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In this post, we will see how to install WordPress locally on a Windows system using Instant WordPress.
WordPress is a popular content management system for blogging. More than half of the world
use WordPress for building their websites. We have seen, how you can create a WordPress site on
Windows easily with Microsoft WebMatrix. Today we will have a look at freeware Instant WordPress.
With Instant WordPress any Windows machine can be made into a WordPress development server.
Instant WordPress is a standalone portable WordPress development environment.
Components of Instant WordPress include Apache Web server, PHP and MySQL which gets
automatically started and stopped.
Instant WordPress is best suited for development purposes as it comes shipped with dummy posts
and pages, so one need not bother about creating content and could straight away head to test
themes and plugins.
Instant WordPress is easy to install just like any other Windows software as it comes with installation
wizard, so you need not worry too much about internal technical things.
Step 1: Downloading Instant WordPress
Get the latest version of Instant WordPress from its home page. It has a total size of around 58.8 MB.
Step 2: Installing Instant WordPress
Click on the downloaded file so that the installation wizard opens up. Follow the on‐screen instructions
by choosing the destination folder where you want the installation location to be and click on ‘Next’. It
takes up to 2 to 3 minutes to complete the installation.
How to install WordPress on Windows PC
What is Instant WordPress
Install WordPress on Windows system
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During the process of installation InstantWP doesn’t make any system registry entry. It is a portable set
up and one could run WordPress directly from the folder where it is installed. Not only in the computer,
you can also use any USB Key to install and run the Instant WordPress.
Step 3: Starting Instant WordPress
Go to the folder where you installed Instant WordPress
Find the InstantWP executable file ﴾.exe﴿
Click on it so that it shows the Instant WordPress control panel
Just copy the local WordPress URL ﴾In our case it was 127.0.0.1:4001/wordpress ﴿ and open it on your
favourite browser to check out the front page of your new WordPress website.
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The Control Panel of Instant WordPress comes with different navigation menu options which you might
be already familiar with. Some of the menu items are:
WordPress FrontPage: Which carries the link of your WordPress website homepage.
WordPress Admin: Under this menu item, the username and password which you have to use to
login is listed. Use it to login to your WordPress dashboard.
Plugins Folder: Clicking on this option would open up the plugins folder in file explorer.
Themes Folder: Clicking on this option would open up the themes folder in file explorer.
MySQL Database Admin: Make use of the username and password which is shown in this menu
item to login to your PHPMyAdmin. Using PHPMyAdmin, one can look at the internal structure of
your website by looking at the MySQL database tables.
How to use Instant WordPress
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Upgrading WordPress
WordPress is a open source project and you can expect new security patches and releases on a regular
basis. It is always important to have the latest WordPress. Instant WordPress provides you an option to
upgrade your WordPress software automatically.
We successfully installed, ran and tested Instant WordPress on our Windows 8.1 machine without any
problems. Let us know if Instant WordPress worked for you on your Windows machine.
You can download Instant WordPress from here. [http://instantwp.com/download] Its documentation says
Windows Vista users need administrative privileges to run Instant WordPress.
Posted 21 hours ago by Matti Vuorela
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