Vill du ha en säker plats där du kan experimentera med din WordPress-webbplats utan att vara rädd för att förstöra något på din live-webbplats?
Att flytta din WordPress-webbplats till en lokal server på din dator är enligt vår mening den perfekta lösningen, särskilt för utvecklare, designers eller WordPress-nybörjare.
Genom att installera WordPress på din dator (lokal server) kan du enkelt lära dig WordPress och testa saker. När du flyttar en live WordPress-webbplats till en lokal server kan du experimentera med samma data som din live-webbplats.
I den här artikeln visar vi dig hur du enkelt flyttar en live WordPress-webbplats till en lokal server.
Varför och vem skulle vilja flytta en live WordPress webbplats till en lokal server?
Om du har drivit en WordPress-webbplats under en tid kanske du vill testa nya teman eller ett plugin. Om du gör detta på en live-webbplats kan det dock leda till en dålig användarupplevelse för dina användare.
För att undvika detta skapar många användare en kopia av sin WordPress-webbplats på en lokal server för att testa nya teman, plugins eller göra utvecklingstester.
På så sätt kan du skapa ditt tema med allt ditt innehåll och testa alla funktioner utan att behöva oroa dig för att din webbplats ska gå sönder. Många användare kopierar sin webbplats till en lokal server för att öva sina WordPress- och kodningskunskaper med faktiska webbplatsdata.
Även om du kan göra alla tester med dummy-innehåll i WordPress, ger verkliga webbplatsdata dig en bättre visuell representation av hur dessa ändringar kommer att se ut på din live-webbplats.
Förberedelser för att flytta en lokal webbplats till en lokal server
Först måste du se till att du alltid säkerhetskopierar din WordPress-webbplats. Det finns flera bra plugins för säkerhetskopiering av WordPress som du kan använda.
För det andra måste du installera en lokal servermiljö på din dator. Du kan använda WAMP för Windows och MAMP för Mac. När du har ställt in miljön måste du skapa en ny databas med phpMyAdmin.
Besök bara följande URL i din webbläsare för att starta phpMyAdmin.
http://localhost/phpmyadmin/
http://localhost:8080/phpmyadmin/
Härifrån klickar du på fliken ”Databaser” och skapar en ny databas. Du behöver den här databasen för att senare kunna packa upp data från din live-webbplats.
Du är nu redo att flytta din live WordPress-webbplats till en lokal server.
Metod 1. Flytta live WordPress-webbplats till lokal server med hjälp av plugin
Den här metoden är enklare och rekommenderas för alla användare.
Det första du behöver göra är att installera och aktivera pluginet Duplicator. För mer information, se vår steg för steg-guide om hur du installerar ett WordPress-plugin.
Med Duplicator kan du enkelt skapa ett duplicerat paket av hela din webbplats. Det kan användas för att flytta din WordPress-webbplats till en ny plats och kan också användas som ett backup-plugin.
Obs: Det finns en gratis version av Duplicator som du kan komma igång med. Duplicator Pro kommer dock med obegränsade säkerhetskopior och mer avancerade funktioner.
Efter aktivering, gå till Duplicator Pro ” Säkerhetskopior från din WordPress admin sidofält. För att skapa ett nytt paket måste du klicka på knappen ”Lägg till nytt”.
Duplicator startar sedan guiden för säkerhetskopiering.
Först måste du ange ett namn för ditt backup-paket. Du kan också använda de dynamiska taggarna för att automatiskt skapa ett namnformat som datum och webbplatsens titel.
Expandera sedan avsnittet ”Storage” och välj en lagringsplats.
I den här handledningen använder vi standardplatsen. Du kan klicka på länken ”Lägg till lagring” för att lägga till en ny plats, som Dropbox eller Google Drive, om du vill.
Klicka på knappen ”Nästa” för att fortsätta.
Pluginet kommer sedan att skanna din webbplats och köra några bakgrundskontroller. Det kommer sedan att visa dig en sammanfattning av dessa kontroller.
