To get started, we need to create an account on Google Cloud. The tutorial will be in 4 steps:

Installing WordPress on Compute Engine
Configuring the Installation
Setting Up phpMyAdmin
Logging In to WordPress.
Step 1: Installing WordPress on Compute Engine

Open the navigation drawer on the upper left-hand corner of the screen

Click on the “Marketplace” in the left-hand menu

on the second row, select WordPress Click-to-Deploy version

Then Click on “Launch on Compute Engine”

Wait for a couple of minutes for it to finish loading, and we have successfully Install WordPress on Compute Engine. Now we move to step 2.

Step 2: Configuring The Installation

Fill out the form according to your taste, Your machine type determines how much you will pay per month, so over here we are selecting the lowest Machine Type.
Select “SSD Persistent Disk” as Boot Disk
Check both HTTP and HTTPS traffic
Then Deploy

We have finish configuration. Next we Setup phpMyAdmin

Step 3: Setting Up phpMyAdmin

It is advisable to change your phpMyAdmin password to a more personal one, but you can decide to use the one given by default. If you decide to change the password follow the image below


Mysqladmin -u root -p password

Copy the above code and paste it into the SSH Terminal
Then copy the default code and paste it in the “Enter password:”
You will be prompted to enter your new Password twice.

Then Log In to the phpMyAdmin using your new created password.


Step 4 Log Into WordPress

Finally we need to log in to our installed WordPress.


Our WordPress is now ready. If you get stuck at any step please leave a comment below and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

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