Title: Installing WordPress Locally (localhost)
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Installing WordPress Locally (localhost)

 *  [benr72](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benr72/)
 * (@benr72)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-wordpress-locally-localhost/)
 * I just downloaded a fresh updated copy of WordPress. I would like to install 
   on my local host device for quicker testing/development, etc. Problem occurs 
   when installation process asks to create a new database connection.
 * “The source is invalid.
    Cannot connect to the database. Cannot connect to the
   database. Access denied for user benr72@localhost (using password: YES).”
 * I’m truly not understanding this since this is a fresh new install on windows
   7 with full admin privileges (Even using Administrator at login).
 * Any hellp would be great.

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 *  Thread Starter [benr72](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benr72/)
 * (@benr72)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-wordpress-locally-localhost/#post-2057241)
 * Wait…nevermind…..
 * So apparently, the db connection was setup already. The password for admin was
   totally incorrect…my bad..sorry for the post!
 *  Thread Starter [benr72](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benr72/)
 * (@benr72)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-wordpress-locally-localhost/#post-2057254)
 * Nope..it didn’t work..ok, I’m at my wits end…
 * I even tried uninstalling MySQL drivers, etc from my local machine..tried a fresh
   install again.

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-wordpress-locally-localhost/#post-2057254)
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