What Do I Need to Install WordPress on My Computer?

If you’re looking to get started with WordPress, you’ll need to have a few things installed on your computer. Here are the basics:

WordPress: WordPress is the foundation of WordPress.com, so you’ll need to have it installed in order to use WordPress.

WordPress is the foundation of WordPress.

Web Server: You’ll need a web server to run WordPress. WordPress will install a basic web server for you, but you’ll need to install additional plugins and configure it to your specific needs.

You’ll need a web server to run WordPress.

Database: WordPress uses a MySQL database to store your content, so you’ll need to install MySQL server and the MySQL database.

WordPress uses a MySQL database to store your content, so you’ll need to install MySQL server and the MySQL database.Caching: WordPress needs some time to load your content from the server, so it can cache it locally.

You can activate caching by setting the wp-config.php file to include the cache_enable parameter.

Once you have these basics installed, you can start setting up WordPress.