

Back to the WAMP icon, click it again to select phpMyAdmin, which will be loaded in the browser. Choose the new database creation option, and type ‘wordpress_db’ in the field. Consequently, add a new user and name it as you prefer. When this step is done, make sure you select the ‘Grant all privileges’ option. Now you can enter your username and password, along with your database name, in the installation WordPress screen.

You will not be using the same data for accessing your blog, but new ones will be required. Next, proceed further with the installation and you will be asked to enter your login information. From this point on, WordPress is at your disposal.

In order to be connected, you will have to start the WAMP server firstly, each time, so don’t forget this one. This is all for now and you are ready to build a WordPress lab.

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