This guide installs ClassicPress on a standard LAMP/LEMP stack.
Download the latest ClassicPress release from the official site and extract it to your web root.
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE classicpress_db CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;
CREATE USER 'classicpress_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'StrongPassword123!';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON classicpress_db.* TO 'classicpress_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Open http://example.com and follow the ClassicPress web installer to set the admin account and site settings.
Check the ClassicPress installation guide or reach out via our contact page.