Om allt ser bra ut klickar du på knappen”Skapa säkerhetskopia” för att fortsätta.
Duplicator kommer nu att skapa ditt webbplatspaket.
När du är klar ser du en zip-fil med arkiv som innehåller alla dina webbplatsdata och en installationsfil. Du måste ladda ner båda filerna till din dator.
Du är nu redo att packa upp och installera dessa filer på din lokala server.
Först måste du skapa en ny mapp i den lokala serverns rotmapp. Det är den mapp där den lokala servern lagrar alla webbplatser.
Om du till exempel använder MAMP kommer det att vara /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/mappen. Alternativt om du använder WAMP, då skulle det vara C:\wamp\www\ mapp.
I den här mappen kan du skapa nya mappar för varje ny webbplats som du vill importera eller skapa på din lokala server.
Därefter måste du öppna mappen som du skapade för din lokala webbplats och sedan kopiera och klistra in både arkivets zip-fil och installationsskriptet som du hämtade tidigare.
För att köra installationen måste du öppna skriptet installer.php i din webbläsare.
Om du t.ex. klistrade in båda filerna i mappen /mylocalsite/ kommer du åt dem i din webbläsare genom att besöka http://localhost/mylocalsite/installer.php.
Du kommer nu att se installationsskriptet för Duplicator så här:
Klicka på knappen ”Nästa” för att fortsätta.
Duplicator packar nu upp arkivets zip-fil och ber dig ange databasinformationen för din lokala webbplats. Detta är den databas som du skapade tidigare.
Servernamnet är nästan alltid localhost och användarnamnet är root. I de flesta fall har din lokala serverinstallation inget lösenord för root, så du kan lämna den tom.
Längst ner på sidan finns en ”Test Database”-knapp som du kan använda för att kontrollera att databasinformationen är korrekt.
Om allt ser bra ut klickar du på knappen ”Nästa” för att fortsätta.
Duplicator kommer nu att importera din WordPress-databas. Därefter ber den dig att dubbelkontrollera den nya webbplatsinformationen som den automatiskt har upptäckt.
Klicka på knappen ”Nästa” för att fortsätta.
Duplicator kommer nu att avsluta installationen och visa dig en knapp för att logga in på din lokala webbplats. Du använder samma WordPress-användarnamn och lösenord som du använder på din live-webbplats.
Det var allt, du har lyckats flytta din live-webbplats till den lokala servern.
Metod 2. Flytta en live WordPress-webbplats manuellt till en lokal server
Om insticksprogrammet inte fungerar för dig kan du alltid flytta din live-webbplats manuellt till en lokal server. Det första du behöver göra är att säkerhetskopiera din webbplats manuellt från ditt WordPress-värdkonto.
Steg 1. Exportera WordPress-databasen för din live-webbplats
För att exportera WordPress-databasen för din live-webbplats måste du logga in på din cPanel-instrumentpanel och klicka på phpMyAdmin.
Obs: Vi visar skärmdumpar från Bluehost-instrumentpanelen.
Inuti phpMyAdmin måste du välja den databas du vill exportera och sedan klicka på exportfliken längst upp.
phpMyAdmin kommer nu att be dig att välja antingen snabb eller anpassad exportmetod. Vi rekommenderar att du använder anpassad metod och väljer zip som komprimeringsmetod.
Ibland kan WordPress-plugins skapa egna tabeller i din WordPress-databas. Om du inte längre använder det insticksprogrammet kan du utesluta dessa tabeller med den anpassade metoden.
Lämna resten av alternativen som de är och klicka på ”Go” -knappen för att ladda ner din databasbackup i zip-format.
phpMyAdmin kommer nu att ladda ner din databasfil. För mer information, se vår handledning om hur du säkerhetskopierar din WordPress-databas manuellt.
