You can use the WordPress Exporter and Importer under the Tools menu in WordPress to have each person export their content to XML files and you can import each of the exported files. Know that the export/importer will merge the posts, but post_ids will get changed.
I was able to resolve the issue. Inside of my php.ini file I commented out the wrong line. I was enabling mail through send disk and not sendmail.
Why I obtain a white page when I import a backup of an old WP blog on my local web server? [duplicate]
You need change URLs in the complete database, not just in the two tables in wp_options. See WordPress Serialized PHP Search Replace Tool | Interconnect and the docs at Moving WordPress « WordPress Codex
It sounds like you need to update the database to replace the guids and base URL. I recommend WP Migrate DB Pro to quickly sync two databases. Otherwise you need to run a few SQL statements to find and replace the old domain with the new domain. In PHPMyAdmin run the following statements from the … Read more
Could be that the database for the local version is still connected to the live version. Check you wp-config file as not all host use local host for databases some use fixed addresses..
Although I usually use a similar approach, I suggest you give sqlyog a try if you are in need of a professional solution that can quickly deploy mysql databases: https://www.webyog.com/ For content, use rsync, which is the fastest way to synchronize local and online. Hope it helps. Good luck.
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Could replacing the default index.php be the issue? Other posts suggest problems with that and the WAMP install instructions talk about putting PHP files in a subdirectory.
WordPress site under localhost is disassociated with the code