How to install WordPress in OS X

This tutorial will guide you through the steps required to install WordPress on your Mac.

If you use WordPress as your blogging platform, it can be really helpful to have a development environment/version to test out plugins, install and/or customize themes etc, before you make the changes on your live site. It’s even more helpful to have that development environment running on your Mac. The steps outlined below will get you set up for just that.

1. The first thing you’ll need to do is install MAMP. Fortunately there’s a tutorial that takes you step-by-step through this process. Once you have MAMP installed, return to this page.
2. Now download WordPress and extract the contents of the file to your Applications/MAMP/htdocs/ folder.



3. Open your browser and head the the page http://localhost:8888. You’ll be presented with the initial WordPress setup page prompting you to create a wp-config.php file. Click the Create a Configuration File button.



4. The configuration file should be successfully created and you’ll be taken to the next step. Click thee Let’s Go! button.



5. Now you’ll need to return to the MAMP configuration page at http://localhost/MAMP/. On this page, select the link to phpMyAdmin from the top nav bar.



6. Scroll down the phpMyAdmin page and select the Databases link.



7. Enter wordpress in the Create new database field, and click the Create button.



8. You’ll be notified that the database was successfully created.



9. Back on the WordPress setup page, enter the appropriate information in each field. Make sure Database Name: is set to wordpress, Database Host: is set to localhost and your MySQL user name and password are correct. Click the Submit button when you’re done.



10. Now it’s time to finish up, so click the Run the install button.



11. Give your WordPress blog a name and enter your email address. Note: unless you have a mail server running on your Mac, the mail function of WordPress will not work. If you’re using the installed version of WordPress as a development site, this doesn’t really matter too much.

    Click Install WordPress.



12. Because WordPress makes use of the mail function to recover lost passwords, it’s especially important that you make note of and write down your password. There’s no way to recover it if you lose it (unless you’re running a mail server on your Mac). Click Log In.



13. Enter your admin user name and password, and click Log In again.



14. That’s it - you’re done! You can now start installing themes, plugins etc.

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