Install website from a zip file

Hallo @shebinkk, here I added a quick instructions:

To get the WordPress website up and running again on your Windows machine, you’ll need to follow these general steps:

Install a local server environment:

You can use software like XAMPP, WAMP, or MAMP to set up a local server environment on your Windows machine. These packages include Apache, MySQL, and PHP, which are required to run WordPress.

Extract the WordPress files:

Unzip the provided zip file containing the WordPress website onto your local machine. Make sure you extract it into the correct directory where your local server environment is configured to serve files from (e.g., htdocs for XAMPP or WAMP).

Create a MySQL database:

Access your local server’s MySQL database management tool (usually phpMyAdmin) and create a new database. Remember the database name, username, and password as you’ll need them later during WordPress installation.

Import the SQL file:

Use phpMyAdmin or any other MySQL management tool to import the provided SQL file into the database you just created. This will populate the database with the website’s content.

Configure WordPress:

• Rename the wp-config-sample.php file in the WordPress directory to wp-config.php.
• Open wp-config.php and update the database details (database name, username, and password) to match the ones you created earlier.

Start the local server:

Start your local server environment (XAMPP/WAMP/MAMP).

Access your website:

Open your web browser and navigate to https://localhost/your-wordpress-directory. This will start the WordPress installation process.

Complete WordPress installation:

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the WordPress installation. You’ll be asked to provide site information such as site title, admin username, password, and email address.

Login to WordPress dashboard:

Once installation is complete, you can log in to the WordPress admin dashboard using the credentials you set during installation.

Check and update permalinks:

Go to Settings > Permalinks in the WordPress admin dashboard and choose the desired permalink structure. This step is necessary to ensure your website’s links work correctly.

That’s it! You should now have the WordPress website up and running on your Windows machine. You can access and manage it locally for development or testing purposes.

Hello @benjamin_zekavica,

Thank you very much for the very detailed steps.

One question: I’m getting the hosting done for the domain soon. So instead of doing this in local server, is it possible to make the website up in the domain itself?

Hi @shebinkk

1. Upload the zip file in the public_html directory on your host and unzip it. Make sure that all unzipped files are in the public_html directory, not inside a sub-folder there.
2. Make a database and note the database username, password and database name.
3. Open the database with phpMyAdmin and import the data from the database file you have.
4. Edit the wp-config.php file and add your new database details there.

This is summary of steps. If you need clarification of any step, feel free to ask.

Hello @mqasimkh,

Thank you for the steps. I followed them to import the WordPress files as well as the sql files. Also I edited the wp_config file to add the DB_NAME, DB_USER and DB_PASSWORD. But could you please tell me if I should add the DB_HOST also?

After finishing the steps you’ve mentioned, I tried to preview the website from hosting cpanel, but it gives me the below error message. Any help on this would be highly appreciated.

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator at root@localhost to inform them of the time this error occurred, and the actions you performed just before this error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.