{"id":6304,"date":"2021-05-09T19:58:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T19:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/?p=6304"},"modified":"2021-05-09T19:58:05","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T19:58:05","slug":"how-to-install-wordpress-with-nginx-on-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/ubuntu\/how-to-install-wordpress-with-nginx-on-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install WordPress with Nginx on Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"

WordPress is used to create, modify, publish, and manage a blog or a website with minimum coding knowledge. It is the most extensively used free and open-source CMS. The reasons behind its popularity are its ease of use, a thousand free and customizable website templates to choose from, thousands of free and paid plugins to add advanced functionalities to a website, and its support of various media types.<\/p>\n

In today\u2019s guide, you will learn to install WordPress CMS in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS <\/strong>with NGINX (web server). If you want to set up WordPress with Apache web server, visit our guide on How to Setup WordPress on Ubuntu Server with Apache<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Note<\/strong>: You must have a user with the sudo privileges<\/a> for installing WordPress on your machine.<\/p>\n

Step 1: Install Nginx<\/h2>\n

The default repositories of Ubuntu contain the Nginx<\/a> package. You can install it through this command in the Terminal:<\/p>\n

$ sudo apt-get install nginx<\/pre>\n
Enter sudo password. If prompted with the y\/n<\/strong> choice, hit y<\/strong> to continue. After that, it will begin installing Nginx on the system.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Once the installation is finished, start Nginx service as follows:<\/p>\n
$ sudo systemctl start nginx<\/pre>\n
Also, enable the service at boot:<\/p>\n
$ sudo systemctl enable nginx<\/pre>\n
Then to confirm if the service is fully functional, run this command:<\/p>\n
$ sudo systemctl status nginx<\/pre>\n
If the service is functional, you will be seeing active (running)<\/strong> in the output.<\/p>\n
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Step 2: Install MariaDB and PHP<\/h2>\n
Now install MariaDB<\/a> and PHP for WordPress to function. Execute the below command to do so:<\/p>\n
$ sudo apt-get install php php-mysql php-fpm php-curl php-gd php-intl php-mbstring php-soap php-xml php-xmlrpc php-zip mariadb-server mariadb-client<\/pre>\n
When you are prompted with the y\/n<\/strong> option, hit y<\/strong> to continue. After that, it will start installing the packages on the system.<\/p>\n
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When the installation is finished, start MariaDB service:<\/p>\n
$ sudo systemctl start mariadb<\/strong><\/pre>\n
Also, enable the MariaDB service through this command:<\/p>\n
$ sudo systemctl enable mariadb<\/pre>\n
Then to confirm if the service is fully functional, use this command:<\/p>\n
$ sudo systemctl status mariadb<\/pre>\n
If the service is functional, you will be seeing active (running)<\/strong> in the output.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Now start the PHP-FPM service:<\/p>\n
$ sudo systemctl start php7.4-fpm<\/pre>\n
Then enable the service at boot:<\/p>\n
$ sudo systemctl enable php7.4-fpm<\/pre>\n
Then to confirm if the service is fully functional, use this command:<\/p>\n
$ sudo systemctl status php7.4-fpm<\/pre>\n
If the service is functional, you will be seeing active (running)<\/strong> status.<\/p>\n
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Now to secure the MariaDB installation, execute this command:<\/p>\n
$ sudo mysql_secure_installation<\/pre>\n
Hit Enter<\/strong> when asked for the current root password. When asked to set a root password, press y<\/strong> and then set a password. <\/p>\n
For all the later questions, hit y<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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Step 3: Create Database for WordPress<\/h2>\n
WordPress requires the MySQL database for storing and managing data on the servers. Here, we will create a MySQL database and then a user for WordPress.<\/p>\n
First, log in to MySQL shell using this command:<\/p>\n
$ sudo mysql -u root -p<\/pre>\n
