These instructions are for WordPress version 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.2.0, and 3.2.1 into a folder other than \wordpress under XAMPP 1.7.3 running on Windows XP with Service Pack 3 installed.

You may want to install into a different folder for various reasons, the two most common being: (1) you want to have multiple WordPress installations, or (2) you want control over where the files are installed.

These instructions should be the same for other versions, but no guarantee is made.

Assumes you have XAMPP installed.

To install WordPress to something other than the default wordpress directory, you need to (1) install WordPress into that directory and then (2) move all the files found in the wordpress directory up into that directory and, (3) delete the wordpress directory.

(1) Extract WordPress into the desired directory under htdocs:

(2) Ensure the Show extracted files checkbox is ticked and click on Finish:

(3) Open the wordpress folder by double-clicking on it:

(4) Select Select All from the Edit menu (or press Ctrl+A):

(5) Select Copy from the Edit menu (or press Ctrl+C):

(6) Click on the back button to return to the previous folder:

(7) Select Paste from the Edit menu (or press Ctrl+V):

(8) Right-click on the wordpress folder and select Delete from the popup menu:

If you want to access the installed site using a “real” web address (like www.wordpress.3) instead of localhost/path-name, you can find instructions to do that here.

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This tutorial describes how to install WordPress version 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.2.0 and 3.2.1 under XAMPP version 1.7.3 on Windows XP.

The procedure should be the same for other version combinations, but no guarantee is made.

Assumes you have already

• installed XAMPP. (Installation instructions can be found here.)
• created a MySQL database. (Creation instructions can be found here.)

I do not recommend using XAMPP 1.7.4 because of configuration and functionality issues with that version.

Some images may be clicked for full size versions (if your cursor changes when you move over an image, there is a larger version available).

Downloading WordPress

1) Download WordPress from here. Click on the Download WordPress button:

2) Click on the save button and remember where you saved the file:.

Extracting WordPress

3) Open the downloaded file by double-clicking on it. From the File menu, select Extract All. NOTE: this step assumes Windows provides archiving functionality for you. If you have installed a different archiving program, the specific steps for extraction will be different.

4) Extract the WordPress files into the htdocs folder in your XAMPP folder. By default, XAMPP would be installed to your C:\ drive, so you would enter C:\xampp\htdocs as the directory to extract to. (In my case, I installed XAMPP to my D:\ drive). WordPress will be extracted into a folder named wordpress. NOTE: if you want to install WordPress into a different directory under htdocs (say my_wordpress or MySite or whatever, then instructions for doing this can be found here.

5) Click Finish when the extraction is complete. You can uncheck the Show extracted files checkbox because we don’t need to see the files.

Setting up WordPress

6) Launch your browser and type http://localhost/wordpress into the address bar. What follows http://localhost/ is the directory you installed WordPress into (unless you changed the directory in Step (4), this will be wordpress

7) Click on Create a Configuration File at the notification screen advising that a wp-config.php file needs to be created.

8) Click on Let’s go! to begin configuring and installing WordPress:

9) Fill in the database configuration information and click on Submit::

• Database Name: this is the name of the database you created. Database creation instructions are here. (The default is wordpress.)
• User Name: if you created a MySql User for the database (not necessary), enter the name here. Otherwise, use root.
• Password: this is the password associated with the user name entered above. If you used root as your username, then leave the password blank (the default XAMPP install does not assign a password to root). Otherwise, enter the password associated with the User Name.
• Database Host: localhost (default setting)

10) Click on Run the install:

11) Fill in some information about your site and site administrator and then click on Install WordPress.

• Site Title: Enter the name of your website.
• Username: Enter the username that will be used for logging into the backend of your WordPress site. The default is admin.
• Password: Enter a password that will be used to login to the backend of your WordPress site. There is also a strength indicator which shows you how secure your password is.
• Your E-mail: Enter an e-mail address that your site will send notifications to.

12) Click on Log In to log into your WordPress site.

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