Written by Admin on 2025-05-06

Downloading WordPress on CentOS

If you're looking to create a website or blog on CentOS, using WordPress is a practical choice. WordPress is free, user-friendly, and has many themes and plugins available to customize your website. Here's how you can download WordPress on CentOS.

Prerequisites

Before we get started, you'll need to have certain things ready:

• A CentOS server or VPS with root access
• A web server (Apache, Nginx, etc.) and PHP installed
• MySQL or MariaDB server and client installed

If you're unsure if your system is ready, enter these commands in the terminal:

httpd -v php -v mysql -V

If the commands return version numbers, you're good to go. If not, you should install these packages and verify that they're working.

Downloading WordPress

First, let's switch to the web server's root directory:

cd /var/www/html

Then, download the latest version of WordPress:

curl -O https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

Extract the archive:

tar -xvzf latest.tar.gz

This creates a wordpress directory in /var/www/html. You can rename the directory or leave it as is.

Configuring MySQL/MariaDB

To use WordPress, we need to create a MySQL/MariaDB database. Log in to the MySQL/MariaDB server:

mysql -u root -p

Enter your password and create a new database:

CREATE DATABASE wordpress;

Create a new user and grant them privileges for the new database:

CREATE USER 'wordpress_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wordpress_user'@'localhost'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Replace 'password' with a strong password of your choosing.

Exit out of MySQL/MariaDB:

exit

WordPress Configuration

Now that we have WordPress and a database ready, we need to configure WordPress to use the database. Copy the sample configuration file:

cd /var/www/html/wordpress cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php

Edit wp-config.php with your favorite text editor:

nano wp-config.php

Modify these lines with your database details:

define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress'); define('DB_USER', 'wordpress_user'); define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password'); define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');

Replace 'password' with the password you chose earlier. Exit and save the file.

Finishing Up

We're almost done! Start your web server:

systemctl start httpd

And go to your website's URL in your web browser. You should see the WordPress setup page. Follow the instructions to create an administrator account.

After you log in, you can customize your WordPress site with themes and plugins. Enjoy!