Install wordpress for home development : install wamp server

For better development experience and high satisfaction I suggest you to install wordpress at your home computer. No matter you have only a laptop, old PC or luxury macbook you’ll need home computing stuff.

Here the simple step by step guide for install wordpress for home development that also known as localhost :

Install Development Tools

I’m a big fan of latest php version, thats why I use wamp that offer latest php version (as time of write this post latest version is php 5.3.0).

1. Download latest version of wamp from wamp download page.

I download wampserver 2.0i that contains :

  • Apache 2.2.11
  • PHP 5.3.0
  • MySQL 5.1.36
  • Phpmyadmin

Save it to my document or other place.

2. Run wamp installer (double click exe file)

install_wamp_home_server

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