Now, you need to install WordPress on WAMP using the very same – already downloaded and unzipped – files from the previous chapter. If you don’t have them anymore, you can download them again here.

What you need to do now, is to copy the whole unzipped “wordpress” folder into your WAMP application. Navigate to the folder where you installed WAMP (usually: “c:/wamp”) and paste the unzipped “wordpress” into the “c:/wamp/www” folder:

You can rename the “wordpress” folder to anything you want, and I recommend you to do that, because this will be the URL of your local WordPress site! In this example I am going to use “smartketeer” instead of “wordpress” (you’ll have to use your preferred name such as “yoursitename”).

Now open a new window or tab using the web browser already associated with WAMP and enter the following address in the address bar:

http://localhost/yoursitename/

In my case the correct address will be: “http://localhost/smartketeer/” …

And as you can see, the WordPress setup (which has already been discussed in the previous chapter) will start automatically, allowing you to make the first step selecting the desired language:

Select your language, then click the “Let’s go!” button on the next screen. Now you will have to provide your database information using the previously defined database name, the “root” username and leaving the password field blank: