How to install WordPress on FreeBSD Latest

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system that is widely used for creating and managing websites. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install WordPress on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before getting started, ensure that you have the following:

• A FreeBSD Latest server
• You have root or sudo access to the server
• A web server such as Apache or Nginx installed and running on the server
• PHP version 7.2 or higher installed on the server
• A MySQL or MariaDB server installed on the server

Installation Steps

Step 1: Update FreeBSD Latest

Update your FreeBSD distribution to the latest version by running the following command:

sudo freebsd-update fetch install

Step 2: Install PHP

Run the following command to install PHP and its required extensions:

sudo pkg install php72 php72-mysqli php72-pdo_mysql php72-mbstring php72-filter php72-gd php72-curl php72-zip php72-tokenizer php72-json php72-hash php72-xml php72-ctype php72-session

Step 3: Install MySQL or MariaDB

You can install either MySQL or MariaDB. Here is how to install MariaDB:

sudo pkg install mariadb104-server

Initialize the MariaDB data directory and set the root password:

sudo mysql_install_db
sudo mysql_secure_installation

Start and enable the MariaDB service to start at boot time:

sudo service mysql-server start
sudo sysrc mysql_enable=yes

Step 4: Install WordPress

Download the latest version of WordPress from the official website using the following command:

sudo curl -O https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

Extract the downloaded file to the document root directory of your web server:

sudo tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz -C /usr/local/www/apache24/data/

Rename the wordpress directory to whatever you want to name your WordPress site:

sudo mv /usr/local/www/apache24/data/wordpress /usr/local/www/apache24/data/mywordpress

Step 5: Configure WordPress

Create a new MySQL or MariaDB database for your WordPress site:

sudo mysql -u root -p
MariaDB [(none)]> create database wordpress;
MariaDB [(none)]> grant all privileges on wordpress.* to 'wpuser'@'localhost' identified by 'wppassword';
MariaDB [(none)]> flush privileges;
MariaDB [(none)]> exit;

Copy the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php:

sudo cp /usr/local/www/apache24/data/mywordpress/wp-config-sample.php /usr/local/www/apache24/data/mywordpress/wp-config.php

Update the database credentials in the wp-config.php file:

define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');
define('DB_USER', 'wpuser');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'wppassword');
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');

Step 6: Configure Permissions

Update the permissions of the mywordpress directory to make it writable by the web server:

sudo chown -R www:www /usr/local/www/apache24/data/mywordpress
sudo chmod -R 755 /usr/local/www/apache24/data/mywordpress

Step 7: Access WordPress

Open a web browser and navigate to http://<server-address>/mywordpress/ to access the WordPress installation page. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install WordPress on FreeBSD Latest. We hope you found this guide helpful. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them in the comments section below.