Steg 2. Ladda ner alla dina WordPress-filer
Nästa steg är att ladda ner dina WordPress-filer. För att göra det måste du ansluta till din WordPress-webbplats med hjälp av en FTP-klient.
När du är ansluten väljer du alla dina WordPress-filer och laddar ner dem till din dator.
Steg 3. Importera dina WordPress-filer och din databas till den lokala servern
När du har laddat ner dina WordPress-filer måste du skapa en mapp på din lokala server där du vill importera den lokala webbplatsen.
Om du använder WAMP vill du skapa en mapp i mappen C:\wamp\www\ för din lokala webbplats. MAMP-användare måste skapa en mapp i mappen /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/.
Därefter är det bara att kopiera och klistra in dina WordPress-filer i den nya mappen.
Därefter måste du importera din WordPress-databas. Öppna helt enkelt phpMyAdmin på din lokala server genom att besöka följande URL:
http://localhost/phpmyadmin/
Eftersom du redan har skapat databasen tidigare måste du nu markera den och sedan klicka på fliken ”Import” högst upp.
Klicka på knappen ”Choose File” för att välja och ladda upp den databasexportfil som du laddade ner i det första steget. Därefter klickar du på knappen ”Go” längst ner på sidan.
phpMyAdmin kommer nu att packa upp och importera din WordPress-databas.
Nu när din databas är klar måste du uppdatera webbadresserna i din WordPress-databas som hänvisar till din live-webbplats.
Du kan göra detta genom att köra en SQL-fråga i phpMyAdmin. Se till att du har valt din lokala webbplats databas och klicka sedan på SQL.
I phpMyAdmins SQL-skärm kopierar och klistrar du in den här koden, se till att du ersätter example.com med din live-webbplats URL och http://localhost/mylocalsite med den lokala serverns URL för din webbplats.
UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = replace(option_value, 'https://www.example.com', 'http://localhost/mylocalsite') WHERE option_name = 'home' OR option_name = 'siteurl'; UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = replace(post_content, 'https://www.example.com', 'http://localhost/mylocalsite'); UPDATE wp_postmeta SET meta_value = replace(meta_value,'https://www.example.com','http://localhost/mylocalsite');
Den här frågan ersätter referenser till webbadressen till din live-webbplats från databasen och ersätter den med webbadressen till det lokala webbhotellet.
Steg 4. Uppdatera filen wp-config.php
Det sista steget är att uppdatera filen wp-config.php på din lokala webbplats. Den här filen innehåller WordPress-inställningar, bland annat hur du ansluter till din WordPress-databas.
Gå bara till mappen där du installerade WordPress på din lokala server och öppna sedan wp-config.php-filen i en textredigerare som Notepad.
Ersätt databasnamnet med det som du skapade i phpMyAdmin på ditt lokala webbhotell.
Därefter ersätter du databasens användarnamn med ditt lokala MySQL-användarnamn, vanligtvis är det root. Om du har angett ett lösenord för MySQL-användaren root på ditt lokala webbhotell anger du det lösenordet. Annars lämnar du den tom och sparar dina ändringar.
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define('DB_NAME', 'database_name_here');
/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', 'username_here');
/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password_here');
Du kan nu besöka din lokala webbplats i ett webbläsarfönster genom att ange URL:en på följande sätt:
http://localhost/mylocalsite/
Ersätt ”mylocalsite” med namnet på den mapp där du har kopierat dina WordPress-filer.
Det var allt, din live WordPress-webbplats är nu kopierad till din lokala server.
Vi hoppas att den här artikeln hjälpte dig att lära dig hur du enkelt flyttar en live WordPress-webbplats till en lokal server. Du kanske också vill läsa vår guide om hur du enkelt skapar en staging-webbplats för WordPress för testning, eller hur du flyttar en WordPress-webbplats från lokal server till live-webbplats.
