Written by Admin on 2025-05-06

How to Download WordPress on Ubuntu

WordPress is one of the most popular content management systems available on the web. It's free, powerful, and easy to use. If you're running Ubuntu and want to install WordPress, you'll be glad to know that it's a straightforward process.

Step 1: Install LAMP Server

Before you begin, you'll need to have a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) server installed on your Ubuntu system. If you haven't installed LAMP yet, open your terminal and type the following command:

sudo apt-get install lamp-server^

This command will install Apache, MySQL, and PHP on your system.

Step 2: Download WordPress

To download the latest version of WordPress, you can visit the following link: https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

Alternatively, you can use the wget command to download WordPress directly from the terminal:

wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

Step 3: Extract WordPress

Once the download is complete, you'll need to extract the WordPress archive. You can do this by using the following command:

tar xzf latest.tar.gz

This command will extract the files to a directory named wordpress in your current directory.

Step 4: Configure WordPress

Now that you have WordPress downloaded and extracted, you'll need to configure it. Open your terminal and navigate to the WordPress directory:

cd wordpress

Next, copy the sample WordPress configuration file:

cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php

Now, open the wp-config.php file using your favorite text editor:

nano wp-config.php

You'll need to update the database information in this file to match the credentials for your MySQL database:

define('DB_NAME', 'database_name_here'); define('DB_USER', 'username_here'); define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password_here'); define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');

Save and close the file when you're done.

Step 5: Upload WordPress

Now that you've downloaded, extracted, and configured WordPress, it's time to upload it to your web server. You can do this using a file transfer protocol (FTP) client such as FileZilla, or you can use the command line:

sudo rsync -avP ~/wordpress/* /var/www/html/

This command will upload all the WordPress files to your Apache web server's root directory.

Step 6: Run the WordPress Installer

The final step is to run the WordPress installer. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.

And that's it! You now have a fully-functional WordPress website up and running on your Ubuntu system.