Transfer wordpress site from web server to localhost

this are the steps you need to care when you setup wordpress locally from server. Download wordpress folder and database.(keep back up) setup db and change on wp_option table for “home_url” and “site_url”. change permalink and and reset .htaccess. change on custom menu link which you have added restart it.

Problem moving my WordPress live site to localhost

Finally it was solved as follows: Enabled debug option in wp-config.php After several tests I found that a plugin (polylang) causes a conflict with Cherry Framework which I use with my template. I Removed the polylang plugin directory and managed to login WP admin. Since I use Cherry Framework I got an error message (File … Read more

How to move a WordPress Localhost straight to an online site?

You’re confusing WordPress.com and WordPress.org. The .org is what is used for hosting your own WordPress website on your hosting provider. The .com is hosting your website using WordPress.com’s systems. There are some major differences between the two and it’s critical that you understand them. First and foremost hosting on .com has severe restrictions on … Read more

How do I create a WP sandbox for development on localhost (raspberry pi 4) without being redirected to the live site?

You need to change the url of the copied website to not have a redirection Assuming your live url is https://oldurl.com and your sandbox url is http://mysandboxurl.com (replace the values with your actual urls) You can do so with either a define in your wp-config.php define( ‘WP_HOME’, ‘http://mysandboxurl.com’ ); define( ‘WP_SITEURL’, ‘http://mysandboxurl.com’ ); Or changing … Read more

I have a desktop and a laptop: What’s the best way to move between local installations?

From personal experience sync between two different computers work best in one direction. For example your desktop is primary and notebook is precise mirror (yep, of whole directory tree preferably with tool that doesn’t touch unchanged files). Two way sync gets messy very fast for web stack. If you need to actively work with same … Read more