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Reese
Hello,
I am receiving an error when reaching this step:
”Now that your database is all set up, you need to update the URLs inside your WordPress database referencing to your live site. You can do this by running an SQL query in phpMyAdmin. Make sure you have selected your local site’s database and then click on SQL. In phpMyAdmin’s SQL screen copy and paste this code, make sure that you replace example.com with your live site’s URL and localhost/test-site with the local server URL of your site. ”
The error is:
#1146 – Table ’rpd.wp_options’ doesn’t exist
Please advise, thank you!
Martin
Thanks for all of your hard work. I’m a beginning web developer and your site is incredibly helpful.
I have looked at both of your articles about migrating from local to live and vice versa. I built a WordPress site locally and used it to replace an existing HTML site. I then made changes to the live site, and I’m not quite sure how to go about ”syncing” them again. What would you suggest?
WPBeginner Support
Hi Martin,
Please take a look at our guide on setting up a staging environment.
Administratör
James
Thank you for the article, however i have still been having problems.
One thing i don’t understand, is that you start of by recommending using backupbuddy (which i have been using to backup my sites) but then suddenly say to use this duplicator plugin.
I have my full backup (with db) zip of my wordpress site which i created with backupbuddy and have unzipped it into its own folder in the ”www” folder in wamp.
I successfully create a new DB in PhpMyAdmin and then successfully imported my website db into it. I have also changed the config.php db name and password.
However on the next step, trying to change the urls it comes back with:
#1146 – Table ’zexico.wp_options’ doesn’t exist
#1146 – Table ’zexico.wp_posts’ doesn’t exist
#1146 – Table ’zexico.wp_postmeta’ doesn’t exist
What have i done wrong?
thank you
Ozi Diptongo
Hi. I’m getting the same error. Were you able to fix it ? Than you !
Nina Chang
Following on from my earlier comment – I fixed the problem! For some reason the duplicator plugin wasn’t copying across all of my database tables, which was causing the first round of issues – I sorted that by switching to the manual method. Then when I was running the queries in mysql I didn’t realise at first that I had to amend the names of the database tables as well (i.e. was just pasting wp_options when I needed to adapt that) – I’m not sure if this is normal as your lines of code only highlight the urls as needing to be corrected? THEN I had to deal with my strange wp-config.php file that had all the ’database’, ’host’, ’username’ fields already filled in – after trying both options it only worked when I deleted the data that wordpress had already filled in and replaced it with the localhost data as directed. I don’t understand why my wp-config file had its fields already populated but then I’m a complete newbie to all this so I’m bound to have missed/misunderstood lots. Anyway – thanks again for the tutorial as it did FINALLY get me there!
Nina Chang
Hi there,
Thanks for the tutorial. I’ve attempted to migrate my site with duplicator and it seems to work except I then can’t log-in to my locally hosted site – it doesn’t recognise my username at all. After the duplicator installed my files I had two config.php files – one config-sample.php and one config.php, and also two htaccess files – one .htaccess and one ORIG – could these doubled-up files have something to do with my login issues? I’ve tried every variation of deleting one of each pair, and I’ve also tried replacing my wp-login file and deleting plugins as I read elsewhere this might help, but nothing has worked. I redid the entire process from packaging and still no luck! I’ve also tried manually but got stuck at the mysql query updates. Do you have any idea where I’ve gone wrong??
Many thanks!
Nina
Susan Taunton
I can’t tell you how grateful I am for this info. I have put an unbelievable amount of time into trying to get a live site onto my local server to no avail — and then I found your post today. Used the Duplicator and it WORKED!
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!! :-))
Editorial Staff
You’re very welcome Susan
Administratör
Dilip Pradhan
I have copied website from hosting domain to local host. everything is fine but all links of menu and all are redirected to
how to solve it
Byron Allen
hi ,
I had the same problem and just found the solution. I’m sure you’ve solved it by now but this might help others down the track.
in WordPress admin area go to settings-> permalinks. Choose Post name.
Your problems should be solved.
