How To Install WordPress with LEMP on Ubuntu 24.10

To install WordPress on Ubuntu 24.10 with the LEMP stack, follow these steps:

Step 1 : If you haven't already installed LEMP, follow the guide for Ubuntu 24.10 here to install Nginx, PHP, and MariaDB.

Step 2 : Create a Database

- Log into MariaDB using the following command:

sudo mysql

- Create a new user and database for WordPress:

CREATE DATABASE wordpressdb;
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 a directory for your WordPress site:

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io

- Navigate to the directory and download the latest version of WordPress:

cd /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io
sudo wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

- Extract the WordPress files:

sudo tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz

- Move the extracted files to the root directory:

sudo mv wordpress/* .

- Set the correct permissions:

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

Step 4 : Configure Nginx for example.devtutorial.io

- Create a new Nginx server block configuration file for your site:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.devtutorial.io

- 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$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php8.3-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }

    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }

    error_log /var/log/nginx/example.com_error.log;
    access_log /var/log/nginx/example.com_access.log;
}

Step 5 : Create a symlink to enable the Nginx configuration:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.devtutorial.io /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Step 6 : Test the Nginx configuration:

sudo nginx -t

- If the configuration is successful, restart Nginx:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 7 : Open Browser and Set Up WordPress

- Open your browser and navigate to http://example.devtutorial.io.

- Select your language and click Let's go!.

- Enter the database details:

Database Name

Username

Password

Database Host

Step 8 : If the information is correct, click Run the installation.

Step 9 : Fill in the WordPress site details, such as the admin username, password, and email, then click Install WordPress.

Step 10 : After installation, log in to WordPress by going to http://example.devtutorial.io/wp-admin.

- Enter your admin username and password.

Step 11 : Once logged in, you'll be redirected to the WordPress dashboard where you can manage your site, install themes, and add plugins.

Congratulations, you've successfully installed WordPress with the LEMP stack on Ubuntu 24.10!