WordPress is undoubtedly the most preferred blogging platform in the world due to the fact that it can be easily installed, easily customized and easily used. With a plethora of add-ons, plugins, hacks and themes available all over the Internet, it is almost irresistible to use. In almost all the cases you need to install WordPress on your remote server under your domain name. But sometimes you have to install it on your local machine so that you can customize it to your heart’s content without beginning to use it in real time. Even if you don’t want to host your WordPress blog on the remote server, you can install it on your local PC for the following reason:
- Design themes for your customers and yourself
- Work on the plug-ins and add-ons
- Use it as your private journal (in which you can organize your thoughts topic-wise or date-wise)
- Use it to organize your thoughts or chapters while working on your novel, book, term paper or research article
- Use it as a content management tool
Of course you can think of many more users.
Easy as it is to install WordPress, the prerequisite are not as easy to install and configure. First of all you need a local server running, preferably Apache. After successfully setting up and running Apache you have to set up PHP and MySQL. This can be difficult or easy, depending on your comfort level with such things. You can use packages like XAMPP (Windows version) but still for the uninitiated this can be an uphill task and you may end up spoiling something.
Alternatively, as Amit explains on his blog, you can use Microsoft’s Web Platform Installer to install WordPress on your local computer in just 5 minutes.
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