To view the local website you have just set up, click on View Site. On the left hand side you have a list of your local sites, and if you click on them you will able to see more details about them. It may take a few seconds for your website to be added.Įventually you will see a screen that looks like the one below. Again, these can be anything you like but you should make a note of them because you will need them to log into WordPress later. I’m going to choose Preferred as I’m happy with the settings as they are, but you can choose Custom and choose your own.Įither way, when you are done click Continue.įinally, you will need to choose a username, password and email address for your WordPress website. Next, you will be asked to choose your environment (i.e. When you’re done, click Continue in the bottom right hand corner. This can be what ever you like, but you should ensure that it’s relevant. You will be asked to give your website a name. You will see a screen that looks like this:Ĭlick Create A New Site to set up your first local site. It may take some time, so grab yourself a coffee or something! 2 | Set up a local WordPress websiteĪfter Local by Flywheel has finished installing you can set up your first local WordPress website. All you need to do here is click Let’s Go! and wait for the installation to run. You may be prompted allow changes to your computer throughout this process.Įventually you will see a screen that looks like this. Once Local by Flywheel has finished downloading, click on the file to begin the installation. It may take some time for it to download, especially if you have terrible internet, like me! When you are ready, click Get it now! to start the download. This will open a box where you should select which platform you are using (Windows or Mac) and enter your details (you only really need to enter your email address and the number of websites you plan on using). The homepage looks a little something like this:

So, start by heading over to the Local by Flywheel website. It’s complete free to download and very easy to use. To set up our local development environment we are going to be using a tool called Local by Flywheel. In this post I’ll show you how to easily set up a local development environment for WordPress using a tool called Local by Flywheel.ġ | Download and install Local by Flywheel I also love the fact that you don’t need internet access to work on a local version of your website, which is great if you need some distraction free coding time (just turn off your WiFi and get cracking!), or if you have terrible internet like me (hurry up and install fibre, Openreach!). It’s also much quicker as you don’t have to upload changes via FTP, and there’s less issues with caching. It’s safer because it means you aren’t messing around with the code of a live site, so if you mess up it’s not the end of the world. There are many benefits of using a local development environment. So discovering that there was a tool that would make it super easy to work with WordPress locally was a complete game changer. I’ll go through the steps you sent me now and see if I get a different result, I’ve lost so much time trying to resolve this, and will just return to MAMP and desktopServer after this.Did you know that is possible to create a local development environment for WordPress so you don’t have to work on a live site?įor many years I developed on a live version of WordPress because I didn’t know it was possible to do it another way. Sorry to vent, I wish had something good to say about Local at this point other than, “it’s pretty… I wish it worked as good as it looks” I had such high hopes based on the quality level of your brand and marketing, but I’m not seeing the actual product match up so far. Beyond frustrating experience from a company charging a premium for hosting and white label services.

I’m attaching the most recent screen caps showing the errors and providing a link to a dropbox filled with log files and screencaps (whatever I could find from the last few months of issues, but there are more, just couldn’t spend more time tracking them down) showing other errors incurred after upgrades, like sites not working and the errors displayed, asking me to clone the site and neither copy works etc. After removing everything “Local” … local-ly, and running another fresh install, I still got errors and none of my old site would open.

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