Instant WordPress is a free downloadable file which creates a portable  WordPress environment.

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Instant WordPress doesn’t “install” but simply extracts to a folder either on your local hard drive OR on a portable USB thumb drive.

To open Instant WordPress, you simply click on the excecutable (Instant WordPress.exe) file and a loading screen pops up. This process starts the built in web server which will run your WordPress installation, and sets up everything you need to get started.

A handy start screen window (shown below) pops up, allowing for easy one click access to everywhere in your WordPress installation.

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The includes one click access to:

  • Your WordPress installation’s Homepage
  • The WordPress Administrative area, with user: Admin and pass: password
  • The plugins folder
  • The themes folder
  • The MySQL Admin area PHPmyAdmin for advanced users, editing, backup and restore of the WordPress database.
  • Documentation to help with Instant WordPress
The Instant WordPress website asks the following:
  • Do you get frustrated testing your WordPress themes and plugins for each new WordPress upgrade?
  • Would you like to be able to easily and quickly test a WordPress theme or plugin?
  • Would you like to carry around your WordPress testing and development work on a USB key?

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