How to Install WordPress with LEMP Stack on Debian 13

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WordPress is a web content management system. It was originally created as a tool to publish blogs but has evolved to support publishing other web content, including more traditional websites, mailing lists and Internet forum, media galleries, membership sites, learning management systems and online stores.

Prerequisites

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• Root access to your Debian 13 server.

• LEMP Stack installed and running. Learn how to setup LEMP Stack.

Create WordPress Database

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mysql -u root -p

Inside MariaDB prompt:

CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
CREATE USER 'wp_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'strongpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wp_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Install PHP and Extensions

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apt install php-fpm php-mysql php-cli php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-xml php-xmlrpc php-soap php-intl php-zip -y

Check PHP version:

php -v

Download and Configure WordPress

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cd /tmp
apt update && apt install -y curl
curl -O https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
tar -xzf latest.tar.gz

Copy WordPress files to web root:

cp -r wordpress/* /var/www/html/

Set permissions:

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/
find /var/www/html/ -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
find /var/www/html/ -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

Configure WordPress

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cp /var/www/html/wp-config-sample.php /var/www/html/wp-config.php
nano /var/www/html/wp-config.php

Edit the DB config:

define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');
define('DB_USER', 'wp_user');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'strongpassword');
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');

Configure Nginx for WordPress

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nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/wordpress

Paste:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name your_server_ip;

    root /var/www/html;
    index index.php index.html index.htm;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php-fpm.sock;
    }

    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }
}

Enable the config:

ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/wordpress /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
nginx -t
systemctl reload nginx

Finish Installation in Browser

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Open browser and go to:

http://<your_server_ip>/

Follow WordPress setup wizard.

Conclusion

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You now have WordPress running on a LEMP stack on Debian 13 (Trixie). Enjoy building your website or blog!