How To Install WordPress with LEMP on CentOS Stream 9

To install WordPress with LEMP on CentOS Stream 9, follow these steps:

Step 1 : Install LEMP Stack

If you haven't installed the LEMP stack yet, refer to the CentOS Stream 9 article for detailed instructions.

Step 2 : Create Database

- Login to MySQL and create a user and database for WordPress:

sudo mysql

- Create a database for WordPress:

CREATE DATABASE wordpressdb;

- Create a MySQL user and grant privileges to the newly created database:

CREATE USER 'wordpressuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpressdb.* TO 'wordpressuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Step 3 : Download and Install WordPress

- Create the directory for your WordPress installation:

sudo mkdir /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io
cd /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io

- Download the latest WordPress release:

sudo wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

- Extract the downloaded file:

sudo tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz

- Move the WordPress files to the installation directory:

sudo mv wordpress/* .

- Set Ownership and Permissions for Nginx::

sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io
chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io

Step 4 : Create an Nginx configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/example.devtutorial.io.conf

Add the following configuration:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.devtutorial.io;
    root /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io;
    index index.php index.html index.htm;


    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }


    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/www.sock;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

Step 5 : Test Config and Restart Nginx

sudo nginx -t
sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 6 : If you're using SELinux, run the following command:

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