How To install Wordpress
Download Wordpress and setup document root
Download WordPress here . After downloading, the resulting zip file should be in your ~/Downloads
folder. Unzip this Wordpress.zip file. You should now see a ~/Downloads/Wordpress
folder. Move the contents of this folder to /Applications/MAMP/htdocs
.
Create database
Click on Open Start Page, then on the phpMyAdmin link. Create a database in phpMyAdmin and call it “wordpress”.
Run WordPress installation
Go to Open Start Page, click on “MyWebsite” on the top menu bar, you should now see the Wordpress installation process begin.
The following fields are the default for the MAMP PRO MySQL installation, username: “root”, password: “root”, database host: “localhost”
Finish the WordPress installation process.