Ubuntu 26.04

How to Install WordPress with LAMP on Ubuntu 26.04

To install WordPress with LAMP on Ubuntu 26.04, set up the stack first, then WordPress on example.com.

Step 1 : You need Apache, PHP, and MariaDB first (see those guides).

Step 2 : Open the MariaDB shell.

sudo mysql

Step 3 : Create the database and user (change strong_password if you want).

CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
CREATE USER 'wordpress'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'strong_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wordpress'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Step 4 : Download WordPress into the site root.

cd /tmp
wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
tar -xzf latest.tar.gz
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/example.com
sudo cp -a /tmp/wordpress/. /var/www/example.com/
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/example.com

Step 5 : Point the vhost DocumentRoot at /var/www/example.com (Virtual Host guide), or:

sudo tee /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com.conf <<'EOF'
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/example.com
    <Directory /var/www/example.com>
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>
EOF

Step 6 : Enable rewrite, enable the site, test, and restart.

sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2ensite example.com.conf
sudo apache2ctl configtest
sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 7 : Open the site, choose a language, then Continue.

http://example.com

Step 8 : Set up the database.

  • Let's go!

  • Database name wordpress, username wordpress, password strong_password, Database Host localhost → Submit

  • Run the installation

Step 9 : Site Title, admin user, password, email → Install WordPress.

Step 10 : Open the login page.

http://example.com/wp-admin

Step 11 : Log in as admin and open the dashboard.

http://example.com/wp-admin/index.php

You have installed WordPress with LAMP on Ubuntu 26.04.