Title: Web Platform Installer
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Web Platform Installer

 *  Resolved [cppdmail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cppdmail/)
 * (@cppdmail)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/web-platform-installer/)
 * I recently (yesterday) began looking into using wordpress along with some other
   programs to build a website. I used the Web Platform Installer. I cannot seem
   to be able to locate where it installed wordpress or how to open it and begin
   working on it. Forgive me for being so naive. Hopefully someone can help me get
   this going.

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 *  [shalzers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shalzers/)
 * (@shalzers)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/web-platform-installer/#post-1697439)
 * Hmmm… more information would be helpful to answer your question.
 * I am not familiar with Web Platform installer. But it looks like you should have
   entered a “WordPress application name” your site should be at [http://www.yoururl.com/”wordpress](http://www.yoururl.com/”wordpress)
   application name”
 * Once your installation is complete you should have gotten a congratulations page
   with a link to your new installation.
 * Are you trying to install wordpress on your local machine or on the internet?
 *  Thread Starter [cppdmail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cppdmail/)
 * (@cppdmail)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/web-platform-installer/#post-1697443)
 * I am trying to install wordpress on my local machine. I am not very familiar 
   with doing all this but it seemed to me that the best way was to install it through
   the web platform installer which looks like it is a microsoft product. I am starting
   to think that another big problem is that I don’t have a url or hosting for the
   website yet. I was kind of hoping to start building it more to learn wordpress
   than to be able to upload something. Thank you for your response.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/web-platform-installer/#post-1697522)
 * Follow this guide:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Easy_5_Minute_Wordpress_Installation_on_Windows](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Easy_5_Minute_Wordpress_Installation_on_Windows)

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## Tags

 * [wordpress install](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wordpress-install/)
 * [WPI](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wpi/)

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/web-platform-installer/#post-1697522)
 * Status: resolved

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