WordPress

WordPress hierarchy and structure

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The contents of the WordPress root folder Inside the root folder there are three folders: wp-admin is the folder that contains everything you see inside the admin area of the site. This part will only interest you if you want to modify the Admin panel. wp-content is the folder that contains the folders: themes where … Read more

Installing WordPress

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Introduction

Wordpress installation

WordPress is written in PHP, so it is necessary to have PHP installed on the server. Hosting companies provide this through their service, while PHP is usually installed locally together with the server as part of a package (WAMP, LAMP, MAMP…). Installing WAMP is already covered in the article “Installing Web Development Tools”. In addition to PHP and a server, a DBMS (DataBase Management System) is needed, usually MySql. Regardless of whether WordPress is installed on a local or remote server, before the installation itself, it is necessary to create a database within which WordPress will create the necessary tables and store data during installation. So the following three things are required to install WordPress:

  • Server
  • MySql database
  • PHP installed

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