Download MAMP

• Download MAMP from mamp.info

Configure MAMP

• Go into MAMP -> Preferences
  
• General Tab
  • Check Everything
    • Start Servers
    • Check for updates
    • Open WebSTart page
    • Stop Servers
      
• Ports Tab
  • Defaults
    • Apache Port: 8888
    • Nginx Port: 8888
    • MySQL Port: 8889
      
• PHP Tab
  • Defaults
    
• Web Server
  • Apache
  • Document Root
    – select a suitable folder location to store your WordPress Site – e.g WebServers
    
• MySQL
  • defaults
    
• Cloud
  • defaults

Download and Install WordPress

• go to https://wordpress.org/ and click on Get WordPress
• Download the latest version
• copy the wordpress zip file to your WebServers folder. Expand it to get WordPress folder

Start Server

• Open MAMP
• start servers

Setup WordPress Database

• Go to MAMP Dashboard and click on Open Webstart Page
• In the browser window select TOOLS -> PHPMYADMIN
• Databases Tab
• Create database
• Name: e.g. skills421db

Configure WordPress

http://localhost:8888/wp-admin/setup-config.php

• English – UK
• Submit
• Let’s go!
  
• Provide Database details

• Name: wordpressdb
• Username: root
• Password: root
• Database Host: localhost
• Table Prefix: wp_

• Submit
• Run the Installation
  
• SiteTitle: your site title – e.g Skills421
• Username: – e.g. johndunning
• Password
• Your email
• Search Engine Visibility – ignore – unchecked
  
• Install WordPress

Log In to WordPress

• Username: as above
• Password: as above