This is a followup post to my earlier Configure Apache and PHP-FPM on macOS post. With the addition of MySQL to my Mac website development environment, I can now install Content Management Systems, such as WordPress that require a database system to function. My original post supports static website development (for example, Grav ). My current website host, Pair Networks , uses MySQL versions 8.x. I am creating a similar environment on my Mac. My Altoplace website uses MySQL 8.x, so this post will describe using MySQL 8.x.