WampServer is a web development environment for Windows computers. If you want to create web applications, PHP sites, and test them locally on your computer, you can download this software onto your computer and setup the Apache and PHP server environment right on your local machine. It is very complete and easy to use. With a few clicks, you can configure, start and manage Apache and MySQL services, manage servers settings and more. And best of all, it is open source and totally FREE!
WordPress is the most popular CMS and site maker. Beginners can make use of this free site builder to create a website from scratch in 15 minutes. With WampServer on your local computer, WordPress users can build and test their WordPress sites on PC locally before publishing to live servers. this complete guide to setup WordPress site on PC via WAMP. Some site visitor wrote to us saying the installation failed. After the selection of the installation folder and proceed to the next step, he got the following error.
Setup – Wampserver64
Preparing to Install
Setup is preparing to install Wampserver 64 on your computer.
The installation folder chosen is not that of Wampserver. Select the installation folder of Wampserver.Setup cannot continue. Please click Cancel to exit.
If you get the above error, you probably are installing some update or add-on of the Wampserver other than the actual WAMP Server. To find it out, you can check the installer package file name. The WampServer setup file should be something like wampserver3.0.6_x64_apache2.4.23_mysql5.7.14_php5.6.25-7.0.10.exe. You should find the wampserver version, apache version, mysql version, php version in the installer file. If you can see addon or update in the file name, it is not the Wampserver installer package. You need to go to the Wampserver website and download the right file and version, and re-install again.
