Operation Manual

Before you can access WordPress from another computer, you’ll need to create an additional configuration file. This is created

by linking the existing configuration file—set up for local access—using the following command, typed as a single line:

sudo ln -s /etc/wordpress/config-localhost.php

/etc/wordpress/config-ipaddress.php

Replace ipaddress in this code with the IP address of your Raspberry Pi. If you’ve given the Raspberry Pi a hostname in DNS,

you can also create a configuration file for that hostname using the same command, but replacing ipaddress with the chosen

hostname. If you do not have a hostname, simply use the Pi’s IP address. For example, the command for a Pi on IP address

192.168.0.115 would be as follows:

sudo ln -s /etc/wordpress/config-localhost.php

/etc/wordpress/config-192.168.0.115.php

To complete configuration for external access, choose General from the Settings menu that’s located on the left side of the

WordPress Dashboard, and change the URL to match either the IP address of the Pi or the chosen hostname (see Figure 9-8).

Figure 9-8: Altering the URL in the WordPress General Settings menu

WordPress is very memory intensive. For best results, use the Pi as a headless server, which is a system that runs without a graphical user interface

loaded. Then use a web browser on another computer connected to the network to access the WordPress Dashboard at http://ipaddress/wordpress/wp-