To develop themes and plugins for WordPress, a local working environment is best. You can easily create a local working environment on your Windows computer using WAMP.

WAMP is a software package for installation of Apache+Mysql+PHP. It saves you time by combining multiple setups together. In this video tutorial we are showing you how to install WordPress on your computer using WAMP server.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzpI2LUP2FQ


Timeline

1. Downloading Wamp (0:00)
2. Installing Wamp Server (0:28)
3. Downloading WordPress (1:02)
4. Creating Database and Database User for WordPress (1:28)
5. Extracting files and installing WordPress (2:13)