Before proceeding with WordPress setup you need to walk through Tutorial 1: How to Add Domain Name to your server andTutorial 2: How to Setup a Database.
If you have already setup the domain and database, make sure you have the ftp host, username, password and database name, username and password handy.
1 ) Download WordPress : The very first thing you need to do is download WordPress from here.
2 ) Unzip WordPress : After you have downloaded the WordPress, unzip the folder. To unzip the folder just right click on the downloaded file and look for an option that says “Extract Here”.
If you don’t see the option, most likely you don’t have an archive software installed. You can install WinRar from here.
3 ) Setup WordPress config file : Open the ‘wp-config-sample.php’ located inside ‘wordpress’ folder with notepad.
Look for the following lines in the file :
// ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘putyourdbnamehere’);
/** MySQL database username */
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘usernamehere’);
/** MySQL database password */
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘yourpasswordhere’);
Replace putyourdbnamehere, usernamehere, and yourpasswordhere with your database name, database username and database password respectively. (Keep the single quote marks around with no spaces).
Once you have replaced the keywords with appropriate information save the file as ‘wp-config.php’ ( without single quotes) in ‘wordpress’ folder. (When you save .php or files with extensions in general in notepad make sure you have selected “All Files” in “File Types”.)
4 ) Upload WordPress : Using a FTP software, upload all of the extracted files where you want to place the site. If you do not have a FTP software, you can download FileZilla Client from here.
If you are planning to run only one website on the domain name, you can upload the files to the server root directory ( in plesk its usually a folder named ‘htdocs’). Make sure you are uploading the directories and files located inside the ‘wordpress’ folder not the ‘wordpress’ folder itself.
5 ) Install WordPress : After all of the files are transferred:
If you uploaded the files to your server root directory, in your browser address bar you need to type http://yourdomainname/wp-admin/install.php and follow the instructions on the screen.
If you uploaded the wordpress to a subdirectory, in your browser address bar you need to type http://yourdomainname/subdirectory/wp-admin/install.php.
