#Setting up wordpress for mac for free#
#Setting up wordpress for mac install#

Now it’s time to start up your servers and add a database. While you’re in your preferences you’ll also want to set your PHP to the latest version and choose a document root location for Apache (100% your choice – I made a new folder in my docs just to keep things organized). Even thought using port 80 requires you to enter your admin password each time your start your servers, it really doesn’t bother me and it makes me feel more secure about my secret theme creations. The adjustments to the ports will allow you to exclude the port number from your localhost URL and protect your local host respectively. It’s recommended you use 80 for your Apache Port and 330 for your MySQL Port.Click on the “Ports” button to update the values selected.This should open a second screen (see img below – right).First you’ll want to open MAMP, and you should get a start up (see img below -left).Now that you have Mamp installed on your computer you will have to to adjust your default MAMP settings.

#Setting up wordpress for mac install#

Once you have it downloaded, install MAMP like any other program by dragging the folder into your applications folder.

#Setting up wordpress for mac for free#

First things first, you need to download MAMP (Mac Apache MySQL PHP) which you can get for free from their website by clicking on the nifty button below. I recommend using MAMP for local installations of WordPress on a Mac. So for those of you with Macs – let’s get started! Download & Setup MAMP If I ever install WordPress on a PC I’ll be sure to update this post. Why am I only writing about local installation on a Mac? Because that’s what I have. I recently released my very first WordPress theme, but before I could start coding I had to get my local host up and running.īelow are the steps I used for locally installing WordPress on a Mac. I hope you’re able to learn something from these posts – even if it’s something small.

This is the first in a series of posts that will cover basic WordPress theme development from start to finish. I know there are lots of other people out there just beginning their WordPress journey and thought you might have some of the questions (or run into a few of the problems) that I have.

Since I’m still learning when it comes to WordPress theme development, I wanted to share my experiences with all of you.