How to install wordpress and XAMPP locally(Localhost) #1

How to create a local WordPress development site?

Looking for setting up a local website development environment in your pc/ laptop. To do the whole setup we need two software’s one is XAMPP and WordPress. Both of these tools are opensource and free.

What is XAMPP??

XAMPP

The definition of XAMPP stands for stands for (X) -Cross-Platform, (A)-Apache, (M)-MariaDB, (P)- PHP and (P) - Perl. It is a lightweight Apache server distribution. It is designed to be extremely easy for developers to create a local web server for their deployment and testing.

It's advantages:

free and open source
cross-platform(i.e. it works in all platform Linux, Mac, and Windows)
web server
solution stack

it is developed by Apache Friends. Its architecture is like an actual live web server. So, It has an advantage that you can easily transform your local web server to live web server.

What is WordPress??

WordPress

It is first released on May 27, 2003. Now It is a famous free and open source Content management tool (CMS) available. It is based on PHP and MySQL. It became powerful

due to its plugins and templates which makes a user-friendly environment to create a website quickly. WordPress is the most popular website development and management system.