{"id":33864,"date":"2020-07-13T14:31:50","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T19:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=33864"},"modified":"2022-06-03T03:32:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T08:32:52","slug":"how-to-install-wordpress-with-lemp-stack-on-centos-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-wordpress-with-lemp-stack-on-centos-8\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install WordPress with LEMP Stack on CentOS 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/how-to-install-wordpress-with-lemp-stack-on-centos8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/how-to-install-wordpress-with-lemp-stack-on-centos8.jpg 742w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/how-to-install-wordpress-with-lemp-stack-on-centos8-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/how-to-install-wordpress-with-lemp-stack-on-centos8-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this tutorial, we will be installing WordPress using the LEMP stack (Linux, Nginx, MySQL, and PHP) on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/centos-hosting.html\">CentOS 8 VPS<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/set-up-wordpress-cms-platform-on-centos8-lemp-stack-nginx.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33911\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress is a free and open-source CMS based on the PHP programming language, with MySQL being used for the backend where the data is stored. Used by millions of people, it is the world\u2019s most popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/cms-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">content management system<\/a> (or CMS for short). You can extend the functionality of WordPress site with the help of its free and premium plugins and themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With thousands of plugins available, you can morph your website to be anything you need it to &#8211; blogs, online stores, almost anything! WordPress is also the most user-friendly CMS compared to other content management systems, with many years of experience leading to tweaks that make tasks take just a few clicks. The installation is pretty easy, too \u2013 all you need is to closely follow the steps in this tutorial. Let\u2019s get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-663d6080c4a6c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-663d6080c4a6c\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-wordpress-with-lemp-stack-on-centos-8\/#Step-1-%E2%80%93-Log-in-and-Update-any-out-of-date-Server-Packages\" title=\"Step 1 &#8211; Log in and Update any out-of-date Server Packages\">Step 1 &#8211; Log in and Update any out-of-date Server Packages<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-wordpress-with-lemp-stack-on-centos-8\/#Step-2-%E2%80%93-Install-the-Nginx-Web-Server\" title=\"Step 2 &#8211; Install the Nginx Web Server\">Step 2 &#8211; Install the Nginx Web Server<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-wordpress-with-lemp-stack-on-centos-8\/#Step-3-%E2%80%93-Install-and-Configure-PHP\" title=\"Step 3 &#8211; Install and Configure PHP\">Step 3 &#8211; Install and Configure PHP<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-wordpress-with-lemp-stack-on-centos-8\/#Step-4-%E2%80%93-Install-the-MySQL-Database-Server-and-Create-a-Database\" title=\"Step 4 &#8211; Install the MySQL Database Server and Create a Database\">Step 4 &#8211; Install the MySQL Database Server and Create a Database<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-wordpress-with-lemp-stack-on-centos-8\/#Step-5-%E2%80%93-Download-and-Install-WordPress\" title=\"Step 5 &#8211; Download and Install WordPress\">Step 5 &#8211; Download and Install WordPress<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-wordpress-with-lemp-stack-on-centos-8\/#Step-6-%E2%80%93-Configure-Nginx\" title=\"Step 6 &#8211; Configure Nginx\">Step 6 &#8211; Configure Nginx<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-wordpress-with-lemp-stack-on-centos-8\/#Step-7-%E2%80%93-Complete-the-WordPress-installation\" title=\"Step 7 &#8211; Complete the WordPress installation\">Step 7 &#8211; Complete the WordPress installation<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-1-log-in-and-update-any-out-of-date-server-packages\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-1-%E2%80%93-Log-in-and-Update-any-out-of-date-Server-Packages\"><\/span>Step 1 &#8211; Log in and Update any out-of-date Server Packages<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Log in to your CentOS 8 server via SSH as the root user:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">ssh root@<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">IP_Address<\/span> -p <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Port_number<\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>where &#8216;<code>IP_Address<\/code>&#8216; and &#8216;<code>Port_number<\/code>&#8216; are the actual IP address of your server and the SSH port (the default port is 22)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, run the following commands to upgrade all installed packages on your VPS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">dnf update -y<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Updating packages regularly is a good idea because it improves the security and feature set of your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/linux-vps-hosting\/\">Linux VPS<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-2-install-the-nginx-web-server\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-2-%E2%80%93-Install-the-Nginx-Web-Server\"><\/span>Step 2 &#8211; Install the Nginx Web Server<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress needs a web server with PHP support to run and render the web pages dynamically. For this, we will install and use the Nginx web server, a popular and highly customizable web server. It can easily be installed using the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">dnf -y install nginx<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the installation is completed, start Nginx and enable it to start automatically after a reboot:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">systemctl start nginx\nsystemctl enable nginx<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You can check if the web server is running with this command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">systemctl status nginx<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The output should look something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\u25cf nginx.service - The nginx HTTP and reverse proxy server\n   Loaded: loaded (\/usr\/lib\/systemd\/system\/nginx.