Do not move MAMP out of the Applications folder or rename it once it is installed. When you upgrade to new MAMP version, the old application will be renamed like “MAPM_Curent_Date_Time” and new application will be created with the name MAMP. All existing folders and files inside “htdocs” folder will be transferred to new MAMP folder hence you can just delete the your old installation “MAMP_Current_Date_Time” after upgrading. Step2 – Configuring MAMP Once installed successfully, launch MAMP from Launchpad or from application folder (/Applications/MAMP/MAMP). Click on the “Preferences” button to configure MAMP for configuring local server’s access. Set Ports for MAMP Local Server • Set MAMP ports to default – when you click on this button following ports will be set: Apace Port – 8888 Nginx port – 7888 MySQL Port – 8889 If you use this settings then your local site to be accessed with the URL and you do not need to enter password for starting and stopping server.

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PHP: Choose the PHP version under PHP tab; the available versions depend on the version of your MAMP installation. (Here we choose the latest available version 5.6.2). Choose PHP Version and Caching Option in MAMP Caching is the option to speed up the execution of PHP codes and by default it is switched off.

You can turn on to any available caching methods under drop-down. Step3 – Creating Database for WordPress Now that you have configured MAMP to access Apache and MySQL servers, launch MAMP and click on the “Start Server” option to launch servers. If you have selected “Start WebStart Page” under “Start/Stop” preference settings as explained above then start page will open by default. Or else click on “Open WebStart page” option in the MAMP screen or open the link http://localhost/phpMyAdmin/. Create Database for Local WordPress Site Under “Databases” tab enter database name and click on “Create” button to create a database. Remember the database name, this is the name you need to use for WordPress installation.

You do not need to choose “Collation” option, which will be automatically assigned during WordPress installation. Step4 – Installing WordPress on Mac Go to wordpress.org site and to your local Mac.

Extracting this zipped file with the default Mac “Archive Utility” will create a folder named “wordpress”. Open this folder, copy all files/folders and paste them inside document root folder defined in MAMP preference settings under “Web Server” tab. By default the document root folder is “/Applications / MAMP / htdocs /” and paste all files/folders here. If you paste the complete “wordpress” folder inside “htdocs” folder then you will be installing WordPress under a sub-directory called “wordpress” and your WordPress access URL should be If you copy and paste the content of “wordpress” folder then you are installing WordPress in root directory of “htdocs” and hence your WordPress access URL should be Step5 – Connect WordPress to Local Database Now that you setup MAMP servers, database and installed WordPress as well and guess what next? You need to connect WordPress installation to the MAMP MySQL database so that WordPress can save your content in that database tables. In order to do that, open “htdocs” folder in your Mac and locate “wp-config-sample.php” file. Right click on the file name, select “Duplicate” to create a copy of the file and change the name to “wp-config.php”.