WAMP Server Overview
WampServer is a free, open-source Windows web-development environment that bundles Apache, MySQL (or MariaDB), and PHP together into one easy-to-install package, so you can run a local web server for developing PHP applications. The name reflects its stack: Windows, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. It includes a tray-icon manager to start and stop the services and switch between versions, and bundles phpMyAdmin for managing databases through the browser. It is widely used to develop and test websites and content management systems like WordPress locally before deploying them. The full offline installer bundles the complete stack and installs without an internet connection. Add-ons make it easy to install additional PHP, Apache, and MySQL versions, and a virtual-host manager simplifies multi-project setups. This page links to the official WampServer download.