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)\n  Drop-In: \/usr\/lib\/systemd\/system\/nginx.service.d\n           \u2514\u2500php-fpm.conf\n   Active: active (running)\n Main PID: 31987 (nginx)\n    Tasks: 5 (limit: 24007)\n   Memory: 10.7M\n   CGroup: \/system.slice\/nginx.service\n           \u251c\u250031987 nginx: master process \/usr\/sbin\/nginx\n           \u251c\u250031988 nginx: worker process\n           \u251c\u250031989 nginx: worker process\n           \u251c\u250031990 nginx: worker process\n           \u2514\u250031991 nginx: worker process<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also verify if Nginx is running by accessing&nbsp;<code>http:\/\/Server_IP_Address<\/code>&nbsp;in your preferred web browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-3-install-and-configure-php\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-3-%E2%80%93-Install-and-Configure-PHP\"><\/span>Step 3 &#8211; Install and Configure PHP<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The version of PHP supplied by default in CentOS 8 from the <code>AppStream<\/code>&nbsp;repository is&nbsp;<code>7.2.11<\/code>&nbsp;&#8211; this is the latest version at the time of this article being written.&nbsp;The following command will install the latest version of PHP and essential PHP extensions required by WordPress in order for it to function properly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">dnf install php php-common php-mbstring php-gd php-intl php-xml php-json php-mysqlnd php-fpm<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Once all the packages are installed, open the&nbsp;<code>php.ini<\/code>&nbsp;file and tweak some settings (nano is our text editor of choice, you can use your own if you wish):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">nano \/etc\/php.ini<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Make the following changes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">post_max_size = 64M\nmemory_limit = 256M\nmax_execution_time = 300\nupload_max_filesize = 32M\ndate.timezone = America\/Chicago<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Save and close the file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now open the <code>\/etc\/php-fpm.d\/www.conf<\/code> configuration file:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">sudo nano \/etc\/php-fpm.d\/www.conf<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Look for the user and group directives. Make the following changes from <code>apache<\/code> to <code>nginx<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-33866\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"97\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Wordpress_PHP-FPM.png\" alt=\"HOW TO INSTALL WORDPRESS WITH LEMP STACK ON CENTOS 8\" class=\"wp-image-33866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Wordpress_PHP-FPM.png 930w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Wordpress_PHP-FPM-300x31.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Wordpress_PHP-FPM-150x16.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Wordpress_PHP-FPM-768x80.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><figcaption>HOW TO INSTALL WORDPRESS WITH LEMP STACK ON CENTOS 8<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Save and close the file, then restart the <code>PHP-FPM<\/code> service to apply the configuration changes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">systemctl restart php-fpm<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-4-install-the-mysql-database-server-and-create-a-database\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-4-%E2%80%93-Install-the-MySQL-Database-Server-and-Create-a-Database\"><\/span>Step 4 &#8211; Install the MySQL Database Server and Create a Database<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The next step will be to install the MySQL database server (one of the most popular database servers in the world) and create a user and database in MySQL for the WordPress installation. <b>CentOS 8<\/b> is distributed with <b>MySQL 8.0<\/b> at the time of this article being written.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MySQL 8 server can be installed using the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">dnf install mysql-server<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>After the installation is completed, start MySQL and enable it to start automatically after a reboot:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">systemctl start mysqld\nsystemctl enable mysqld<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>After the installation completes, you can check the version of the installed MySQL database server:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">mysql -V<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">mysql  Ver 8.0.17 for Linux on x86_64 (Source distribution)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, you can run the&nbsp;<code>mysql_secure_installation<\/code>&nbsp;post-installation script to strengthen the security of the database server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, log in to the MySQL server as user root:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">mysql -u root -p<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Provide your root password when prompt then create a new MySQL user and database with the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">mysql&gt; CREATE DATABASE wordpress;\nmysql&gt; CREATE USER 'wpuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">strong_password<\/span>';\nmysql&gt; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wpuser'@'localhost';\nmysql&gt; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;\nmysql&gt; exit;<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to replace \u2018<code>strong_password<\/code>\u2019 with an actual, strong password. You can also replace &#8216;<code>wp-user<\/code>&#8216; with a username of your choice, if you wish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-5-download-and-install-wordpress\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-5-%E2%80%93-Download-and-Install-WordPress\"><\/span>Step 5 &#8211; Download and Install WordPress<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that