How to install WordPress CMS on Debian 11.3

Step 4: Check the Apache server status by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl status apache2
● apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2022-05-25 03:59:30 IST; 1h 12min ago
       Docs: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/

Step 5: Install PHP by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# apt install php libapache2-mod-php php-zip php-cli php-common php-curl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  libonig5
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it.

Step 6 : Install PHP dependency package by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# apt install php7.4-cli php7.4-json php7.4-common php7.4-mysql
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
php7.4-cli is already the newest version (7.4.28-1+deb11u1).
php7.4-cli set to manually installed.
php7.4-common is already the newest version (7.4.28-1+deb11u1).
php7.4-common set to manually installed.

Step 7: Install the MySQL secure installation and set the root password by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# apt install mariadb-server -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done

root@linuxhelp:~# mysql_secure_installation

NOTE: RUNNING ALL PARTS OF THIS SCRIPT IS RECOMMENDED FOR ALL MariaDB
      SERVERS IN PRODUCTION USE!  PLEASE READ EACH STEP CAREFULLY!

In order to log into MariaDB to secure it, we'll need the current
password for the root user. If you've just installed MariaDB, and
haven't set the root password yet, you should just press enter here.

Enter current password for root (enter for none):
OK, successfully used password, moving on...


All done!  If you've completed all of the above steps, your MariaDB
installation should now be secure.
Thanks for using MariaDB!

Step 8: Create a database and database user for wordpress by using the below command

root@linuxhelp: # mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 57
Server version: 10.5.15-MariaDB-0+deb11u1 Debian 11

MariaDB [(none)]> create database wordpress;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.000 sec)


MariaDB [(none)]> grant all on wordpress.* to wordpress@localhost identified by 'linuxc#4';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.044 sec)


MariaDB [(none)]> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.015 sec)


MariaDB [(none)]> use wordpress;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.015 sec)

MariaDB [wordpress]> Create user ‘linuxhelp1’@’localhost’ identified by ‘linux’ 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.007 sec)


MariaDB [wordpress]> grant all on wordpress.* to linuxhelp1@localhost;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.044 sec)


MariaDB [(none)]> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.015 sec)


MariaDB [(none)]> exit
Bye

Step 9: Change the directory by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# cd /var/www/

Step 10: Install the wget by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:/var/www# apt-get install wget -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  libonig5

Step 11: Download the wordpress by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:/var/www# wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
--2022-05-28 05:30:40--  https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
Resolving wordpress.org (wordpress.org)... 198.143.164.252
Connecting to wordpress.org (wordpress.org)|198.143.164.252|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 21166276 (20M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘latest.tar.gz’

latest.tar.gz       100%[===================>]  20.19M  6.56MB/s    in 3.3s    

2022-05-28 05:30:44 (6.07 MB/s) - ‘latest.tar.gz’ saved [21166276/21166276]

Step 12: Extract the wordpress zip file by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:/var/www# tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz
wordpress/
wordpress/xmlrpc.php
wordpress/wp-blog-header.php
wordpress/readme.html
wordpress/wp-signup.php
wordpress/index.php
wordpress/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/

root@linuxhelp:/var/www# ls -la
total 20692
drwxr-xr-x  4 root   root        4096 May 28 05:31 .
drwxr-xr-x 12 root   root        4096 May 25 02:28 ..
drwxr-xr-x  2 root   root        4096 May 25 02:49 html
-rw-r--r--  1 root   root          21 May 25 03:59 html.info.phpy
-rw-r--r--  1 root   root    21166276 May 25 00:33 latest.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x  5 nobody nogroup     4096 May 25 00:32 wordpress

root@linuxhelp:/var/www# chmod -R 775 wordpress/

root@linuxhelp:/var/www# chown  -R  wordpress/

root@linuxhelp:~# cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/

root@linuxhelp:/etc/apache2/sites-available# nano wordpress.conf

<virtualHost *:80>
serverName www.linuxhelp.com
DocumentRoot /var/wwwwordpress
<Directory /var/www/wordpress>
AllowOverride all
Allow from all
<Directory>
</virtualhost>

root@linuxhelp:~# nano /etc/hosts

<ip address> www.linuxhelp1.com

root@linuxhelp:/etc/apache2/sites-available# systemctl restart apache2