> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://devopscube.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Install Wordpress on Ubuntu Server(Step-by-Step Guide) - URL: https://devopscube.com/wordpress-installation-guide/ - Published: 2024-03-20T01:37:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-06-02T09:19:08.000Z - Author: Aswin Vijayan - Tags: HOW TO GUIDES, TUTORIAL, WORDPRESS, #Migrated-1741795015845, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-03-12 15:57, #blog This WordPress installation guide helps you to install and configure the latest WordPress on an Ubuntu Linux box. It covers Apache, [MariaDB](https://devopscube.com/install-mariadb-on-ubuntu/), PHP, and Wordpress configurations. ## Wordpress Installation On Ubuntu Server This installation guide covers the following. 1. Installation and configuration of [Apache2](https://httpd.apache.org/?ref=devopscube.com) 2. Installation and configuration for [MariaDB](https://mariadb.org/?ref=devopscube.com) 3. Installation and configuration of PHP and Apache modules. 4. WordPress Apache configurations with a domain name. 5. Accessing the [WordPress](https://wordpress.org/?ref=devopscube.com) dashboard. 💡 If you are looking for easy wordpress setup, checkout [Wordpress setup on Bluehost hosting](https://devopscube.com/setup-wordpress-on-bluehost/) ## How to install Wordpress on Ubuntu Server? Follow the steps given below for the complete WordPress setup on Ubuntu 23.04 ## Install and Configure Apache 2 **Step 1:** Login to the server and [update the package repos](https://askubuntu.com/questions/222348/what-does-sudo-apt-get-update-do?ref=devopscube.com). ``` sudo apt-get update -y ``` **Step 2:** Install Apache2**,** ``` sudo apt-get install apache2 -y ``` **Step 3:** Execute the following command to disable anonymous directory listing. ``` sudo sed -i "s/Options Indexes FollowSymLinks/Options FollowSymLinks/" /etc/apache2/apache2.conf ``` **Step 4:** Start, enable, and check the status of Apache2 ``` sudo systemctl stop apache2 sudo systemctl enable apache2 sudo systemctl start apache2 ``` ## Install and Configure MariaDB **Step 1:** Install the Marais DB database server and client ``` sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client -y ``` **Step 2:** Use the following commands to start, stop, enable, and check the status of the MariaDB service. ``` sudo systemctl stop mysql sudo systemctl start mysql sudo systemctl enable mysql sudo systemctl status mysql ``` **Step 3:** Setup the root admin password for the database using mysql\_secure\_installation command. It will prompt you to set up the new password. ``` sudo mysql_secure_installation ``` Use the following options for the prompt. ``` Enter current password for root (enter for none): Just press the Enter Set root password? [Y/n]: Y New password: Enter password Re-enter new password: Repeat password Remove anonymous users? [Y/n]: Y Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n]: Y Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n]: Y Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n]: Y ``` **Step 4:** Restart the database server for the changes to take effect. ``` sudo systemctl restart mysql ``` ## Setup and Configure PHP **Step 1:** Install PHP 8 and its related modules. ``` sudo apt-get install php8.2 php8.2-mysql libapache2-mod-php8.2 php8.2-cli php8.2-cgi php8.2-gd ``` **Step 2:** Open /etc/php/8.2/apache2/php.ini file ``` sudo vi /etc/php/8.2/apache2/php.ini ``` Add the following contents to the file. ``` file_uploads = On allow_url_fopen = On memory_limit = 256M upload_max_filesize = 150M max_execution_time = 350 date.timezone = America/Chicago ``` ## Configure Database For Wordpress **Step 1:** Login to the database using the password you set for root. ``` sudo mysql -u root -p ``` **Step 2:** Create a database named "wordpress-db" ``` CREATE DATABASE wordpress_db; ``` **Step 3:** Create a new database user named "wordpress-admin" and set a custom password. This user will be used in the WordPress configuration. ``` CREATE USER 'wordpress-admin'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password_here'; ``` **Step 4:** Grant all privileged on wordpress-db for wordpress-admin user. Replace the password you set for wordpress-admin. ``` GRANT ALL ON wordpress_db.* TO 'wordpress-admin'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your-password-here' WITH GRANT OPTION; ``` **Step 5:** Flush all privileges and exit the db shell. ``` FLUSH PRIVILEGES; exit ``` ## Setup and Configure Wordpress **Step 1:** Download the latest WordPress ``` wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz ``` **Step 2:** Untar the WordPress files ``` tar -xvf latest.tar.gz ``` **Step 3:** Move the WordPress folder to /var/www/html folder. ``` sudo mv wordpress /var/www/html/wordpress ``` **Step 4:** Change the ownership of the wordpress folder to www-data ``` sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/wordpress/ ``` **Step 5:** Change the folder and file permissions using the following command. Folders should have 755 permission, and files should have 644 permission. ``` find /var/www/html/ -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 0755 find /var/www/html/ -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 0644 ``` You can check if the permissions have been applied using the following command. ``` stat -c "%a %n" /var/www/html/wordpress/* ``` ## Configure Apache For Wordpress **Step 1:** Create a new Apache configuration named wp-site.conf for the WordPress site. ``` sudo vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/wp-site.conf ``` Add the following configuration to the file and save it. Replace `yourdomain` with your custom domain name. ``` ServerAdmin admin@yourdomain.com DocumentRoot /var/www/html/wordpress/ ServerName yourdomain.com ServerAlias www.yourdomain.com Options +FollowSymlinks AllowOverride All Require all granted ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined ``` **Step 2:** Enable wp-site.conf ``` sudo a2ensite wp-site.conf ``` **Step 3:** Enable the Apache rewrite module. ``` sudo a2enmod rewrite ``` **Step 4:** Restart the Apache server. ``` sudo systemctl restart apache2 ``` ## Configure Wordpress Application **Step 1:** Rename the default `wp-config-sample.php` to `wp-config.php` ``` sudo mv /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-config-sample.php /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-config.php ``` **Step 2:** Open the wp-config.php file ``` sudo vi /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-config.php ``` Replace the values highlighted in the image below with the database, user, and password generated in the previous steps. ![wp-config.php wordpress database details](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5f/2f/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43/content/images/2025/03/image-46-11.png) **Step 3:** Now you have configured your site details on the wp-site.conf file, try to access WordPress by browsing the domain name you used on the wp-site.conf file. Make sure your server is mapped to the domain name you configured in the wp-site.conf file. ``` http://your-domain-name.com ``` If you haven't configured a domain name, you can access the installed WordPress with ``` http:///wordpress ``` **Step 4:** Select the preferred language and fill up the details in the configuration wizard. ![wordpress configuration wizard.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5f/2f/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43/content/images/2025/03/image-44-13.png) **Step 5:** Once WordPress is installed, you can access the dashboard using the username and password. ![wordpress dashboard](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5f/2f/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43/content/images/2025/03/image-45-11.png) ## Conclusion Setting up Wordpress is not a complex setup if you have some Linux technical background. However, managing it long term is the complex part. 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