Wordpress Install - Ubuntu 22.04

Wordpress is an open source software you can download to create a beautiful website or blog to host on your own server. Here are the instructions to assist in installing Wordpress using Apache, PHP and MariaDB.

Install Apache

sudo apt install apache2 -y

Enable Apache and Check Status

sudo systemctl enable apache2
systemctl status apache2

Install PHP

sudo apt install -y php php-{common,mysql,xml,xmlrpc,curl,gd,imagick,cli,dev,imap,mbstring,opcache,soap,zip,intl}

Install MariaDB, Start and Secure

sudo apt install mariadb-server mariadb-client -y
sudo systemctl enable --now mariadb
sudo mysql_secure_installation

Add Database for Wordpress

sudo mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE wordpress_db;
CREATE USER 'wp_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_PASSWORD';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress_db.* TO 'wp_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Download and Install Wordpress Latest

sudo apt install wget unzip -y
wget https://wordpress.org/latest.zip
sudo unzip latest.zip
sudo mv wordpress/ /var/www/html/
sudo chown www-data:www-data -R /var/www/html/wordpress/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/wordpress/

Configure Apache

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

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
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 Website

sudo a2ensite wordpress.conf
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2