Instant WordPress: Install WordPress on your Computer

Installing WordPress on computer using Instant WordPress is quite easy and less time consuming for beginners. Instant WordPress is a computer software, it allows you to use WordPress on your computer (localhost) without internet connection.

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Install WordPress on your computer using Instant WordPress is quite easy and useful. Instant WordPress is a computer software for Windows, which allows you to use WordPress on your computer (localhost) without internet connection. Here I will discuss how to install WordPress on your computer using Instant WordPress. Why you should use Instant WordPress? And how to use Instant WordPress?

How to Install WordPress on your Computer using Instant WordPress

WordPress is the most commonly used Web CMS (Web Content Management System) in the world. WordPress is used on more than 60 million websites and it is the most popular blogging platform among bloggers worldwide. It is easy to use, feature rich and continuously evolving.

Why use Instant WordPress

First of all let’s discuss — why you need to Install WordPress on your computer locally.

Instant WordPress is an offline WordPress software which can be installed on your computer locally. And it works with your web browser i.e. Chrome, Firefox etc. without internet connection. Once you decide to build your website or blog on WordPress. You need to develop and test your web design, web content etc. as per your requirement and choice. It is always better to build and test your website locally on your computer. And Instant WordPress does the same. It allow you to use all the features of WordPress as a fully functional website but only on your local computer for the purpose of testing.

There are may things you can do on your computer with Instant WordPress

  • Install and test themes you liked the most.
  • Customise or Modify your themes as per your requirement before making it live.
  • You can check any WordPress plugin before using it on your live website.
  • You can also edit your CSS, HTML, JS, XML or any WordPress files locally.

Instant WordPress: How to Install WordPress on your Computer

As I said earlier, Installing WordPress on your computer using Instant WordPress requires very little effort. You need to download latest version of Instant WordPress EXE file form their website www.instantwp.com. Open downloaded EXE file to install it and follow on screen instructions. Choose where you want to install Instant WP via selecting destination folder and it will install.

Now, go to installation folder and find InstantWP.exe file, create a shortcut of this file on your desktop. So that you can easily access it when you want to use WordPress on your computer (localhost)

You can also Install Instant WordPress on a USB drive, you only need to choose destination folder on USB drive during installation.

How to use Instant WordPress

Open InstantWP program directly from the shortcut you have created on your desktop. It will look like the picture given below.

Instant WordPress Home Screen - TechNumero
Instant WordPress Home Screen – TechNumero

Click on the WordPress Admin block and Instant WordPress will open in your browser. Login username would be ‘admin’ and password would be ‘password’. And now you can access your locally hosted WordPress Dashboard. You can also open WordPress login page by using the URL provided at the top of InstantWP program.

WordPress localhost login page - TechNumero
WordPress localhost login page – TechNumero

Themes and plugins installation will be much easier using Instant WordPress program. You can directly access your localhost theme and plugin folder by visiting the links ‘Plugin Folder’ & ‘Theme Folder’ on the home screen of Instant WordPress. You can also access Php-my-admin by using WordPress SQL queries, it is the simplest and easiest easy way to test SQL query on WordPress.
It is always recommended to use latest version of Instant WordPress, it comes preloaded with default WordPress content i.e. themes and plugins for starting.

I have also tried WordPress local installation on my computer using Xampp and WAMP. They are equally good and serve the purpose, but installation of WordPress using Xampp and WAMP is such a tedious job. If you re-install OS on your computer frequently, like I do, Instant WordPress is just for you. I am using Instant WordPress from last couple of years. And I find it easy, fast and reliable.

Which software you are using for WordPress local installation, share with us in the comment section below.

In addition to that you may be interested to read following tutorials –
3 Different Methods to Install WordPress Plugins
How to create a Child Theme in WordPress
How to Limit Excerpt Length in WordPress

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Saurabh K
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2 thoughts on “Instant WordPress: Install WordPress on your Computer”

  1. Avatar of John

    Thanks for sharing your info. I truly appreciate your efforts and I am waiting for your further post thanks once again.

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  2. Avatar of Chandana Rai

    Excellent tutorial. Got everything up and running without any hassle at all. Thank you!

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