How to install latest WordPress on Windows

While searching through the web I was not able to find a detailed step-by-step installation instruction of WordPress content management system (CMS), specifically on the local host. Being a part time web-developer for WPIntegration (Service Specialising in PSD to wordpress theme conversion).I understand the importance of installing a site on localhost and cheking its final look before making it live on the web.

WordPress is one of the most used blogging tools available on the web. It is open source and it is free. It has a huge number of advantages such as an efficient plug-in architecture, search engine optimized coding, user friendly setup, customizability, and the list goes on. If used cleverly it can save huge amounts of money for a site, especially the amount spent on development.

Installing the latest WordPress content management system (CMS) is not a very complicated process. However if you are building a WordPress site from the scratch or even thinking about doing some changes to the site, it is highly advisable to first do the changes on a localhost installation of the WordPress.

So here we give you step-by-step instructions on how to install WordPress on the localhost server.

Step 1: XAMPP

For this tutorial we are using XAMPP as our web server solution. XAMPP is also open source and thus free to download and use. XAMPP is the abbreviation of cross platform (X), Apache HTTP server, MySQL, PHP, and Pearl, thus you get a MySQL database system, an Apache HTTP server, and support of PHP and pearl script, that is compatible with many types of platforms.