Have multiple local wordpress installs share a wp-content folder and database

For wp-content folder you need to add WP_CONTENT_DIR with path to this folder to each wp-config.php file of each your sites. All of these WP_CONTENT_DIR constants should have the same path to one folder. Read more about it here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Moving_wp-content To share the same database, you just need to setup the same database settings in … Read more

How to remove “Connection Information” requirement on localhost install of WP on MACOSX

Have you tried updating the permissions for your WordPress files to 755 or 777? UPDATE 1 Thanks to @anu in the comments (~/Sites assumes you put websites are in the Mac’s default website directory): cd ~/Sites sudo chmod -R 777 * I just checked my httpd.conf file, which has the path /Applications/XAMPP/etc/httpd.conf and here is … Read more

WP Multisite development with Mamp Pro and wildcard subdomains, not really working for me

Appart of the default ports and correctly configuring WPMS… In the Advanced Tab: And manually add the subdomains in /etc/hosts1 file: # BRASOFILO MULTISITE START 127.0.0.1 test1.brasofilo.dev 127.0.0.1 test2.brasofilo.dev 127.0.0.1 cloned.brasofilo.dev # BRASOFILO MULTISITE STOP 1 The folder etc is at the root of your HD and it’s hidden. You can open the file using … Read more

Prevent Version URL Parameter (?ver=X.X.X) on Enqueued Styles & Scripts

Default wp_enqueue_[style/script]() behavior The default value for the $version argument of wp_enqueue_style() is false. However, that default just means that the stylesheets are given the WordPress version instead. Solution Thanks to “Remove version from WordPress enqueued CSS and JS”, I learned the undocumented fact that passing in null as a version will remove the version … Read more