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 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [How to download/ manage a few blogs to localhost (and on lives sites)](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-download-manage-a-few-blogs-to-localhost-and-on-lives-sites/)
 *  [EssEtch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/essetch/)
 * (@essetch)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-download-manage-a-few-blogs-to-localhost-and-on-lives-sites/#post-749387)
 * Each WP install is counted as a database in its own right. Your first install
   is one database, and as you can imagine, the mySQL part of the XAMPP will allow
   more than one. All you have to remember is that each installation needs a different
   name and cannot be called ‘wordpress’.
 * I am sure by now you are quite familiar with XAMPP, and have figured out that
   all one needs to do is to log into the phpMyAdmin area and start a new database.
   Give it a unique name and install a new copy of wordpress. Rinse & repeat.
 * You can run more than one blog on your local host. The advantages are:
 * – Experiment without messing up your actual site.
    – Keep working despite a slow
   or zero internet connection. – Bring your blog to a comfort zone of a few well
   written posts before you can make it public. – Always have a sort of a mirror
   site or back-up.
 * Parting shot: Do remember to read and act upon the security settings advice for
   XAMPP. The readme file has it all.
 * Good luck!
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Securing XAMPP on localhost has disabled WordPress- help please](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/securing-xampp-on-localhost-has-disabled-wordpress-help-please/)
 *  [EssEtch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/essetch/)
 * (@essetch)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/securing-xampp-on-localhost-has-disabled-wordpress-help-please/#post-749386)
 * It’s been a while after your post. I am sure you are out of the woods. I am writing
   this only for the sake of completion.
    Here is a quote from the XAMPP readme 
   file:
 * > After changing the password you’ll have to reconfigure phpMyAdmin to use the
   > new password, otherwise it won’t be able to access the databases. To do that,
   > open the file config.inc.php in \XAMPPlite\phpmyadmin\ and edit the following
   > lines:
   >  $cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘user’] = ‘root’; // MySQL User
   >  $cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘
   > auth_type’] = ‘http’; // HTTP authentification
 * This will let you go into the WP admin area successfully.
 * However, to access your site directly by typing [http://localhost/wordpress/](http://localhost/wordpress/)(
   I am presuming that you chose the database name as ‘wordpress’), you may still
   get an error. For this:
 * Open the wp_config.php file in the ‘wordpress’ directory. Check out the following
   lines:
 * > // ** MySQL settings ** //
   >  define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘wordpress’); // The name of 
   > the database define(‘DB_USER’, ‘root’); // Your MySQL username define(‘DB_PASSWORD’,”);//…
   > and password define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 99% chance you won’t need to
   > change this value define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’); define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);
 * Add the password accordingly. Leave the user-name as it is. This is “admin” by
   default. You may have set a new one in the settings areas of your WP install.
 * Hope this helps all.
    -SH

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