To install WordPress with LAMP on CentOS 7, follow the steps below:
Step 1 : Install LAMP Stack
If you haven't installed LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) yet, you can follow this guide: CentOS 7 Guides.
Step 2 : Login to MySQL and create a new user and database for WordPress:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
CREATE USER 'wordpressuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wordpressuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Step 3 : Download and Install WordPress
- Create a directory for your WordPress installation:
sudo mkdir /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io
cd /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io
- Download the latest version of WordPress and extract it:
wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz
- Move WordPress files to the desired location and set permissions:
sudo mv wordpress/* ./
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io/
- Clean up:
rm -rf wordpress latest.tar.gz
Step 4 : Create a virtual host configuration file for your WordPress site:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/example.devtutorial.io.conf
Add the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@devtutorial.io
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io
ServerName example.devtutorial.io
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/example.devtutorial.io_error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/example.devtutorial.io_access.log combined
<Directory /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Step 5 : Test the Apache configuration for syntax errors:
sudo apachectl configtest
If no errors are reported, restart Apache:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Step 6 : If SELinux is enabled, run the following command to allow Apache to write to the WordPress directories:
sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t "/var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io(/.*)?"
sudo restorecon -Rv /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io
Step 7 : Open your browser and navigate to the link to install WordPress. Follow the on-screen instructions to set up WordPress:
- Visit http://example.devtutorial.io in your web browser.
- Select your preferred language.
- Click "Let's go!" and enter the database information you created earlier.
- If the information is correct, click "Run the installation."
- Enter your WordPress information and click "Install WordPress."
Step 8 : After installation, log in to your WordPress dashboard using the credentials you set up.
Step 9 : Explore the Dashboard
Congratulations! You have successfully installed WordPress on CentOS 7.
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