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XAMPP is an Apache web server distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl.

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Trying to run WordPress on localhost?

I have installed XAMPP server and bitnami WordPress on my Ubuntu machine. I want to run a WordPress on my localhost but the following error occurs: Object not found! The requested URL was not ...
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Unable to log in to localhost wp-admin page on XAMPP server

I am a newbie who recently start working on XAMPP and I am unable to access wp-admin on XAMPP server localhost. While installing WordPress, it asked me for user name and password too but when I am ...
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Error: MySQL shutdown unexpectedly. XAMPP local conf running WordPress

I have a xampp configurated locally to run wordpress. I must have done something wrong when fixing some issues 'cuz at the end, I got stuck with the following log from mysql database. 2015-11-10 15:...
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Restoring from a old local copy of xampp folder where the project was stored

Alright, I did a stupid mistake as my hard drive was failing. I only copied the whole xampp folder and now I want to restore the project. Is it possible and how can I do it. I know it's stupid and I'm ...
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Can only access homepage and admin panel

I am really struggling to move Wordpress from an external host to my localhost (xampp). After two days trying to do this I am now at the stage where I can access the homepage and admin panel, but ...
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Failed to upload image on localhost

I am trying to edit my theme on a fresh installation via the customization page. When I try to upload the site logo via the media uploader, I get the following error: “logo.png” has failed to upload ...
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Error Message when logging into WordPress on Xampp

I have two Wordpress sites running on Xampp. I am getting an error when logging into the second site I set up, it say's 'username is not registered on this site. If you are unsure of your username, ...
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I cannot access to my wordpress

when I start the xampp it shows this, I changed it to port 8080 because it has an error and when I go to http://localhost:8080/phpmyadmin/ it shows me access denined
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Wordpress broken after vhosts setup

I am working locally with wordpress installation using Xampp, after using vhosts and changing wordpress options home and siteurl to wordpressurl.site , my website has been broken stylesheets and ...
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"Could not open input file" error even when WP-CLI is in the path

I'm developing Wordpress locally with XAMPP, and currently trying to install the WP-CLI tools as described here using Cygwin. I renamed wp-cli.phar to wp, made it executable and moved it to the ...
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Xamp installed local wordpress not allowing to publish or install plugin

I installed wordpress locally with xamp on my pc (Macbook pro Apple silicon 2021), yesterday I could normaly install a plugin (starter template) but today if I try to install a plugin it says at first ...
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WP Asking for FTP Credentials with XAMPP Localhost

Total newbie here. I'm a pretty good user of applications, but have never written a single line of code. Installed XAMPP and WP, purchased a template from Envato and plan on working on it over the ...
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Transfer XAMPP local Wordpress website from one PC to another

I use XAMPP to build my wordpress site locally. How can I transfer my website to another computer and continue the build from there also locally?
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Locally restoring a ManageWP full site backup

I am trying to restore a full backup created by ManageWP on my local PC to use the local version for testing. I went through different guides, but I could only get the website into a half-working ...
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Trying to copy linux blog locally with XAMPP - php fatal error

I have a WP blog running on a linux machine. I need to run it locally on XAMPP on Windows 10. I copied locally the Wordpress blog files to C:\xampp2\htdocs\mtw I the imported the database and assigned ...
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PHP function showing wrong time in WordPress

My local WordPress installation on XAMPP seems to have a wrong time setting. When I do date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s' ); I get 2017-02-21 10:46:43 as result. However my PCs time really is 2017-02-21 11:46:43, ...
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XAMPP/wordpress heartburn

I'm having a bit of trouble getting my WordPress install to act correctly. I followed the video provided by Rajendra Patel on youtube. Here's the link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMycmTPl8nc. ...
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migration wordpress to local machine does not work with all broken URLs except frontpage

I installed XAMPP on my Win 10 PC and migrated my wordpress website onto my PC. After migration, only the frontpage works. The other URLs would get a "Not Found". The frontpage is only ...
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Wordpress on a local machine redirecting to xampp dashboard page [closed]

I just decided to learn Wordpress, I created new site successfully with name of 'unique-university' using flywheel but when I click 'OPEN SITE' It redirect me to Xamppp dashboard page 'http://...
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Multisite Dashboard Always Redirects to Main Dashboard

I have tried multiple fresh installs of Wordpress with an attempt to establish a multisite network - I am using XAMPP to stage this as a localhost website. Each attempt results in the same problem: ...
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Why isn't my imported database showing up? install.php pops up and adds new tables to the database

I imported my live sites SQL backup into Xampp. I have named the new database wordpress and configured wp-config.php with the database name wordpress, user root, empty password. Then I went to ...
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Testing localhost WordPress site over LAN with iPad, iPhone

1 down vote favorite I am developing a Wordpress theme that requires testing with multiple devices over my local network. I use the localhost server XAMPP which runs apache on port 80. When I access ...
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call to undefined function mysql_connect

Trying to run a search and replace but am getting an error Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in E:\xampp\htdocs\test\wp-includes\wp-db.php:1688 I have checked my WP files and have both ...
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Xampp 7.3.3 fresh install of WordPress 404 pages unless permalink is set to plain

I have been running xampp 7.3.3 for quite a while but i have recently installed 2 fresh installs of wordpress and if the permalinks are set to anything other than plain the pages are showing 404. i ...
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Xampp is not loading media

I duplicated my wordpress website from hosting to localhost using xampp. I copied the database and the web files as in the real web. The problem is that when I connect with the web in localhost the ...
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Why is the domain name missing from the logout redirect?

