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

Downloading Wordpress

cd /tmp

curl -O https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

tar xzvf latest.tar.gz

touch /tmp/wordpress/.htaccess

cp /tmp/wordpress/wp-config-sample.php /tmp/wordpress/wp-config.php

mkdir /tmp/wordpress/wp-content/upgrade

Change 2nd wordpress to name of directory to put wordpress in

sudo cp -a /tmp/wordpress/. /var/www/wordpress

Configure Wordpress Directory

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

sudo find /var/www/wordpress/ -type d -exec chmod 750 {} \;

sudo find /var/www/wordpress/ -type f -exec chmod 640 {} \;

Copy salts to notepad for safekeeping temporarily

curl -s https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/

sudo nano /var/www/wordpress/wp-config.php

Update file and add line

. . .

// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define( 'DB_NAME', 'wordpress' );

/** MySQL database username */
define( 'DB_USER', 'wordpressuser' );

/** MySQL database password */
define( 'DB_PASSWORD', 'password' );

/** MySQL hostname */
define( 'DB_HOST', 'localhost' );

/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
define( 'DB_CHARSET', 'utf8' );

/** The Database Collate type. Don't change this if in doubt. */
define( 'DB_COLLATE', '' );


. . .

define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');

Complete Install from Web Interface
From the web browser navigate to websites IP or URL


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