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I have download the code and export the database from server and setup the site on my localhost also I have been changed the home and site URL in wp_options table I am able to login at wp-admin but when I am clicking on the home page it redirect me to live site.

If anyone know the issue please help me.

Thanks in Advance.

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  • Did you check your menu links or if the links are hard coded?
    – Aniruddha Gawade
    Apr 18, 2017 at 6:49
  • Yes I have checked its not static
    – Israr Mansuri
    Apr 18, 2017 at 6:53
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    Check htaccess for any redirect rules to live site
    – Aniruddha Gawade
    Apr 18, 2017 at 7:17
  • there was no .htacces I have put the htaccess but not working
    – Israr Mansuri
    Apr 18, 2017 at 7:18

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Try following

  • If there are caching plugins installed like W3 total cache. Then purge cache first. Or may be disable them for time being

  • Perform Search and Replace in the database for Old Site URL. You can Use this Plugin

  • Reset Permalinks ( Dashboard >> Settings >> Permalinks )

  • Last but not the least. Clear your browser Cache and History

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    I have already done this and this works for me. Thanks
    – Israr Mansuri
    Apr 18, 2017 at 7:35
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    The Last option works for me :)
    – Javad Yousefi
    Feb 4, 2018 at 21:33
  • Last worked for me too - still don't get why that would happen!? :(
    – Julix
    Jun 21, 2018 at 18:04
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    Glad it helped you. :)
    – JItendra Rana
    Jun 23, 2018 at 11:17
  • I have tested and confirmed: in my case it was the browser's cache. I had done all previous steps to no avail and then moved to another browser to check. Done. It was cache.
    – marquito
    Jan 14, 2019 at 21:29
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According to the wordpress reference here

Add these two lines to your wp-config.php, where "example.com" is the correct location of your site.

define('WP_HOME','http://example.com'); 
define('WP_SITEURL','http://example.com');

OR

Edit functions.php

Add these two lines to the file, immediately after the initial " 

update_option( 'siteurl', 'http://example.com' );
update_option( 'home', 'http://example.com' );

Or check the .htaccess file as well if added any rewrite rule for redirect the website.

Hope this help!!

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  • So, it's working or not?
    – mageDev0688
    Apr 18, 2017 at 7:15
  • not working but when I changed the permalink structure and then change back it to old one its working.
    – Israr Mansuri
    Apr 18, 2017 at 7:17
  • Great dude you have solved!!!
    – mageDev0688
    Apr 18, 2017 at 7:20
  • worked for me, but i also had to disable browser cache and add all of these together: define('WP_HOME','http://localhost'); define('WP_SITEURL','http://localhost'); define('WP_CACHE', false); define('WP_DEBUG', true);
    – oriadam
    Feb 1, 2021 at 21:38
  • Thanks man!!!! This have helped me a lot!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!
    – neoswf
    Nov 17, 2022 at 22:12
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Had to change these lines in my wp-config.php from

define('WP_CACHE', true);
define( 'WPCACHEHOME', 'C:\wamp64\www\wp-content\plugins\wp-super-cache/' );

to

define('WP_CACHE', false);
//define( 'WPCACHEHOME', 'C:\wamp64\www\wp-content\plugins\wp-super-cache/' );
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    worked for me only after adding all of these and disabling browser cache: define('WP_HOME','http://localhost'); define('WP_SITEURL','http://localhost'); define('WP_CACHE', false); define('WP_DEBUG', true);
    – oriadam
    Feb 1, 2021 at 21:37
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You can also solve this problem by installing WP cli and running :

wp search-replace 'example.com' 'example.local'

Check the codex for more info. But as JItendra said, it's important to clear the browser cache too after doing this.

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you can change live url to local url directly in database table wp_options two option_name field

1) siteurl
2) home

After this save permalink.

Hope is useful

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  • I have changed it already
    – Israr Mansuri
    Apr 18, 2017 at 7:14
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Try remove any redirecting plugins if you have in your live site codebase. I solved the same issue by removing the "safe-redirect-manager" plugin in local.

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I just change my permalink structure to plain and again to old one then Its working. thanks all of you for your help. :)

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