John Payne
Thanks for all the excellent advice you give- it’s a wonderful service to the Wordpress community.
I’ve begun using the All-in-1 WP Migration plugin to easily backup my site , and later migrate it if necessary.
It would also be good to be able to make changes to the sites on my own computer, checking them out before uploading updated files.
I’, installing XAMPP on my computer. Is there an easy way I can use my All-in-1 WP Migration backup files with this?
Any advice will be much appreciated.
WPBeginner Support
Hi John,
Sorry but we haven’t tested this plugin. Please try contacting the plugin developers.
Administratör
Andres
Great tutorial. Its important to mention that you need to delete the HTACCESS File in order to this to work.
Thanks
James orr
From local site?
Siddhartha
Yes from the local site folder. I did that, and my site started working. However there are many other problems that I am facing even now. Like my category links are not working at all.
lohith
cool super clean tutorial, got mine to work without any issues.
Gokiko
Hi WPbeginner,
I have followed all the instructions for manual moving. But I’m getting a ”Oops! That page can’t be found.” error on the mainpage, none of the content can be viewed. And all the links in my localhost site direct to my online website.
It seems only the the main structure of my site(theme, menus etc.) has been moved but all the rest is lost.
WPBeginner Support
Is this error shown with your WordPress theme or on a blank white page? If it is shown on a blank white page, then this probably means that your WordPress site is not installed on the URL you are trying.
Administratör
Gokiko
It shows on my WordPress theme. It also shows all my menus and content categories. But all the links take to the original websites address. Here is a screenshot if it’s gonna help:
WPBeginner Support
Try refreshing your site’s permalink structure. Go to Settings » Permalinks page and click on the save changes button without making any changes.
Juan
I have the exact same issue, but I can not log-in into my localhost using wp-admin or wp-login as it takes me to the live-site domain.
Is there another way to login to my localhost/dev-site area to make this change? thanks in advance!
Jason Hess
Dear WPBeginner,
First of all, Thank you for all you do in the WP community, my question is hopefully a pretty simple one. (Famous last words huh?) Currently I use CLEF to log in to my ”Live Site”. When I move my Live site to my Local server, will this create any issues when attempting to log in to the local site once the move has been completed? Or do I need to create a new log in PW for my site via the Dashboard in my Live site before making the move to a Local environment or will CLEF still continue to work on my ”Local Server”?
Also, do you all have any thoughts on using CLEF to log in? I’ve been using WP on and off for about 2 years and just want to get your opinion on CLEF.
Thank you very much in advance! You guys rock! After I get my site up and running you can bet I’ll promote your site to everyone I know. I’ve learned so much already from your site and I’ve only been a member for 2 almost 3 months now.
Have a great Day,
Jason Hess
WPBeginner Support
You can disable Clef at anytime once you have transferred your site to local server.
Administratör
Mohd Amir
I forgot the password of filezilla, so I couldn’t download all the file of live site. I have backup of live site wp_content only. What can I do now for local server.
maarja
Hi,
Thank You for Your helpful directions.After a long while, I finally got the live page to my localhost with the plugin BUT for some reason, the content pages are not found on the server-all the information, texts etc is there in the back-office but aren’t shown in the front office except for the front page.
Do You have any idea where/why the problem might occur?
Thank You in advance,
Maarja
WPBeginner Support
Try following the steps in our beginner’s guide to troubleshooting WordPress errors.
Administratör
Yellow Canary
Thank you very much
I have done it manually… from a live server to localhost. With your instructions I have managed this for the first time. And I even know now how to do a SQL query in phpMyAdmin. I feel like a real pro!
amna
Hi,
i followed all the steps but i am getting internal server error .
I am confused in one step , after downloading the live site through filezill from godaddy host. i replace the wordpress folder with my live site folder i.e.
C:/users/amna/wamp/www/wordpress/old folders
with C:/users/amna/wamp/www/wordpress/mywebsite new folders
please help i am a beginner
Debenkumar Naorem
Hi WEBBIGINNER SUPPORT, I followed the instruction for manual, it works very fine. Thanks for such intructions, I’ve been looking for this. Thanks again.
