WordPress/Installation/CentOS

Ubuntu Installation | CentOS Installation
Installation done on CentOS 6.9

Download required packages

~$ sudo yum install mysql-server php php-mysql -y 

Setup MySQL

Start MySQL

~$ sudo service mysqld start

Set the root password

~$ sudo /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation 
Enter current password for root (enter for none):
Set root password? [Y/n] y
Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] y
Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n] y
Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] y
Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] y

Configure MySQL

~$ mysql -u root -p
~$ mysql> CREATE USER 'wordpress'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'THISpasswordSHOULDbeCHANGED';
~$ mysql> CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
~$ mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wordpress'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'wordpressuserpassword' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Install Wordpress

~$ sudo mkdir /opt/wordpress/ && sudo wget -O /opt/wordpress/ https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz