WordPress, like ALL software, has its system requirements: what it needs to run. WordPress requires PHP, MySQL or MariaDB and a web server like Apache, Nginx, etc.
See: https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/
I’m not exactly sure what kind of “local server” you have, but you should be able to install all these required software individually on a Windows computer, or use an all-in-one server stack like Deskserver, XAMPP, WAMPServer, Bitnami, etc in your Windows computer.
Thank you @gappiah for your support
I am using IIS server, is that enough to run the local instance?
Regards,
Hey,
Now a days, wordpress is causing many issues. Today i tried to upgrade my website to latest version https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/11/23/instastool-wordpress-and-php-8-0/ and got an error “There Has Been a Critical Error on Your Website” and still i am trying to resolve it. Really worried about it.
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This reply was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by
harrysing125.
@asaad202:
IIS is only a webserver, like Apache or Nginx, and is not enough. As I mentioned above, you also need the PHP engine and MySQL server.
And looking at your questions, I’ll highly advise that you install and use an all-in-one WordPress local development server, rather than trying to install and tie together the individual software components. Please see:
Installing WordPress on your own Computer
@harrysing125: I see what you did there, sneaking your link in-between the link to the WordPress post 😀 I bet you didn’t know all outbound links are no-follow?