WPBeginner Support
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Administratör
Manish
Hey! Thanks for the post.
I followed manual instruction and replaced my site URL with localhost/name of blog . The problem I am facing is, no images are being loaded in my blog. All the uploaded images are there in upload folder. The text is absolutely fine. The images url have changed to localhost but they are not showing up.
Could you please help me out in this?
deepthi
hi, i followed the manual procedure to check my wordpress website in localhost using xampp, i hav changed the site URL, home and the wp-posts and wp-postmeta. the problem is my home page loading fine in localhost. but when i go the pages in the menu the following error is coming.
Object not found!
The requested URL was not found on this server. The link on the referring page seems to be wrong or outdated. Please inform the author of that page about the error.
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 404
localhost
Apache/2.4.10 (Win32) OpenSSL/1.0.1i PHP/5.5.15
i logged into dashboard and can see all of the page content in the editing section, but from there also, when i try to view the page its reporting the same error.
the url path it is taking is my updatedURL only,
please reply with the solution
WPBeginner Support
Go to Settings » Permalinks page and click on the ’Save Changes’ button to update your permalinks.
Administratör
Joshua S.
Can I hug you? Can I love you forever?
I was having the same issue. I did everything correct, except the homepage would load , but all the other page links seemed to be broken (it just displayed an unstyled layout of my localhost information).
But going into Settings>Permalinks>Save Changes reset my links and now I can access my different pages, even the new pages that I create since moving my site to the local host.
LIKE!
WPBeginner Support
Thanks Joshua, we are glad you found it helpful. You may also want to subscribe to our YouTube Channel for WordPress video tutorials.
Peter
After following the instructions to manually move the site, the home page displayed fine on localhost but none of the links worked. The page below said to ”Go to settings/permalinks in the wordpress dashboard and update permalinks by clicking twice on save changes.” That fixed it.
Mohd Hasan
I followed your steps , but only home page works fine and none of the links are working . Give The requested URL /akhdir3/category/health/ was not found on this server.
Anes P A
Dear Author,
I tried your step. But problem is when loading a page the localhost refer online site and the Menu links point to the online web site. How it can solve ?
Please advise.
Thanks
Anes
Bhavana
I have manually done all the above mentioned steps . But I am not getting the actual site which I want.There comes all uninstalled plugins in admin panel and the theme is also uncustomized. Where I am going wrong?
Justin
I’m trying to follow your instructions for a manual move.
When trying to find/replace the live site’s address with my local host, SQL tells me there’s a syntax error.
#1064 – You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near ’)’ at line 1
Are you sure the code is correct?
Justin
Fixed my own problem….sort of.
For some reason all my tables begin with wplm instead of just wp (wp_options = wplm_options for example). So updating the code to look for the correct table name allowed the script to run without errors.
But….SQL reports “# MySQL returned an empty result set (i.e. zero rows)” and the values in the table didn’t get updated. I had to go in and update the links by hand. In my case this was only 2 values in wplm_options, but I could imagine some people will have a lot more links to check.
Still, I do have my site imported now, and dealing with local hosting is a notoriously confusing process.
Thanks for the clear and simple instructions!
Lloyd
The instructions for Duplicaor Installer begin with this line:
”Your local server site will need a new database, so you need to create a database on your local server using phpMyAdmin.”
Is creating a new database something simple like clicking a menu option, or is it so complex that it would require an extensive tutorial to explain?
When I explore phpMyAdmin on Xampp, the only thing I see that looks like a possibility is under the Databases tab where it says:
”Create database:
(X) No Privileges”
Is there an authorization problem, and if so where do I go to change that parameter?
I have two web sites on this local host that seem to function properly, so I have assumed that the local host is set up correctly.
