How to install WordPress
Download WordPress and set up document root
Section titled “Download WordPress and set up document root”First, download WordPress from wordpress.org. After downloading, the resulting zip file should be in your C:\Downloads folder. Unzip this WordPress.zip file – you should now see a C:\Downloads\WordPress folder. Move the contents of that folder to C:\MAMP\htdocs.
Create database
Section titled “Create database”Click on Open Start Page, then on the phpMyAdmin link. Create a database in phpMyAdmin and name it “wordpress”.
Run WordPress installation
Section titled “Run WordPress installation”Go to Open Start Page, click on My Website in the top menu bar – you should now see the WordPress installation process begin.
The following fields are the default for the MAMP MySQL installation: username “root”, password “root”, database host “localhost:8889” (use only “localhost” if your MySQL port is 3306).
Complete the WordPress installation process. The “admin” is your WordPress administrator. You can use a different user name for the administrator.
