Installing WP on localhost

Generally you should only configure WP for localhost if you have physical possession of the computer/server. You cannot access localhost of a remote computer. Well there are tricks that this is beyond the scope of this discussion.

Edited to add To install WP on localhost, after installing the WP files, go to: 

http://localhost/

or if you installed WP in a sub-directory:

http://localhost/wordpress

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