Thanks for any help or suggestions,
Lloyd
Ashvani Kumar
I am following the Manual option but when i go to Import Database page in phpMyAdmin then the max size for database upload is (Max: 2,048KiB) but my database backup size is 710MB. How do i increase this limit so that i can upload the database?
Thanks
WPBeginner Support
You need to increase the file upload limit in PHP. See our guide on how to increase the maximum file upload size. and follow the php.ini method
Administratör
Abdul Aleem Mohammed
Hi Ashvani,
you can change the max_upload_size in php.ini file in apache.
by default it will be 2 Mb, you can change it according to your convinience.
Thanks
Judy Williams
I am trying this using Duplicator. I have downloaded my site and the installer. I have created a database using phpMyAdmin and have got to the bit ’you need to copy and paste the package and install file to an empty folder in your local server’s web directory’. I have no idea how to do this! I have Filezilla and XAMPP installed on my laptop. Is there a tutorial on how to create an empty folder in my local server’s web directory? I am stuck now. Thanks
WPBeginner Support
You can just go to the htdocs folder on your computer.
Administratör
german
I’ve copied the files and database, when i try to access my localhost/test-site i get redirected to the dashboard. Any ideas why this could be happening?
miguel
thank you for the clear tutorial.
although i’ve done the opposite (from localhost to public server) i thought the reverse would be equally simple.
however, when it comes to connecting the database, i’m stumped. i’ve gone over the settings over and over without being able to connect.
i even got into some trouble and got locked out of the database but fortunately got that resolved.
in my config.php file i’ve changed the user to ”root”, then set it to empty, used the user name from the public server and the same with the password. i have set the db name correctly to the localhost name.
i can’t guess what i need to do.
if you could give me a direction to look next, i’ll appreciate it greatly.
thank you for you labor of love. it’s great to see so many people with the knowledge helping us those who look for answers.
Daniel
Hi
I want to do this as well. Is this post written a few years back , still the approach to use or are the other plugins or post I should be looking at .
Daniel
Beatrix K.
Hi everyone,
Just wondering (please bare with me as I am new at this) – if I need to have have my local site to work with on two different devices, say my desktop and my laptop, is there a way for the changes I make on one device to be updated on the other device? I just want to know if it is possible to work from two different devices on the same project and not have to redo all of my changes. Thanks in advance for any insight
B
Muniba
I am confused in step related to Filezeila ,,, how i will download my wordpress site using Filezeila..??
german
download filezilla, establish a connection to your current host, productions site using filezilla. Once you have a connection you will be able to download the files to a local directory on your computer
Dee
So with CPanel, for instance, we’d use the IP associated, our CPanel user and pass, along with ”21” as the port value? After establishing a connection with Cpanel host, how can I transfer the files to my localhost while keeping the live site as well? Essentially, how do I create a duplicate with having the same site at both hosts (one to experiment with and one that remains live)?
Dee
After successfully transferring files from remote to local, what is an easy way to bulk copy&paste (instead of manually one-by-one) the files to the local server where we want to install WordPress? I tried selecting all files to copy, but there is no copy function available. Please Help
assal0le
I want to copy my live wordpress site to my local wamp server, note moving it. My question is this will remove my live wordpress site if I follow this tutorial using duplicator plugin?
Thx
Diane Laidlaw
No it only copies it.
Ognatius Chironga
I thank you so much!
I found this article helpful.
I almost restarted creating my site.
Quy P
I have tested and tried a number of time. It does not work untill i delete the .htaccess file on local. Thank you.
Andres
Thanks very much.
Tobias
If you are running a network of sites you should also update the column domain URL’s in the table wp_blogs.
lorenzo
Thank for this useful tutorial. I have to move manually my wp site, but if I type in the browser ”http://localhost/phpmyadmin/” it doesn’t appear myphpadmin. Maybe I have to install it? How?
