Title: Installation
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Installation

 *  [Thundersax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thundersax/)
 * (@thundersax)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-187/)
 * Must I install the world press on the server or can I install it on my PC at 
   home, without using any server.
    Can I design my new website at hone on my PC
   without using any server and then afterwards I can upload my website to host-
   server. Ist taht pssobile?

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 *  [AGSoft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agsoft/)
 * (@agsoft)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-187/#post-6424718)
 * Yes, you can install WordPress to your local machine. [Give this a read](https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Local_Installation_Instructions)
   for full instructions on how to do it.
 *  [leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/)
 * (@leejosepho)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-187/#post-6424719)
 * Here is a little more to possibly help you choose:
    [https://www.google.com/search?q=xampp+wamp+mamp+wordpress](https://www.google.com/search?q=xampp+wamp+mamp+wordpress)
 *  [wadigraphic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wadigraphic/)
 * (@wadigraphic)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-187/#post-6424915)
 * You can use BitNami [https://bitnami.com/](https://bitnami.com/) for desktop 
   development to experiment WordPress although the different between the live host
   and the localhost in your computers is that using inexpensive hosting
    you can
   have live experiment on a server for about $5 a month for hosting which you can
   see the live experiment results with different devices but with localhost you
   can’t.
 *  [ontechies](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ontechies/)
 * (@ontechies)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-187/#post-6424980)
 * Thundersax, Absolutely. You can install in your personal computer, test it, add
   posts, pages, etc and then once you are happy with it, you can just export all
   content from it to a file.
 * The steps to do this are:
 * 1- Login to your local WordPress site
    2- Go to Tools -> Export 3- Select all
   the content you want to export 4- Login to the WordPress installation in a server/
   hosting 5- Go to Tools -> Import 6- Select WordPress as the type of import 7-
   Select file you previously exported and click on Upload and import
 * I also agree with wadigraphic – if you already have a hosting account somewhere,
   you should be able to just install WordPress there and the cost shouldn’t be 
   too high.
 * Good luck!

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
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 * Last activity: [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-187/#post-6424980)
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