Deploying a WordPress site
As stated in Chapter 8, From Apache to Nginx, WordPress is currently the most popular content management system on the entire web. According to a recent survey from BuiltWith.com trends (https://trends.builtwith.com/), its market share totals 53%, leaving its competitors far behind: Joomla only captures 9% of the market, followed by Drupal with just a little over 2%. For a lot of web server administrators, setting up WordPress sites or blogs has become a common task, whether it is for personal or professional use.
Preparing your server and obtaining WordPress
In this section, we will be getting your server ready for downloading and installing the WordPress application. There will be a few configuration files to go through to make sure WordPress runs smoothly.
System requirements
The first step you need to go through to set up a WordPress site on a fresh new server is to make sure you have the necessary components installed and up to date: it is recommended that you...