{"id":4736,"date":"2018-10-31T09:20:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T04:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stylemixthemes.com\/wp\/?p=4736"},"modified":"2022-06-20T13:43:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T08:43:56","slug":"how-to-install-wordpress-on-xampp-for-local-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stylemixthemes.com\/wp\/how-to-install-wordpress-on-xampp-for-local-development\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install WordPress on XAMPP for Local Development"},"content":{"rendered":"

When developing your WordPress website, working locally optimizes the process by increasing both speed and security.<\/span><\/p>\n

XAMPP is easy to install and also contains a number of other modules useful for website development.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this post, I\u2019ll share how to install WordPress on XAMPP quickly and efficiently.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is XAMPP?<\/span><\/h2>\n

XAMPP<\/span><\/a> is a free and open-source local web development application. You can install WordPress on XAMPP using a macOS, Windows or Linux operating system.<\/span><\/p>\n

WordPress itself isn\u2019t a standalone application so XAMPP\u2019s purpose is to provide the necessary components to run it locally: a web server and a database.<\/span><\/p>\n

The beauty of XAMPP is that all this is accomplished from the convenience of your computer.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"XAMMP<\/p>\n

Cross-Platform (X), Apache, MariaDB, PHP, and Perl (XAMPP) are the components that are efficiently installed and integrated together in one application.<\/span><\/p>\n

Installing all of these programs separately and integrating them on a single machine would be time-consuming and difficult. XAMPP makes it painless by bundling them together.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a breakdown of all the components of the XAMPP stack:<\/span><\/p>\n