1. WordPress- Introduction, Installation
and Customization
Ms.Rachana Pathak
(rachanarpathak@gmail.com)
Assistant Professor, Dept of Computer Science and Engineering
Walchand Institute of Technology, Solapur
(www.witsolapur.org)
2. Learning Outcome
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At the end of this session,
Students will be able to Install, and customize WordPress (Open Source
Content Management System).
3. Overview
• Introduction of wordpress
• How to install
• How to develop site in wordpress
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4. Requirements
• Laptop(computer) and Internet connection.
• Wamp or xampp server(local server).
• Word press package.
• PHP
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5. Introduction
• Wordpress is, open source website creation tool which is written in PHP.
• WordPress is highly customizable with thousands of plugins.
• Famous blogs, news outlets, music sites, Fortune 500 companies and
celebrities are using WordPress.
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6. Wordpress Setup – Initial Steps
Step 1
• Install local server WAMP/XAMPP
Step 2
• Start Server
Step 3
• Download the wordpress package and paste it to www.directory
Step 4
• Open PHP MyAdmin and create Database
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7. Step 5
• Open the package in browser (Local host/ folder name
eg.Wordpress)
Step 6
• Run and Install
Step 7
• Login to admin panel
Step 8
• Ready with OST wordpress Site
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8. Think and Write
Question :
Where will you paste your downloaded wordpress package?
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9. Answer
The web root of xampp server.
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Go to your
wordpress site
and download
wordpress
package
Stepwise Creation
26. References
• Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing - By Andrew M. St.
Laurent, Oreily Media. e-Resource available at:
https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/osfreesoft/book/index.html
• Apache HTTP Server Documentation Version 2.2 by by Apache Software
Foundation
• Official Documentation of Wordpress (e-resource)
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