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<p style="text-align: center">Semantic Personal Publishing Platform</p>

<h2>First Things First</h2>
<p>Welcome. WordPress is a very special project to me. Every developer and contributor adds something unique to the mix, and together we create something beautiful that I’m proud to be a part of. Thousands of hours have gone into WordPress, and we’re dedicated to making it better every day. Thank you for making it part of your world.</p>
<p style="text-align: right">— Matt Mullenweg</p>

<h2>Installation: Famous 5-minute install</h2>
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	<li>Unzip the package in an empty directory and upload everything.</li>
	<li>Open <span class="file"><a href="wp-admin/install.php">wp-admin/install.php</a></span> in your browser. It will take you through the process to set up a <code>wp-config.php</code> file with your database connection details.
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			<li>If for some reason this doesn’t work, don’t worry. It doesn’t work on all web hosts. Open up <code>wp-config-sample.php</code> with a text editor like WordPad or similar and fill in your database connection details.</li>
			<li>Save the file as <code>wp-config.php</code> and upload it.</li>
			<li>Open <span class="file"><a href="wp-admin/install.php">wp-admin/install.php</a></span> in your browser.</li>
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	<li>Once the configuration file is set up, the installer will set up the tables needed for your site. If there is an error, double check your <code>wp-config.php</code> file, and try again. If it fails again, please go to the <a href="https://github.com/KevinNidhogg/https://wordpress.org/support/forums/" title="WordPress support">support forums</a> with as much data as you can gather.</li>
	<li><strong>If you did not enter a password, note the password given to you.</strong> If you did not provide a username, it will be <code>admin</code>.</li>
	<li>The installer should then send you to the <a href="https://github.com/KevinNidhogg/wp-login.php">login page</a>. Sign in with the username and password you chose during the installation. If a password was generated for you, you can then click on “Profile” to change the password.</li>
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<h2>Updating</h2>
<h3>Using the Automatic Updater</h3>
<p>If you are updating from version 2.7 or higher, you can use the automatic updater:</p>
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	<li>Open <span class="file"><a href="wp-admin/update-core.php">wp-admin/update-core.php</a></span> in your browser and follow the instructions.</li>
	<li>You wanted more, perhaps? That’s it!</li>
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<h3>Updating Manually</h3>
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	<li>Before you update anything, make sure you have backup copies of any files you may have modified such as <code>index.php</code>.</li>
	<li>Delete your old WordPress files, saving ones you’ve modified.</li>
	<li>Upload the new files.</li>
	<li>Point your browser to <span class="file"><a href="wp-admin/upgrade.php">/wp-admin/upgrade.php</a>.</span></li>
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<h2>Migrating from other systems</h2>
<p>WordPress can <a href="https://github.com/KevinNidhogg/https://codex.wordpress.org/Importing_Content">import from a number of systems</a>. First you need to get WordPress installed and working as described above, before using <a href="https://github.com/KevinNidhogg/wp-admin/import.php" title="Import to WordPress">our import tools</a>.</p>

<h2>System Requirements</h2>
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	<li><a href="https://github.com/KevinNidhogg/https://secure.php.net/">PHP</a> version <strong>5.6.20</strong> or higher.</li>
	<li><a href="https://github.com/KevinNidhogg/https://www.mysql.com/">MySQL</a> version <strong>5.0</strong> or higher.</li>
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<h3>Recommendations</h3>
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	<li><a href="https://github.com/KevinNidhogg/https://secure.php.net/">PHP</a> version <strong>7.3</strong> or higher.</li>
	<li><a href="https://github.com/KevinNidhogg/https://www.mysql.com/">MySQL</a> version <strong>5.6</strong> or higher.</li>
	<li>The <a href="https://github.com/KevinNidhogg/https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a> Apache module.</li>
	<li><a href="https://github.com/KevinNidhogg/https://wordpress.org/news/2016/12/moving-toward-ssl/">HTTPS</a> support.</li>
	<li>A link to <a href="https://github.com/KevinNidhogg/https://wordpress.org/">wordpress.org</a> on your site.</li>
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<h2>Online Resources</h2>
<p>If you have any questions that aren’t addressed in this document, please take advantage of WordPress’ numerous online resources:</p>
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