My development computer recently had to be rebuilt so I am now trying to migrate a WordPress site from the hosting company to my development PC. So far I have done this: Installed XAMPP. Download ...
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How to re-connect WP files in lampp/htdocs to new SQL database to recover site under development

First time here, facing a bigtime wordpress situation. My Ubuntu installation crashed beyond repair during upgrading version. Managed only to copy the wordpress files, installed in /opt/lampp/htdocs, ...
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xammp server permalink by postname not working

I am able to access main page on localhost but not able to access page that I have added.it is displaying 404 error. my question is same as : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12311737/permalinks-...
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404 Error in Xampp

I have used Astro Theme and worked on xampp but I have a trouble that: " Object not found! The requested URL was not found on this server. The link on the referring page seems to be wrong or outdated. ...
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Using the Parcel build tool with Wordpress

I've been looking into build tools lately, specifically stuff that allows PostCSS, and would therefore enable to create a build process that among other things would automatically autoprefix, minify ...
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AMP Sitemap Error in Google Search Console

After I upload the sitemap to Google Search Console, it shows there is an error about AMP, but I don't know how to fix it. Anyone can advise me on how to fix the problem? Thank you so much!
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How to fix Wordpress images not showing up in local hosted XAMPP server?

I have recently been trying to establish a working method of developing Wordpress sites locally by making use of an XAMPP server. The issue is that any images that I attempt to use refuse to show up ...
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WordPress asks to install, but is already installed?

I know this has been resolved many times including here, but I can't figure this out in my case. I've been using XAMPP for Mac on Mojave and recently, I updated it to the latest version of - 7.3.1. ...
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XAMPP internal server error

Currently i am working on a wordpress website on xamp local server and i have changed some settings in the website URL from localhost/websitename to localhost/websitename/home and i got the following ...
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How do I move my site from localhost to my domain?

Okay so I'm a complete newbie. Things I've done so far: Install xampp, install wordpress, create a dummy site, have a web address I'd like to use. The problem: My college provides homepages (www.home....
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Error Connecting to Database WHEN Installing Wordpress on XAMPP [Tried All the Usual Stuff] (Pics Included)

Here's the error I get https://gyazo.com/56134064606564c836ae8b0f18a129ba Here's the DB login settings I used: https://gyazo.com/2facfe11765bc4b887c31bc111bb123a Here's my DB names and users: ...
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XAMPP-VM Mac OS Mojave wordpress debugging using XDebug

Someone please point me to a knowldge article or information on how to setup Xdebug on XAMPP-VM Mac OS in particular. The dev configuration: XAMPP-VM Mac OS Mojave 10.14.6 VScode with PHP debug ...
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Error: MySQL shutdown unexpectedly [closed]

i see this error in my xampp/mysql/logs. what shoud i do? 2019-09-18 16:06:13 0 [Note] InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool 2019-09-18 16:06:13 0 [ERROR] InnoDB: Cannot create log files ...
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WAMP vs XAMPP pros/cons - for running a local testing server [closed]

What are the major pros/cons that can help in deciding which of the two to choose: WAMP vs XAMPP for running a local testing server for WordPress? PS: I now see Stack Overflow had a discussion about ...
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localhost/wordpress(or other application), how does it work?

Just a quick question I can't seem to find the answer to. Maybe I just can't formulate the right question or the right keywords. How does xampp identify which web application to open if the url is ...
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"Class 'Phar' not found" error setting up WP-CLI with Cygwin

I'm trying to install the WP-CLI tools as described here using Cygwin, which the guide claims is supported. When doing: cd /XAMPP/htdocs curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-...
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How to remove "Connection Information" requirement on localhost install of WP on MACOSX

I've just installed XAMPP on Mac OSX and when trying to install a theme or plugin in WP admin, I'm getting this screen. I've never gotten this on my shared hosting account. how to get rid of it on ...
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wordpress redirect error in xampp

i had a wordpress website on xampp let's say in "localhost/listing" and it was working perfectly then i installed another copy of this website on "localhost/mylisting" now the problem is that when i ...
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Taxonomy works in local XAMPP but doesn't work live

this project was done on a Mac, it worked very well in the Mac's local XAMPP and online as well. Now I try to transfer it to my laptop(windows), the taxonomy doesn't work in the laptop's local XAMPP, ...
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How do i remove "Powered by WordPress" from AMP?

how do I remove "Powered By Wordpress" from the AMP version of my website? It would be great if you suggest a CSS or Plugin for this. I use the basic AMP plugin.
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How do I set up XAMPP to allow me to download plugins and themes?

It's been a very long time since I used Wordpress and I am getting back into it. I have installed XAMPP on my Mac (10.14.2) and have successfully installed Wordpress 5.1.1. However, I cannot figure ...
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Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function get_header() [closed]

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function get_header() in C:\xampp\htdocs\allegiant\index.php:1 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in C:\xampp\htdocs\allegiant\index.php on line 1 I ...
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change wordpress upload url to subdomain on xampp local

Firstly, I am sorry for bad English Language I want to make a site using wp on local with xampp 3.2.2 (win10) To avoid future problems (e.g changing domain after moving to live or changing media ...
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Page 404 Error on Localhost

I am currently working on my localhost and the problem is that all the wordpress related urls would direct me to error 404 page not found but somehow i can still access my website which still ...
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localhost Wordpress site just downloads php file but won't serve the site itself

I installed xampp and even downloaded a fresh wordpress from official site. It is running fine. But when i try to load my existing live site in localhost, it just downloads the php file but won't ...