How to Install Wordpress 6 on Ubuntu with LAMP stack

WordPress is one of the most popular website-building tools available out there. It is a simple way to get your online presence and perfect for those who do not know how to code and want a simple and effective way to share and build your story on the internet.

In this tutorial, We will be using a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, and PHP) stack to install WordPress 6 on Ubuntu, which is one option for a server architecture that supports WordPress by providing the Linux operating system, Apache web server, MySQL/MariaDB database, and PHP programming language.

Prerequisite:

Operating system: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
A LAMP stack installed on your system.
- PHP 7.4 or greater.
- MariaDB 10.5 or greater (MySQL 5.7 or greater ).
User privileges: root or non-root user with root privileges.

How to Install and Configure LAMP stack on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | 20.04 LTS | 18.04 LTS

Step 1 – Install PHP extensions required by WordPress

First of all, ensure all the packages on your system are up to date by following the command below:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Next, Install the PHP extensions required by WordPress:

sudo apt install -y vim unzip wget php php-common php-mysql php-xml php-xmlrpc php-curl php-gd php-imagick php-cli php-dev php-imap php-mbstring php-opcache php-soap php-zip php-intl

Step 2 – Create database for WordPress

sudo mysql -uroot -p

Create a new database name called wp_db

CREATE DATABASE wp_db;

Create a new database user called wp_user and set password is wp_PWD

CREATE USER wp_user@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'wp_PWD';

Grant all privileges on wp_db database to wp_user user

GRANT ALL ON wp_db.* TO wp_user@localhost;

Reload and exit database server

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

EXIT;

Step 3 – Download WordPress latest version

First, go to the /var/www/html directory:

cd /var/www/html

Run the command below to download the WordPress latest version from official website:

sudo wget https://wordpress.org/latest.zip

Make sure you have successfully downloaded:

ls

Next, unzip the downloaded latest.zip file:

sudo unzip latest.zip

Step 4 – Configure the WordPress directory

By default name is wordpress, you can rename to your-name:

sudo mv wordpress mysite ###Replace mysite = Your-Name

Adjusting the Ownership and Permissions on the site directory:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data mysite

sudo chmod -R 755 mysite

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Change-privileges-on-the-website-directory

Step 5 – Configure Apache for WordPress

Next, enable modules and the virtual host configuration file of your Apache web server by creating a configuration file for your website.

Create a new configuration file called mysite.conf file in the /etc/apache2/sites-available/ directory by following the command below:

sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/mysite.conf

Copy and Paste content below:

### NOTE
##### Replace domain.com = your-domain
##### mysite = your-name

<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerAdmin [email protected]

	DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mysite
	ServerName domain.com
	ServerAlias www.domain.com

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

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

</VirtualHost>

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