Day 1 – Introduction to the framework and WordPress installation

You’ll install the framework and will see why it’s popular for its 5-minute installation. Get acquainted with the various WordPress options.

### Requirements (recommended)

1. PHP 7.3 or greater
1. MySQL 5.6 or greater OR MariaDB 10.1 or greater
1. Nginx or Apache with mod_rewrite module

### Download and setup xampp

https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html

### Get your WordPress site up and running

- [ ] Download WordPress core - [Get WordPress](https://wordpress.org/download/)
- [ ] Create a database for your WordPress site
- [ ] Setup virtual host for your site
- [ ] After setting up virtual host, visit your site in a browser
- [ ] WP Configuration 1 - Create database connection
- [ ] WP Configuration 2 - Provide site and admin account details

### WordPress Admin Options

Get acquainted with the common options in WP-Admin options

- [ ] Basic site settings
- [ ] Posts
- [ ] Pages
- [ ] Menus
- [ ] Themes
- [ ] Plugins
- [ ] Widgets

### Links

1. [Requirements](https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/)
1. [Setup virtual hosts](https://impress.org/how-to-setup-xampp-wordpress-virtual-hosts/)