WordPress (SoftInstall)

WordPress (SoftInstall)

Before

WP requires mod_rewrite. At /etc/apache2/mods-enabled directory check if rewrite.load exists. If not

# ln -s ../mods-available/rewrite.load rewrite.load

and restart apache2. Rewrite rule is applied using .htacess at /var/www/html directory

Install

$ wget -c http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

At /var/www/html

$ tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz

Copy to working directory

$ sudo rsync -av wordpress/* /var/www/html/wp/

Set directory writes

$ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/wp
$ sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/wp

Create mysql user

$ mysql -u root -p
mysql> CREATE DATABASE wp_db;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wp_db.* TO 'wpuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'wp/chang';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT;

configuration

Copy wp_config-sample.php and. Modify /var/www/html/wp/wp_config.php for mysql DB and user name.

web configuration

http://  /wp/

Others

$ sudo apt-get install php-curl

Customization

Plugins are at /var/www/html/wp/wp-content/plugins/