XAMPP/wordpress heartburn
XAMPP/wordpress heartburn
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Multisite on localhost using xampp
There is actually nothing unique about setting multisite on XAMPP, all you need to do is properly configure the webserver as a proper webserver, and skip the lazy practice of using localhost as your site domain. Select some random domain you are not likely to use in your web use, edit your hosts file to … Read more
Is XAMPP faster than running LAMP in WSL on Windows 10? [closed]
XAMPP is not a virtual machine, it’s a local server, and is excellent for local WP development, however attempting to use WP-CLI takes some more steps, detailed here: https://lmilosis.wordpress.com/2017/11/26/19/
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
article pages not displaying on local instance of wordpress site
my first thought is that it is a permalinks issue. if it is, set your permalinks to default and the links should work correctly. also, be sure to search the database for (and replace) any other instances of the old live site’s URL, particularly in wp_posts table. it’s easy to forget to update guid and … Read more
After finishing building a site on localhost, how do I transfer everything to a client’s server?
See Moving WordPress « WordPress Codex and Backing Up Your Database « WordPress Codex and How to Move WordPress Blog to New Domain or Location » My Digital Life and possibly Giving WordPress Its Own Directory « WordPress Codex Deleted this added link as it advocates using a texteditor to change URLs in the dump; … Read more
WAMP to XAMPP WordPress transfer
The easiest thing by FAR is going to be to fire up MAMP again, create a MySQL dump of the database from phpmyadmin, and then import that into your new XAMP database through phpmyadmin. If you can’t do that, it might still be doable, but will be more work and confusing… I never got it … Read more
Unable to include a file in child theme
get_stylesheet_directory_uri() Note that this returns a properly-formed URI; in other words, it will be a web-address (starting with http:// or https:// for SSL). As such, it is most appropriately used for links, referencing additional stylesheets, or probably most commonly, images. get_stylesheet_directory() Retrieve stylesheet directory Path for the current theme/child theme. Note: Does not contain a … Read more
How do I make my particular WordPress public?
Let’s assume you’ve installed WordPress as described here, directly in a folders named 816 under your xampp/htdocs/, and this, without any alterations (modifying settings or any configurations to neither your xampp nor WordPress installation); having defined the nameservers of your domain name (here, example.com) to point to your IP, let’s say: 192.182.230.1, The following apply … Read more
“Class ‘Phar’ not found” error setting up WP-CLI with Cygwin
You are missing the Phar extension or it’s not enabled. Which version of PHP are you actually running? Check it with php –version. The Phar extension is bundled with PHP as of PHP version 5.3.0, and enabled by default. See https://www.php.net/manual/en/phar.installation.php. Your best bet is to upgrade PHP to at least PHP 7.1. Alternatively follow … Read more