WP Ubuntu/Mac image conversion differences
I assume, probably either different settings for the image processing library or different libraries in use, e.g. ImageMagick on local and GD on production.
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mamp localhost not picking up wp-login
If you want to access your WordPress site on the new device with a domain, such as wordpress.local instead of localhost:8888/wordpress, you may want to define a vhost configuration for MAMP first and add a local DNS record in your /etc/hosts file. Once you’ve established the domain you want to use to access the site, … Read more
“Sorry, this file type is not permitted for security reasons.”
Because the problem was not host, theme, or plugin specific, I figured it must be an issue in the database. On the remote staging site, I dropped all database tables, reran the WordPress setup wizard, enabled plugins, and then imported a WordPress export from the local development site. I can now upload images, but still … Read more
ssh-keygen does not create RSA private key
I faced the same problem recently (after upgrade to mojave 10.14.1), here are 2 possible solutions for this issue. Downgrade your ssh-keygen binary (you can easily get old version from any linux/docker image) OR Add option -m PEM into your ssh-keygen command. For example, you can run ssh-keygen -m PEM -t rsa -b 4096 -C … Read more
Moving a remote WordPress multisite installation to local
Moving a remote WordPress multisite installation to local
Permissions in a Local Dev Environment (OS X)
It seems unorthodox but I added my user to the _www group: $ sudo dseditgroup -o edit -a ‘whoami’ -t user _www Finally, I gave write privileges to the group: $ sudo chmod -R g+w /path/to/dir That seems to work, but like I said seems like a weird solution to add my user to the … Read more
XAMPP-VM Mac OS Mojave wordpress debugging using XDebug
After days of struggle to enable debugging, I switched to MAMP free version which was a cakewalk. For Step by step guide please follow this blog by Josh Buchea. Has a detailed walkthrough. Hope this helps someone stuck on Mac with Xampp-VM like i did. Switch to MAMP free version. Happy coding WordPress PHP
Catalina an MAMP Database Conenction Error
Catalina an MAMP Database Conenction Error
Can you create a local wordpress network / multisite install on a mac with subdomains?
This tutorial was just published at DevPress by Patrick Carey: http://web.archive.org/web/20111222021406/http://devpress.com/blog/how-to-setup-subdomains-for-a-local-wordpress-network It should help you. It has been written for Windows but you should be able to translate it into “Mac”
Different development environments (Mac & Windows)
You need to have 2 sets of settings one for if file_exists and one for else: if ( file_exists( dirname( __FILE__ ) . ‘/local-config.php’ ) ) { include( dirname( __FILE__ ) . ‘/local-config.php’ ); define( ‘WP_LOCAL_DEV’, true ); } else { define(‘WP_HOME’, ‘http://localhost:666/projectname/’); define(‘WP_SITEURL’, ‘http://localhost/foldername/wordpress/’); }