To run WordPress on your own computer it’s not as simple as downloading WordPress and clicking on it to run. It requires a web server configured to support PHP, SQL (Databases) and some other things needed. In this guide I’ll cover the method or software for setting up a local environment for WordPress that I like.

This is the first ‘series’ that I’ll be documenting to help new developer’s or people interested in building a WordPress plugin. This will be considered a ‘basic’ plugin and will hopefully get you started in your development career!