Self-hosting WordPress on a Linux VPS provides complete control over web server configurations, MySQL databases, caching plugins, and server security.

LAMP Stack WordPress Setup Commands

Terminal Setup Commandsbash
# Install Apache, MariaDB/MySQL, and PHP extensions
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y apache2 mariadb-server php php-mysql libapache2-mod-php php-cli php-gd php-curl php-xml php-mbstring
 
# Create dedicated WordPress MySQL database and user
sudo mysql -u root -e "CREATE DATABASE wordpress_db DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;"
sudo mysql -u root -e "CREATE USER 'wpuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'secure_password';"
sudo mysql -u root -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress_db.* TO 'wpuser'@'localhost';"
sudo mysql -u root -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"