{"id":586,"date":"2016-09-05T20:54:32","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T17:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.virtono.com\/?p=586"},"modified":"2023-06-21T10:37:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T07:37:22","slug":"how-to-install-wordpress-on-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virtono.com\/community\/tutorial-how-to\/how-to-install-wordpress-on-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Install WordPress on UBUNTU in under 5 minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress is a fast, efficient, clean way to manage a blog or a website, the last article I posted on how to install WordPress was lengthy, but today I&#8217;ll show you how to do it in just under 5 minutes, and in the next post, I&#8217;ll cover a few of WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>Install Apache2, MariaDB MySQL and PHP5 on your Ubuntu server:<\/p>\n<p>A video as usual to follow along, and steps are just right below it.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1SZNALHrK0A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">To install <span class=\"app application\">WordPress<\/span>, run the following command in the command prompt, as root:<\/p>\n<div class=\"screen\">\n<pre class=\"contents \">    <span class=\"cmd command\"> apt install wordpress<\/span>\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"para\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"593\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.virtono.com\/community\/tutorial-how-to\/how-to-install-wordpress-on-ubuntu\/attachment\/12-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.virtono.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12.png?fit=1152%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1152,186\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"12\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.virtono.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12.png?fit=300%2C48&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.virtono.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12.png?fit=750%2C121&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-593\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/community.virtono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12-300x48.png?resize=563%2C90&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"12\" width=\"563\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.virtono.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12.png?resize=300%2C48&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.virtono.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12.png?resize=768%2C124&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.virtono.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12.png?resize=1024%2C165&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.virtono.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12.png?w=1152&amp;ssl=1 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"para\"><strong>Step 2-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">Run the following command-<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ln -s usr\/share\/wordpress \/var\/www\/wordpress<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.virtono.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/13.png?fit=750%2C107&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-591\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/community.virtono.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/13-300x43.png?resize=628%2C90&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"13\" width=\"628\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.virtono.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/13.png?resize=300%2C43&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.virtono.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/13.png?resize=768%2C110&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.virtono.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/13.png?resize=1024%2C146&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.virtono.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/13.png?w=1148&amp;ssl=1 1148w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"para\"><strong>Step 3-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"para\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Now to install WordPress on your site run the following command, replacing my IP with your domain<br \/>\nash \/usr\/share\/doc\/wordpress\/examples\/setup-mysql -n wordpress 77.81.104.101<\/p>\n<p class=\"para\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"592\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.virtono.com\/community\/tutorial-how-to\/how-to-install-wordpress-on-ubuntu\/attachment\/14-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.virtono.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/14.png?fit=1154%2C226&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1154,226\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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