Database Connections from Squarespace

Hi @sheliang

If I am correct, you are doing a new WordPress installation so you can check this guide https://www.ads-software.com/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/

Basically you need to create a new database on your server and then can use those details during the installation process.

I hope this will help you.

Hello,
About ” I’m trying to install WordPress on my PC “:
It requires a set of programs like a web server (Apache), a PHP installation and MySQL installation to install at last WordPress.

There are some popular choices to set up all these easily, like Local by Flywheel (this even install WordPress too) and XAMPP (it requires a DB creation before the WordPress installation).

As you say “it’s asking me for my database connection settings” I will assume you are installing XAMPP in a Windows Operating System, to explain how to set it up. Just let me know if you are using another Operating System or another set of programs.

To make a new database go to https://localhost/phpmyadmin
Select new, select and write a database name, Select collation (the first option at the dropdown list), then press create database.

After that you will have the database name, User “root”, password “” (leave it empty), Database host “localhost”, Table prefix “wp_” (you can use another if you like).

You can visit this page for details:
https://themeisle.com/blog/install-xampp-and-wordpress-locally/

If you like to know your database name, user, password, DBprefix and some more info at your website, you can view the file wp-config.php at your website directory, but none of these will be needed in a full local installation in your PC.

I hope this can be of use to you, best regards.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by peterv74.