How to Reinstall WordPress on WAMP
- 1). Open a Web browser on your computer. Navigate to the WordPress website. Download the WordPress installation package to your computer. Remember the download location for the WordPress folder.
- 2). Click the WAMP icon in your computer's bottom task bar. Select the "WWW directory." Drag-and-drop the WordPress folder into the "WWW Directory" folder. Click the WAMP icon again from the task bar and then select "phpMyAdmin."
- 3). Type a name for the new database you'll be creating to install WordPress. Click the "Create" button. Click the "Home" icon in the window and then click "Privileges." Click the "Add a New User" option. Type a user name and password to use as your WordPress login. Select the "Local" option in the "Host" section. Click the "Go" button.
- 4). Click the "Privileges" icon again. Select "Check Privileges" and then select the user name you just created. Look for the "Database specific privileges" section. Highlight the database you created in step three. Select the "Add privileges to the following database." Select the "Check All" option and then click the "Go" button.
- 5). Open the WordPress folder you downloaded from the Web. Double-click the title of the "wp-config-sample.php" file. Rename this file to "wp-config.php." Open this newly named file in a text editor. Fill in the blank fields next to "DB_NAME" , "DB_USER", and "DB_PASSWORD". Type the database name you created along with your WordPress username and password into the fields. Type "localhost" next to the "DB_SERVER" field. Save the text file.
- 6). Open the WordPress folder again. Click and drag the "Install.php" file into your Web browser. WordPress begins installing automatically onto the WampServer.