Setup WordPress

Setup Database’s Username and Password

• sudo mysql
• mysql -u root -p
• CREATE DATABASE wordpress DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;

Change wordpressuser and password to whatever you want:

• CREATE USER ‘wordpressuser’@’%’ IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY ‘password’;
• FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
• EXIT;

Installing Additional PHP Extensions:

• sudo apt install php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-xml php-xmlrpc php-soap php-intl php-zip
• sudo systemctl restart apache2

Adjust Apache Config to allow overrides and rewrites in .htaccess

• sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/wordpress.conf
• <VirtualHost *:80>
  . . .
  <Directory /var/www/wordpress/>
  AllowOverride All
  </Directory>
  . . .
  </VirtualHost>
• sudo a2enmod rewrite
• sudo apache2ctl configtest
• sudo systemctl restart apache2

Downloading WordPress

• cd /tmp
• curl -O https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
• tar xzvf latest.tar.gz
• touch /tmp/wordpress/.htaccess
• cp /tmp/wordpress/wp-config-sample.php /tmp/wordpress/wp-config.php
• mkdir /tmp/wordpress/wp-content/upgrade

Change 2nd wordpress to name of directory to put wordpress in

• sudo cp -a /tmp/wordpress/. /var/www/wordpress

Configure WordPress Directory

• sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/wordpress
• sudo find /var/www/wordpress/ -type d -exec chmod 750 {} \;
• sudo find /var/www/wordpress/ -type f -exec chmod 640 {} \;

Copy salts to notepad for safekeeping temporarily

• curl -s https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/
• sudo nano /var/www/wordpress/wp-config.php

Update file and add line

• . . .
  
  // ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** //
  /** The name of the database for WordPress */
  define( ‘DB_NAME’, ‘wordpress’ );
  
  /** MySQL database username */
  define( ‘DB_USER’, ‘wordpressuser’ );
  
  /** MySQL database password */
  define( ‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘password’ );
  
  /** MySQL hostname */
  define( ‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’ );
  
  /** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
  define( ‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’ );
  
  /** The Database Collate type. Don’t change this if in doubt. */
  define( ‘DB_COLLATE’, ” );
  
  . . .
  
  define(‘FS_METHOD’, ‘direct’);

Complete Install from Web Interface

From the web browser navigate to websites IP or URL