Setup Database's Username and Password

sudo mysql

mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE wordpress DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;

Change wordpressuser and password to whatever you want:

CREATE USER 'wordpressuser'@'%' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'password';

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

EXIT;

Installing Additional PHP Extensions:

sudo apt install php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-xml php-xmlrpc php-soap php-intl php-zip

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Adjust Apache Config to allow overrides and rewrites in .htaccess

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/wordpress.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
. . .
    <Directory /var/www/wordpress/>
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>
. . .
</VirtualHost>

sudo a2enmod rewrite

sudo apache2ctl configtest

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Credit to: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-wordpress-on-ubuntu-22-04-with-a-lamp-stack