After a few failed attempts to install WordPress with the Microsoft Web Platform Installer, I decided to install it manually. Here are the steps:
- Download and install MySQL
- Open the MySQL Command Line client
- Add a new user:
CREATE USER user IDENTIFIED BY PassW0rd; - Create a new database:
CREATE DATABASE wordpress; - Grant rights to the user:
GRANT ALL ON wordpress.* TO user@'localhost'; - Download WordPress
- Extract the archive
- Create a new site in IIS, setting the site root to the folder where you extracted the archive
- Grant read permission on the root folder and write permission on the
wp-content folder to the site's anonymous user (by default IUSR)
You can now access your website and follow the configuration steps.
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