Enable WordPress Site in Apache
Each site should have its own root directory (example /var/www/site1.com and /var/www/site2.org) for its domain.
Use mkdir to create folder then set permissions and change ownership to www-data
sudo mkdir /var/www/site1.com && sudo mkdir /var/www/site1.com/{public_html, logs}
chmod -R 755 /var/www/site1.com
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/site1.com
Copy the extracted worpress folder in site1.com
sudo mv wordpress/* /var/www/site1.com/public_html
Activate and disable websites in apache
Copy the default configuration file for each site
cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/site1.com.conf
cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/site2.com.conf
Edit the Config File for Each Site
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/site1.com.conf
<Directory /var/www/site1.com/public_html>
Require all granted
</Directory>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@site1.com
ServerName site1.com
ServerAlias www.site1.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/site1.com/public_html
ErrorLog /var/www/html/site1.com/error.log
CustomLog /var/www/html/site1.com/logs/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and Close then enable the config file
sudo a2ensite site1.com.conf
Disable any unused sites
sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf
Restart Apache webservices
sudo systemctl restart apache2
The WordPress website should now be running. In a web browser enter http://localhost this should open the setup-config.php webpage. Select language to proceed to the welcome screen. Read the webpage information that will be needed to setup WordPress. If all the information is available click the Lets’ go! button.
Database Name: wordpress User Name: root Password: [password] Database Host: site1.com Table Prefix: wp_
Click Submit to Proceed and then click Run the install button. The next Screen will ask about Title, username, and password for WordPress. Click the Install WordPress button then the WordPress credentials can be used to login. Open a browser and enter the web address http://localhost/wp-admin
To start customizing the WordPress site the files in the wp-content folder will need to be configured.
To get documentation on setting up and using WordPress go to https://wordpress.org/support/