install wordpress on ubuntu

Step 1: Install Apache Web Server

$ sudo apt-get install apache2 apache2-utils

Step 2: Install MySQL Database Server

$ sudo apt-get install mysql-client mysql-server

The database server deployment is not yet secure,

$ sudo mysql_secure_installation

Step 3: Install PHP and Modules

$ sudo apt-get install php7.0 php7.0-mysql libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-cli php7.0-cgi php7.0-gd

to test if php is working with the web server create a info.php file in /var/www/html

sudo gedit /var/www/html/info.php

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

open web browser and type this address http://localhost/info.php

Step 4: Install WordPress CMS

$ wget -c http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz

move the WordPress files to the Apache root directory, /var/www/html/

$ sudo rsync -av wordpress/* /var/www/html/

give permission

$ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/
$ sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/

Step 5: Create WordPress Database name wp

$ mysql -u root -p

mysql> CREATE DATABASE wp;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wp.* TO 'your_username_here'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_chosen_password_here';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT;

Go the /var/www/html/ directory and rename wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php:

$ sudo mv /var/www/html/wp-config-sample.php /var/www/html/wp-config.php

then update it with your database information under the MySQL settings section in wp-config.php file

restart the web server and mysql service