Thank you very much…
Dave
In the wp-config.php file I also have to change the /**MySQL hostname */
/** MySQL hostname */
define(’DB_HOST’, ’localhost’);
set if for localhost
nicola
Hi,
i follow your step but the admin login is not visible…. error 404 not found. all the site is good in my local installation. how can i solve my problem?
abdelouahad
i did all the steps but i have always the error page i don’t know why some one can help me please
Paul Denver Sy
Thank you so much for this. It saved my almost a week of agony on running it on my local.
Shilling
Double checked all the steps and it all seems good, but I’m getting this error message when I go to the site on my local URL:
Google Chrome’s connection attempt to localhost was rejected. The website may be down, or your network may not be properly configured.
I don’t think the site is down. My local URL is auto flipping to http://localhost/wordpress-folder-name
when I think it should go to http://localhost:888/wordpress-folder-name
I’m hoping this is an obvious clue. I’m new at this and just have no idea.
Any insight would be much appreciated.
Ebert
This was the clearest tutorial I found which helped me to copy a site I started with iPage to my laptop under localhost. The database was not imported but created a new local copy of the server database. I copied the data tables into my new database and modified the sql commands to match the table names and everything ran smoothly.
I had to reuse the password I used on the live site with the local wordpress copy and I can now access and modify what I need to.
Thanks and you just got another new subscriber to this great site.
Also the post about BackWPup was very helpful as well. I tried to use Duplicator and it kept giving me error messages about permissions to create a backup folder on my machine. I used BackWPup and everything ran without a hitch. Thanks again!!
Eduardo Weidman Barijan
The manual process worked like a charm. Thank you.
Alessio
Hi guys,
I’m trying to config the localhost on my computer with linux mint.
i’ve already set up a new database, transferred the files with FTP to my local wordpress folder.
Now I imported the db, but when I give the query to change the webaddress with a local address, it will give me a message ”# MySQL returned an empty result set (i.e. zero rows)”.
Now, if I type in the browser ”localhost”, it will lead me to the online website…
what should I do?
thank you!
idriss
Hey Allesio,
Did you manage to solve this?
I have the same issue. How did you manage to solve it?
Thanks
Justin
Same problem here.
SQL is having trouble replacing the live site URL with the local host address.
Without the updates to the database, WP tries to connect to the live site instead of the local site.
Did either of you have any luck fixing this?
Sam
Go to your localhost phpmyadmin and the database you are using for the site. Click wp_options and edit the siteurl and home. Replace the live url with the: localhost/ your-folder-name-goes-here
That should do it.
Sam
Mike
The first step worked with me.
But how can I enter to localhost/test-site/wp-admin? It gives me an error message:
Internal Server Error
Wenke Adam
Updating the local site’s wp-config.php file might not be the last step in this procedure. I followed your instructions and after some trials the public site was working (first I had a typo in the SQL queries and nothing happened) but still I couldn’t access wp-admin.
The solution was to edit the wp_options table in the database. The first row had the wrong URL. I fixed this and finally everything was working fine, even the permalinks.
Thanks for all these very nice and clear tutorials!
Tim
I am reposting this because it seems to have disappeared (at least on my end). So I am sorry if it is a double post.
I am getting an error message when uploading the database. Any ideas?
Thanks
Tim
When I try to upload the database I get a Red Error Screen. I can send a screenshot of the error if you would like.
Thanks
WPBeginner Support
Sure, you can upload the screenshot to a cloud hosting service like dropbox and paste the link as a reply to this comment. We will then take a look and will try to help.
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Ian Hyndman
All day I have been trying to do this change with no effect !
I even had to install word press again on my testing server. Was about to give up then I came across this. My other option was to manually copy and paste and install all the same plugins active on my host server to my testing server.
When i read your post i finished in 5 minutes :):)
Thank you for your tutorial, its just what I needed. !
Well Done
Alexandros
Two days i am trying to do this change alone with no effect !
When i read your post i finished in 5 minutes :):)
Thank you for everything !
Keep up the great work