Now from the MySQL shell, run the below command to create a database named \u201cwpress\u201d:<\/p>\n
$ CREATE DATABASE wpress CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;<\/pre>\n
Create a user named \u201cwpressuser\u201d with the password \u201ctintin\u201d:<\/p>\n
$ CREATE USER 'wpressuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'tintin';<\/pre>\n
Now give the new user \u201cwpressuser\u201d access to the database \u201cwpress\u201d:<\/p>\n
$ GRANT ALL ON wpress.* TO 'wpressuser'@'localhost'<\/pre>\n
Now execute the below commands for the changes to take effect:<\/p>\n
$ FLUSH PRIVILEGES;<\/pre>\n
Now exit the MySQL shell:<\/p>\n
$ EXIT;<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
Step 4: Download and Install WordPress<\/h2>\n
Now in this step, we will download and install WordPress. Before downloading WordPress, create a root directory for a WordPress installation. Execute the below command in Terminal to do so:<\/p>\n
$ sudo mkdir -p \/var\/www\/html\/wpress<\/pre>\n
Download WordPress using the below command:<\/p>\n
$ wget http:\/\/wordpress.org\/latest.tar.gz<\/a><\/pre>\n
Extract the downloaded WordPress package:<\/p>\n
$ tar xfvz latest.tar.gz<\/pre>\n
After the archive is extracted, copy the WordPress folder into the \/var\/www\/html\/wpress directory:<\/p>\n
$ sudo cp -r wordpress\/* \/var\/www\/html\/wpress<\/pre>\n
Now change the ownership and assign permission to the WordPress root directory. We are doing this step to avoid errors during installation.<\/p>\n
$ sudo chown -R www-data \/var\/www\/html\/wpress<\/pre>\n
$ sudo chmod -R 755 \/var\/www\/html\/wpress<\/pre>\n
After installation, we will revert permissions.<\/p>\n
Step 5: Create NGINX Virtual Host for WordPress<\/h2>\n
Create Nginx virtual host file for WordPress. Run the below command in Terminal to do this:<\/p>\n
$ sudo nano \/etc\/nginx\/conf.d\/wpress.conf<\/pre>\n
Copy-paste the below content in the file:<\/p>\n
server {\r\n\r\nlisten 80;\r\n\r\nlisten [::]:80;\r\n\r\nroot \/var\/www\/html\/wpress; index index.php index.html index.htm;\r\n\r\nserver_name wpress.conf www.wpress.conf;\r\n\r\nerror_log \/var\/log\/nginx\/wpress.conf_error.log;\r\n\r\naccess_log \/var\/log\/nginx\/wpress.conf_access.log;\r\n\r\nclient_max_body_size 100M;\r\n\r\nlocation \/ {\r\n\r\ntry_files $uri $uri\/ \/index.php?$args;\r\n\r\n}\r\n\r\nlocation ~ \\.php$ {\r\n\r\ninclude snippets\/fastcgi-php.conf;\r\n\r\n fastcgi_pass unix:\/run\/php\/php7.4-fpm.sock<\/strong>;\r\n\r\n}\r\n\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n
Save and close the file.
\nThen remove the default Nginx server blocks using the command below in the Terminal:<\/p>\n
$ sudo rm \/etc\/nginx\/sites-enabled\/default<\/pre>\n
Now check for any errors in the Nginx configuration file using the command below in the Terminal:<\/p>\n
$ sudo systemctl config nginx<\/pre>\n
The output below shows configuration is okay.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Now restart the Nginx server to apply changes.<\/p>\n
$ sudo systemctl restart nginx<\/pre>\n
Step 6: Launch the WordPress Web Installer<\/h2>\n
Now to complete the WordPress installation, open the web browser and point it to your server\u2019s IP address.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/ip-address<\/pre>\n
By doing so, the following installation wizard will appear. Choose the preferred language and then hit Continue<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Enter a title for your WordPress site, then user name, and password which will be used to login to the WordPress site. Also, provide your email address and then click Install WordPress<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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Once WordPress is installed, you will be seeing the following view. Click Log In<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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You will see the WordPress Admin panel once you\u2019re logged in. <\/p>\n
Now revert the ownership back to root user:<\/p>\n
$ sudo chown -R root \/var\/www\/html\/wpress<\/pre>\n
That is all there is to it! In this guide, you have learned the installation of WordPress with Nginx on Ubuntu. Visit official documentation<\/a> to get started with the basic usage of WordPress.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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