{"id":4011,"date":"2020-03-06T02:00:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T02:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/?page_id=4011"},"modified":"2020-03-07T00:52:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T00:52:58","slug":"opening-wordpress-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/?page_id=4011","title":{"rendered":"Opening WordPress for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WordPress initial settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The last time we used our preferred web browser to verify that Apache did recognize our recently created <a href=\"\/add-an-apaches-virtual-host\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Virtual Host (opens in a new tab)\">Virtual Host<\/a> we were able to see the test page called &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"index.html (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"\/apache-virtual-host-index-html\/\" target=\"_blank\">index.html<\/a>&#8220;, this time we should get to the <strong>wordpress initial configuration page<\/strong>, that will be shown only once and after that we will see the home page of our website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve configured DNS to resolve your website&#8217;s name, you can use the website domain name, otherwise do not worry you can also put the IP Address and will be redirected to same place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"805\" height=\"977\" src=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-02.jpg 805w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-02-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-02-768x932.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>First time opening WordPress<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Give the installer a few seconds and you will be redirected to the welcome page, see below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"805\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-03.jpg 805w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-03-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-03-768x515.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After clicking &#8220;Log in&#8221; you will be redirected to the well known WordPress login, see below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"805\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-04.jpg 805w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-04-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-04-768x610.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations and welcome to the amazing &#8220;WordPress&#8221; world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WordPress dashboard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The image below shows the WordPress dashboard, the place where all the action will happen from now on, from selecting\/installing your preferred theme to installing the most useful plug-in, all of that and much more will be done here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-05b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-05b-1024x793.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-05b-1024x793.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-05b-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-05b-768x595.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-05b.jpg 1214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to log out?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>See the image below to know how to log out from WordPress dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-06-1024x790.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-06-1024x790.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-06-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-06-768x592.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-first-time-settings-06.jpg 1199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WordPress database update<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you open phpMyAdmin now you will see that the <a href=\"\/creating-a-new-mysql-maria-data-base\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"database recently created (opens in a new tab)\">database recently created<\/a> to be used by WordPress was automatically populated, see screenshot below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-database-automatically-populated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-database-automatically-populated-1024x494.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-database-automatically-populated-1024x494.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-database-automatically-populated-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-database-automatically-populated-768x371.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lamp.ciscoar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wordpress-database-automatically-populated.jpg 1415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>WordPress database automatically populated<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress initial settings The last time we used our preferred web browser to verify that Apache did recognize our recently created Virtual Host we were able to see the test page called &#8220;index.html&#8220;, this time we should get to the wordpress initial configuration page, that will be shown only once and after that we will &hellip; 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