October 14, 2013
Chris
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How to setup a config-free WordPress, PHP and MySQL (for local development) in Windows 7 / 8 in under 3 minutes

If you need to setup WordPress for local development and don’t have time and nerve to go through the installation process, then there’s a perfect solution for you:

Download and install AMPPS, a full-flavoured Apache/MySQL/PHP/PHPMyAdmin stack for Windows and Mac that has PHP 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5, xdebug and other cool tools included.

Start AMPPS and go to http://127.0.0.1/ampps/ (or right-click the taskbar icon and select “AMPPS Home”).

Select Blogs > WordPress > Install on this admin page.

Leave all the setting like they are. The WordPress admin login credentials are: admin/pass (like shown on this page).

Voila! This is a real and fully flavoured WordPress installation.

 

Click install. The installation will perform totally automatically.

How to setup a config-free WordPress, PHP and MySQL (for local development) in Windows 7/8 in under 3 minutes

When it is finished, find your WordPress blog in http://127.0.0.1/wp , your admin login screen under http://127.0.0.1/wp/wp-admin.

 

Voila! This is a real and fully flavoured WordPress installation.