How to Install Wordpress 5.6 on Locally via Xampp

- Download and install and setup your xampp by following below instructions from Apache friends
https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html
Open xammp and Turn on Apache and MySQL
Go to http://localhost/dashboard/
You should see a page like this

Go to your xammp installation folder - eg D/xammp/htdocs
Then go to htdocs folder

Create a new folder named wordpress5.6
Download wordpress and extract files from below link
https://wordpress.org/download/
Copy wordpress files and put into the xammp/htdocs/wordpress5.6 folder so looks like below

Go to phpMyAdmin to create a new database
http://localhost/phpmyadmin/
Click new
Fill databasename= wordpress5.6
Click create

Open your wordpress installation in browser
http://localhost/wordpress5.6/
You should see below

Go through instructions
Database Name: wordpress5.6
- Username: root
- Password: “leave blank”
Database Host: localhost
After installation your site will be completed installation!
Login with your wordpress user and password

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