Written by Admin on 2025-05-06

How to Download and Install WordPress on Ubuntu 16.04

Are you interested in creating a WordPress website but not sure how to get started? Look no further, as this tutorial will take you through the steps of downloading and installing WordPress on Ubuntu 16.04.

Requirements

Before getting started, ensure that you have the following:

• An Ubuntu 16.04 server
• Apache2 web server
• MySQL database server
• PHP version 7.0 or higher

Downloading WordPress

1. Open up your terminal and navigate to your web directory:

cd /var/www/html/

2. Download WordPress using the following command:

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

3. Extract the downloaded WordPress file:

sudo tar xvf latest.tar.gz

4. Move the extracted WordPress files to your web directory:

sudo mv wordpress/* ./

Configuring WordPress

1. Create a new MySQL database and user:

sudo 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

Note: Replace "password" with a secure password.

2. Rename the WordPress configuration file:

mv wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php

3. Open the wp-config.php file and update your database details:

define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress'); define('DB_USER', 'wordpressuser'); define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password'); define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');

Note: Replace "password" with the password you used when creating the database.

Installing WordPress

1. Open up your web browser and navigate to "http://your-server's-IP-address/"

2. Select your language and click "Continue"

3. Enter in your site's information and click "Install WordPress"

4. You should see a "Success!" message. Click "Login" to access your new WordPress site.

Congratulations, you have successfully downloaded and installed WordPress on Ubuntu 16.04! You can now start customizing your new website to your liking.