How to Install WordPress on Your Local Computer Using Ampps

Step 1: Get the software

Just go to the AMPPS download page and select the right version for your operating system.

Step 2: Install the software

Once the download is done (this takes a bit of time as it’s pretty large), double click the DMG file to start the installation process. You get one of those nice little windows with a shortcut to your Applications folder for easy installation: drag it to the applications folder Then, you can double click that very shortcut to open the Applications folder and get to the program.

Step 3: Start the program

The first time I double-clicked the newly installed AMPPS program, this little error popped up:

Even worse than the one you may have run into before asking if you really want to open a file downloaded from the internet (yes, computer, I really do, always), this little guy has no bypass link built in. Instead, to get around it you have to Control-click the application and select the Open command from there. Once you’ve done that the first time, you don’t have to do it again and it’ll just open normally in the future.

Step 4: Start Apache and MySQL

Once you have the program open, it looks like this:

the AMPPS interface

I know, not impressive.

The good news is that starting both Apache and MySQL worked the first time, with no issues whatsoever. Just click that nifty little green start button and you’re golden.

Step 5: Install WordPress

Once you’ve got those two up and running, you click that nice little house icon to jump to the main AMPPS page in the browser.

From there, you can select any number of scripts. I clicked WordPress and found myself on an installation wizard page that will likely be familiar to many of you, as it’s basically identical to many used in one-click situations on hosting accounts:

WordPress installer

For a local install, it pre-populates the domain so you’re really just picking out the title, admin info, and so on.

Just fill in the information and click the button and you’re solid.

Note: In Case of Password Issues



When I was doing this, I randomized the password again after taking the screenshot above and then neglected to paste it someplace secure so when I went to log in I couldn’t. The email workflow doesn’t work locally (maybe it can be set up so it does, I’m not really sure), but fortunately it’s easy enough to reset the password in the database via phpMyAdmin. Here’s how:



Navigate to localhost/phpmyadmin/ to open the tool

Go to the correct database and navigate to wp_users

Find the appropriate user and click the link to edit the user

Find the password line (shown below) and enter your new password. Select MD5 from the drop down in the Function column. Save and go login with your new password

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