WordPress Install via FTP and phpMyAdmin

WordPress Blog installation with only ftp and phpmyadmin panel or with sftp and mysql admin (Linux terminal) access.

In fact you need to do 5 simple steps: download wordpress, unzip it, setup a database for data storage, copy wordpress files, setup configuration files.

1. To start WordPress installation you should have

* Registered website name (a website name like http://yourdomainname.com, for users to be able to access your website via a descriptive name) with a web hosting (a place to write your website files, store another content on it)
* FTP or SFTP client – a program to copy your wordpress blog files from your local machine to your web hosting.
* MySQL console access or phpmyadmin – a way to setup and manage your wordpress blog database.
* Text Editor – program to edit your website files, wordpress blog configuration files.
* Web Browser – program to view and control your blog.

2. Prepare to Setup your WordPress Blog

* Check if your web hosting satisfy the WordPress installation and running minimum requirements.
* Download the latest wordpress release.
* Unzip the WordPress archive to your local computer.

3. Start the WordPress installation

* Create MySQL database by phpmyadmin, via Linux terminal or via a control panel.
Store your MySQL DB access data to a safe place.
Note: To access your mysql database you should have the following data – database host name, database name, Username, Password.

* Generate secret keys and store them into a safe place.

* Create the folder to upload your Word Press blog to.
If you wish to install WorpdPress into a subfolder, or just skip this step.

* Rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php.

* Replace the data below into wp-config.php file with your stored DB access data.

DB_NAME – database name
DB_USER – database username
DB_PASSWORD – database password
DB_HOST – database host name

// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define('DB_NAME', 'database_name_here');
 
/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', 'username_here');
 
/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password_here');
 
/** MySQL hostname */
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');

* Replace the Secret keys from wordpress wp-config.php with your WordPress secret keys API data.

define('AUTH_KEY',         'put your unique phrase here');
define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY',  'put your unique phrase here');
define('LOGGED_IN_KEY',    'put your unique phrase here');
define('NONCE_KEY',        'put your unique phrase here');
define('AUTH_SALT',        'put your unique phrase here');
define('SECURE_AUTH_SALT', 'put your unique phrase here');
define('LOGGED_IN_SALT',   'put your unique phrase here');
define('NONCE_SALT',       'put your unique phrase here');

* Upload your unzipped WordPress files
– to your website hosting root (e.g.: http://yourwebsite.com)
– or to subfolder (e.g.: http://yourwebsite.com/blog/) if installing in a subfolder.
Important: Make sure when uploading files via ftp, the convert file names to lowercase feature is disabled.

* Open your Word Press installation script in your browser window: wp-admin/install.php.
– Open http://yourwebsite.com/wp-admin/install.php if installed in your website hosting root
– or http://yourwebsite.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php if installed in a sub-directory.

All Done! WordPress is Installed.