How to Install WordPress with LEMP Stack on Ubuntu 26.04

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WordPress is one of the most popular website-building tools available. It provides a simple way to build and manage websites without needing advanced coding knowledge.

Prerequisites

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• Root access to your Ubuntu 26.04 server.
• LEMP Stack installed and running. Learn how to setup LEMP Stack.

Creating Database

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Log into MariaDB/MySQL:

mysql -u root -p

Inside the MySQL shell, run:

CREATE DATABASE wordpress_db;

CREATE USER 'wordpress_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

Note: Replace username and password with secure values.

Grant permissions:

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress_db.* TO 'wordpress_user'@'localhost';

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Exit:

exit

Output:

root@vps:~# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE wordpress_db;
Query OK, 1 row affected

MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE USER 'wordpress_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Query OK, 0 rows affected

MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress_db.* TO 'wordpress_user'@'localhost';
Query OK, 0 rows affected

MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Query OK, 0 rows affected

MariaDB [(none)]> exit
Bye

Download and Install WordPress

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Download latest WordPress:

wget -O /tmp/wordpress.tar.gz https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

Extract files:

tar -xzvf /tmp/wordpress.tar.gz -C /var/www/

Set correct permissions:

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/wordpress

Configure Nginx for WordPress

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Create a new server block:

nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/wordpress.conf

Add:

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;
    server_name _;

    root /var/www/wordpress;
    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/php8.4-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }

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

Test and reload Nginx:

nginx -t
systemctl reload nginx

Configure WordPress

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Open browser:

http://IP_ADDRESS

Replace IP_ADDRESS with your server IP.

Follow setup:

• Select language
• Click "Let's go"
• Enter database details:
  • Database Name: wordpress_db
  • Username: wordpress_user
  • Password: password
  • Host: localhost

Click Run the Installation

Enter site details and create admin user.

After installation, login to dashboard:

http://IP_ADDRESS/wp-admin

🎉 WordPress is now successfully installed on Ubuntu 26.04 using LEMP Stack.