INSTALL THE SYSTEM PREREQUISITES

# yum install mysql-server httpd nano php php-mysql
# chkconfig httpd on
# chkconfig mysqld on
# service mysqld start
# service httpd start

CREATE THE DATABASE

# mysqladmin create wordpress
# mysql
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wordpress'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'please+use+a+strong+password';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> quit

DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL WORDPRESS

# cd /var/www/
# mkdir wordpress
# cd wordpress
# curl -O http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
# tar xvfz latest.tar.gz
# rm latest.tar.gz
# mv wordpress/ public
# mkdir logs public/wp-content/uploads public/wp-content/cache
# chown apache:apache logs public/wp-content/uploads public/wp-content/cache
# cd public/

CONFIGURE WORDPRESS

Create the WordPress config file outside web root:

# mv wp-config-sample.php ../wp-config.php
# curl https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/

Copy the output to your clipboard before editing wp-config.php.

# nano ../wp-config.php

define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress'); define('DB_USER', 'wordpress'); define('DB_PASSWORD', 'enter+the+strong+password+you+defined'); define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); 

…

define('AUTH_KEY', 'pasted from clipboard'); define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY', 'pasted from clipboard'); define('LOGGED_IN_KEY', 'pasted from clipboard'); define('NONCE_KEY', 'pasted from clipboard'); define('AUTH_SALT', 'pasted from clipboard'); define('SECURE_AUTH_SALT', 'pasted from clipboard'); define('LOGGED_IN_SALT', 'pasted from clipboard'); define('NONCE_SALT', 'pasted from clipboard'); 

CONFIGURE APACHE

# nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/wordpress.conf

NameVirtualHost *:80 <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@dummy-host.example.com DocumentRoot /var/www/wordpress/public ServerName dummy-host.example.com ErrorLog /var/www/wordpress/logs/error_log CustomLog /var/www/wordpress/logs/access_log common <Directory /var/www/wordpress/public/wp-content> Options FollowSymLinks # for pretty permalink support RemoveHandler .php RemoveType text/html .php </Directory> </VirtualHost> 

# service httpd restart