WordPress Installation on Ubuntu Server

1. Download WordPress & Install WordPress
2. Install MySQL Database Server
3. Create WordPress Database
4. Installing Additional PHP Extensions
5. Configuring the WordPress Directory
6. Adjusting the Ownership and Permissions
7. Install Nginx
8. Adjusting the Firewall
9. Configure Nginx
10. Completing the Installation Through the Web Interface

1. Download WordPress & Install WordPress

• Download WordPress using the following command

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

• Extract the WordPress Zip file

$ tar xzvf latest.tar.gz

2. Install MySQL Database Server:

• We need to install the MySQL database server by running the command below

$ sudo apt install mysql-server mysql-client

• start & enable the mysql service

$ sudo systemctl start mysql
$ sudo systemctl enable mysql

3. Create WordPress Database

• Creating a MySQL Database and User for WordPress

$ sudo mysql -u root

• create an exclusive database for WordPress to control

mysql> CREATE DATABASE wordpress DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;

• create a separate MySQL user account that we will use exclusively to operate our new database

mysql> CREATE USER ‘wordpressuser’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘password’;

• Next, let the database know that our wordpressuser should have complete access to the database we set up:

mysql> GRANT ALL ON wordpress.* TO ‘wordpressuser’@’localhost’;

• Exit out of MySQL

mysql>EXIT;

4. Installing Additional PHP Extensions

• Download and install some of the most popular PHP extensions for use with WordPress by typing:

$ sudo apt install php7.4 php7.4-gd php7.4-mysql php7.4-zip php7.4-fpm –y

5. Configuring the WordPress Directory

• Move all WordPress file into /var/www/html directory

$ sudo cp -r /home/ubuntu/wordpress /var/www/html

6. Adjusting the Ownership and Permissions

• Run the command below to change ownership of ‘wordpress’ directory

$ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/wordpress

• Change File permissions of the WordPress folder

$ chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/wordpress/

7. Install Nginx

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install nginx

8. Adjusting the Firewall

• List all firewall apps in ubuntu server

$ sudo ufw app list

• Allow nginx traffic on port 80

$ sudo ufw allow nginx

• You can verify the change by typing:

$ sudo ufw status

• Checking your Web Server

$ sudo systemctl status nginx

• When you have your server’s IP address, enter it into your browser’s address bar:

http://your_server_ip/

• You should receive the default Nginx landing page.

9. Configure Nginx

• Navigate to /etc/nginx/site-available folder

$ cd /etc/nginx/site-available

• Rename default file into wordpress.com

$ mv default wordpress.com

• Restart the nginx server

$ sudo systemctl restart nginx

• Now run the following URL in your browser

http://your_server_ip/wordpress

10. Completing the Installation Through the Web Interface

• Completing the Installation Through the Web Interface
• In web browser, navigate to your server’s domain name or public IP address:

https://server_domain_or_ip/