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“Setting Up a Local Web Server - For WordPress”
WordCamp Ottawa June 19th, 2016
Get your laptops ready…
© 2016 Rick Radko, r3df.com
Setting up a local web server
Why do we need a local web server? To run WordPress on your laptop (or pc).
Why run WordPress on your laptop? Test new plugins and themes. Play with WordPress without the need for a public
server. Website development.
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What is a local web server?
A local web server: Is a web server installed on your own computer. Generally they are not public.
A web server Is a collection of software needed to respond to
browser requests. The software needed depends on what the web
application is.
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What is a local web server?
For a webserver that runs WordPress, we need: Web Server Apache or Nginx (or others like IIS)
Programming language PHP (there are others, Perl, Python, Ruby, Java)
Database MySQL or MariaDB (there are others)
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How do you get all that on your computer?
Stacks! WAMP Stack Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP
LAMP Stack Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP
MAMP Stack Mac, Apache, MySQL, PHP
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Some stacks
All platforms: BitNami: bitnami.org XAMPP: apachefriends.org
Windows only: WampServer: wampserver.com
Mac & Windows: MAMP: mamp.info
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