we have our prerequisites installed and configured for WordPress, we can start with its installation. The latest release of WordPress can be downloaded from their official website. At the moment of writing this article, it is version 5.4.1. It can easily be downloaded onto your CentOS 8 server using the following command (this downloads the latest version):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">wget https:\/\/wordpress.org\/latest.zip<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the downloading of the WordPress archive is completed, unpack it to the document root directory of your web server (<code>\/var\/www\/html\/<\/code>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">unzip latest.zip -d \/var\/www\/html\/<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Copy your <code>wp-sample-config.php<\/code> file to&nbsp; <code>wp-config.php<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">cp \/var\/www\/html\/wordpress\/wp-config-sample.php \/var\/www\/html\/wordpress\/wp-config.php<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Open your config file and update the database information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">nano \/var\/www\/html\/wordpress\/wp-config.php<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You need to modify entries according to the created database, user, and password. Leave the &#8216;localhost&#8217; field intact &#8211; this is because our MySQL server is running on the same host as the WordPress instance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\/\/ ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** \/\/\n\/** The name of the database for WordPress *\/\ndefine( 'DB_NAME', 'wordpress' ); \n\n\/** MySQL database username *\/ \ndefine( 'DB_USER', 'wpuser' ); \n\n\/** MySQL database password *\/ d\nefine( 'DB_PASSWORD', '<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">strong_password<\/span>' ); \n\n\/** MySQL hostname *\/ \ndefine( 'DB_HOST', 'localhost' );<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>We now need to make the Nginx user as the owner of the WordPress directory, so that it has access and is able to serve the files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will create a new \u2018<code>wordpress<\/code>\u2019 directory which will contain all files of the WordPress installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">chown -R nginx:nginx \/var\/www\/html\/wordpress<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-6-configure-nginx\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-6-%E2%80%93-Configure-Nginx\"><\/span>Step 6 &#8211; Configure Nginx<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, we will need to create a virtual block configuration file for WordPress. You can create a new virtual block configuration file with the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">nano \/etc\/nginx\/conf.d\/wordpress.conf<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Add the following lines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">server {\nlisten 80;\n\nserver_name <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">yourdomain.com<\/span> www.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">yourdomain.com<\/span>;\nroot \/var\/www\/html\/wordpress;\nindex index.php index.html index.htm;\n\nlocation \/ {\ntry_files $uri $uri\/ \/index.php?$args;\n}\n\nlocation = \/favicon.ico {\nlog_not_found off;\naccess_log off;\n}\n\nlocation ~* \\.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {\nexpires max;\nlog_not_found off;\n}\n\nlocation = \/robots.txt {\nallow all;\nlog_not_found off;\naccess_log off;\n}\n\nlocation ~ \\.php$ {\ninclude \/etc\/nginx\/fastcgi_params;\nfastcgi_pass unix:\/run\/php-fpm\/www.sock;\nfastcgi_index index.php;\nfastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;\n}\n}<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NOTE:&nbsp;<\/strong>Don\u2019t forget to replace&nbsp;<code>yourdomain.com<\/code>&nbsp;with your unique registered domain name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can test if everything is properly configured using the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">nginx -t\n\nnginx: the configuration file \/etc\/nginx\/nginx.conf syntax is ok\nnginx: configuration file \/etc\/nginx\/nginx.conf test is successful<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you confirm that everything is OK, restart Nginx for the changes to take effect:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">systemctl restart nginx.service<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-7-complete-the-wordpress-installation\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-7-%E2%80%93-Complete-the-WordPress-installation\"><\/span>Step 7 &#8211; Complete the WordPress installation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once all steps above are done, the installation from the command line is completed. You can open your favorite web browser and point it to&nbsp;<code>http:\/\/yourdomain.com<\/code>. You should get the following screen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1237\" height=\"951\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Wordpress_LAMP.png\" alt=\"WordPress LAMP\" class=\"wp-image-33865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Wordpress_LAMP.png 1237w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Wordpress_LAMP-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Wordpress_LAMP-1024x787.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Wordpress_LAMP-150x115.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Wordpress_LAMP-768x590.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1237px) 100vw, 1237px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Select your language and follow the installation wizard to complete the WordPress installation and create your administrative account. Congratulations, you now have WordPress installed on CentOS 8 with a LEMP stack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/wordpress-lemp-stack-support-managed-linux-vps-centos.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33912\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, if you are one of our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/wordpress-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Managed WordPress Hosting<\/a> customers, you don\u2019t have to install WordPress with LEMP Stack on CentOS 8, simply ask our admins, sit back, and relax. 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