Installing WordPress on Ubuntu using LAMP Stack

Introduction

WordPress is an open-source software that can be downloaded and used for free. It is highly customizable and flexible, allowing users to create a wide range of websites, from simple blogs to complex e-commerce sites. WordPress is known for its user-friendly interface, which makes it easy for anyone to create and manage a website without any coding knowledge.

LAMP stack is a popular web development stack that stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. It is a combination of open-source software that is used to create dynamic web applications.

Prerequisites

You must following things to complete this tutorial.

Ubutnu 22.04 LTS up and running.
Root permission.
Basic knowldged of linux commands.
Familier with MariaDB database.
Internet connecvity.

In this post, We will install WordPress on ubuntu 22.04 LTS along with LAMP Stack.

Step 1: Update Ubuntu Repository

We need to update 1st ubuntu repository and packages by using given command.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Step 2: Installing Apache

To install apache web server, We need to execute given command, Apache repository already available with ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

sudo apt-get install apache2 -y

Step 3: Installing MySQL

Execute the given command in order to install MySQL server on ubuntu machine.

sudo apt-get install mysql-server -y

Step 4: Installing PHP with Modues

Given command can install PHP and some PHP’s module that’s enable PHP project to run.

sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-xml php-xmlrpc -y

Step 5: Create WordPress Database & User

Create database, user and apply their right permission for WordPress, Use the given command for the same.

To login MySQL Shell.

mysql -u root -p

Enter your MySQL root password when prompted.

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

Step 6: Downloading & Extracting WordPress

To download the latest version from WordPress website, We need to execute the given command for the same.

cd /tmp
curl -LO https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
tar xzvf latest.tar.gz

Step 7: Move the WordPress files

Moving wordpress file to the HTML documenting PATH in order to read by apache web server.

sudo mv /tmp/wordpress /var/www/html/

Step 8: Updating Permission

Updating permission to read the WordPress files from right web server system user.

Set the correct permissions:

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

Step 9: Configure Virtualhost

Configure Apache to serve the WordPress site:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/wordpress.conf

Add the following lines to the file and save it:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin admin@example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/wordpress
    ServerName example.com
    ServerAlias www.example.com

    <Directory /var/www/html/wordpress>
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Enable the new site and disable the default site:

sudo a2ensite wordpress.conf
sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 10: Accessing WordPress

Complete the WordPress installation by visiting your server’s IP address or domain name in a web browser and following the on-screen instructions.

Conclusion

We have successfully installed and setup the WordPress using the LAMP stack on Ubuntu. If you have any questions or issues, please leave a comment below.