The good news is that most website hosting providers will automatically install WordPress for you, so you'll probably never have to download or install it manually.
However, if you are an advanced user, you always have the option to install WordPress manually. This is handy if you want to do a custom WordPress installation or run WordPress on your own server or computer.
Now let's take a look at how to download WordPress for free and what you need to do next. Here are the topics we will cover in this tutorial:
First, you need to visit the WordPress.org hit post database download page . This page offers two options:
You can download and install WordPress yourself, as we cover in this article, or
You can set up WordPress automatically with a hosting provider.
We recommend most users choose the second option. Reputable hosting providers like Hostinger , Bluehost , DreamHost or SiteGround will automatically install WordPress for you in just 5 minutes. You can learn how this works in our complete guide on how to install WordPress .
However, if you are an intermediate or advanced user and want to install WordPress manually, click on the “Download WordPress” button.
This button also shows which version of WordPress you are downloading. In this case, it is WordPress 6.1.1.
Once you have downloaded the file from WordPress.org, all you have to do is unzip it. This will create a “wordpress” folder on your computer containing all the files you need to create a WordPress website.