WordPress installation guide step by step

Prerequisites:

1. Enough memory, MySQL, PHP in the latest version?
2. FTP access data available?
3. Domain: The domain should be set up on your hosting account.

I) The way via the local computer with (s)FTP:

Download and prepare WordPress

1. Open the official WordPress page:
   German download page: https://de.wordpress.org/download
   Direct download link: https://de.wordpress.org/latest-de_DE.zip
   
   (English download page: wordpress.org/download)
   
2. Download the latest WordPress version:
3. Click on "Download WordPress" or "Download WordPress".
4. Save the ZIP file on your computer (e.g. in the "Downloads" folder).
5. Unzip the ZIP file:
6. It is best to place the files in a new folder, e.g. "wp".
   After unpacking, you will find the WordPress files such as wp-admin, wp-content, wp-includes and wp-config-sample.php.

Transfer WordPress files to the server via FTP

1. Connect to the server using an FTP program (e.g. FileZilla).
2. Upload the unzipped WordPress files to the desired folder on the server (e.g. root directory or /blog).
3. Check whether all files have been uploaded completely.

I) Alternative to FTP: The path directly in the server

Requirement: Logged in to the server via SSH with appropriate rights

1. Change to the installation directory (public_html, www, or similar)
2. Create WordPress root directory, for example "name-of-the-domain"
3. Download WordPress with wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
4. Unpack with tar xfz latest.tar.gz
5. Clean up with "mv wordpress/* ." "rm -rf wordpress latest.tar.gz"

II) Create database

1. Log into the customer menu of your hoster (e.g. cPanel, Plesk).
2. Create a new MySQL database.
3. Create a database user and assign a secure password.
4. Link the user to the database and assign all rights.
5. Save the access data: Database name, user name, password.

III) Start WordPress installation

1. Open the URL of your website in the browser (e.g. https://deine-domain.de or https://deine-domain.de/blog).
2. Select the language and click on "Next".
3. Enter the database access data:
   Database name
   User name
   password
   Database host (127.0.0.1 instead of localhost)
   Table prefix
4. Click on "Send".

IV) Complete the installation

Enter the basic information:

1. Website title
2. Username for the admin account (PLEASE do not use "admin"!!!)
3. Secure password
4. E-mail address
5. Decide whether the website should be found by search engines (don't forget later...)
6. Click on "Install WordPress".

Finished

You will receive a success message.

Log in to the WordPress backend with your username and password (e.g. https://deine-domain.de/wp-admin).