Questions tagged [xampp]
XAMPP is an Apache web server distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl.
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How do I make my particular WordPress public?
I have XAMPP running Apache and MySQL and I have installed WordPress already.
I bought a domain and have made sure that the nameservers can point to my particular IP (which is static) and I've opened ...
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Localhost WordPress not recognizing my online WordPress account
I just downloaded and installed XAMPP and WordPress to be able to create and edit my websites in my local machine, but I have a problem. In the WordPress installation process I was requested to create ...
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Installation Issue WordPress locally - The file ‘wp-config.php’ already exists
I have the issue with installation WordPress locally on my computer, XAMPP environment.
In PHPMyAdmin I created an empty database, later I will import database that I downloaded from the live server,...
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Background image resets after time (XAMPP)
So, i am hosting my own website with xampp and i installed wordpress and i had Bento Version: 1.6.5 as the theme.
Now, my background seems to be broken and it seems to remove its image from the ...
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Installing WordPress Theme Unit Data
I'm following the "Building Themes from Scratch Using Underscores (2016)" tutorial on Lynda.com and at around 00:35 he suggests downloading the Theme Unit Test Data from WordPress. I've downloaded the ...
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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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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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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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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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I have my full special database from xampp how can i use this on wordpress?
The issue I built a database on xampp, but I did this when I was use a normal website (not on wordpress) and one of tables is for users' accounts.
The fields in users' table are username, password, ...
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Wordpress site running on a local XAMPP server keeps redirecting to a XAMPP page
I had a properly functioning Wordpress site on a local XAMPP server which I wanted to transfer to a live server, so I went to check the instructions on wordpress.org on how to perform that. I made ...
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WordPress migration from live server to localhost having 404 error? [closed]
I'm trying to have a copy of my WP site from live server to localhost and have followed all the steps on tutorials I could find, but I seem to get a 404 error at the end.
I am using XAMPP and Windows ...
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Issues copying site into local machine
I am working on a Wordpress site that is stored on a goDaddy server. I want to migrate a copy (backup) of the site on my local machine so that I could edit the php files without changing with the ...
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Multisite on localhost using xampp
I'm having some trouble getting Multisite to work on my localhost using xampp. I have the main site in a subfolder so the path would be http://localhost/my_site/.
I'm getting two different errors, ...
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New created Theme leads to malfunctioning Xampp Apache --> functions.php is cause
what I did:
I installed Wordpress on XAMPP
Build a correctly working theme for Wordpress
Copied this theme to another folder next to the first one in my Wordpress Themes-folder
Made some css ...
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WordPress multisite with domain mapping and virtual host on local with fake domain
I have searched all over and have found many tutorials on how to set up a multisite, domain mapping, and even use virtual hosts on my local machine, but I can't seem to find how to do all of those.
I ...
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Setting up a local copy from a production site
I'm having an issue with a local copy of a live WordPress site. The local site itself http://localhost/mywordpress/ works as I did the following:
copy the production WP folder;
import the MySQL ...
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can't see aditional themes in control panel
I installed wp 4.2.2 on xampp localhost - multisite, following this article
https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/setting-up-xampp/
xampp is surely ok, because it works a year without a problem.
The new ...
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WordPress installation didn't install any default data and returned empty rows!
Here is how I stuck on the way of installing a fresh WP in my localhost.
I tried installing a fresh copy of WP in my localhost using WAMP server.
Everything is fine, like in the First step: I did ...
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I installed Wordpress locally now how do I login?
I downloaded a WordPress website that I am modifying for a friend.
He gave me access to cPanel, where I downloaded the SQL and changed it on XAMPP.
Now when I open >localhost/wp it opens the ...
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Multisite Create Site not working
I've followed multiple Questions, but can't seem be to be able to find a solution.
I'm looking to be able to have a local install multisite, (XAMPP), and succeeded in making multisite available. ...
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Connect to live db whilst working locally
Please excuse my ignorance, as I'm entirely self taught (HTML, CSS, and some JS and PHP) as a hobby, and SSH is all fairly new to me.
I originally built a static website for my wife's childminding ...
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Write Error in WordPress
I have a website on localhost. When I open the site, it shows a white screen which says just the following text,
"write error."
What could be wrong? Please guide. Thanks.
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Failed to connect to PC:21 - WordPress & XAMPP
I've searched the XAMPP and Apache sites and can't seem to find anyway with the same problem that I'm having which includes an answer that'll work for my system.
I'm using a Macbook and have ...
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SVG files and wordpress
I have a website and I would like to use SVG files so that certain images are dynamic but when i upload them it displays as an unknown file and when I set them as a featured image for a post the ...
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Check if a database is well installed
I tried to install wordpress under eclipse and xampp under ubuntu. I created the database (user: root, password: empty) by a sql command create database wordpress;, that is it.
The wordpress seems to ...
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Website access with http and https
I have a WordPress website which is hosted on an Apache Xampp Server, Windows 2012 Server R2. I have put SSL on it and I have added https://www.example.com as the siteurl in Settings.
I can access ...
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Unable to include a file in child theme
I am using the following code in functions.php of the child theme to include a file
require_once(get_stylesheet_directory_uri().'/functions/taxonomy-images.php');
But i get these warnings and fatal ...
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Why when accessing some wordpress pages on my localhost setup do i get the localhost default page?
why is that when accessing some pages(like [wp_login_form]) i get the default page for my localhost setup? im running latest wordpress(default, no plugins mods etc) on latest xampp setup.
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WordPress multisite - Bitnami
I usually install WordPress using the standard WordPress installer. I mainly use multisite.
I've just installed xampp by Bitnami and there seems to be a Bitnami WordPress installer they're offering.
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Plugin not working locally, but works on server
This is a hail Mary throw, but I appreciate any ideas that could point me in the right direction.
I had a "plugin" created for my wordpress site. I have a live site that is on a server and one that ...
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Relative or dynamic site url possible?
I have a local Xampp wordpress installation that I am using as sort of an intranet with some people I work with.
I require them to be able to access it on our LAN router -- I found that I needed to ...
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Force relative path in media library for LAN deployment
I have created a Xampp powered local wordpress install. This will be used at my work as a sort of "intranet" using LAN - I have no intentions of deploying it on a server, as it is not required by what ...
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Wordpress on XAMPP over my home network [closed]
I've installed WordPress on XAMPP on a Windows 7 machine (192.168.3.3) on my home network. I can see the XAMPP Welcome page from my other Win7 machine (192.168.3.2) but cannot access Wordpress from it?...
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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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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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Why is 'register_activation_hook' undefined?
I am just getting reaquainted with writing plugins, after writing a whole two about three years ago. Following some example code I found:
if(!class_exists('QuizMaster_Plugin_Template')) {
class ...
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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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WordPress site does not display content
I migrated a live site to my system and ran it via xampp. I am unable to see the contents of the page ( I can see the page loads fine but no text is displayed and site keeps connecting to the live ...
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Local install not loading template images but is loading everything else XAMPP
I'm trying to create a local version on XAMPP of my company's WordPress website.
All well and good except for the theme images aren't loading. (CMS images are loading)
Looking at the image paths, I ...
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Get XAMPP to divert to my site automatically
When I enter my domain name into the web browser, eg. www.mysite.com, xampp automatically diverts to www.mysite.com/xampp
How can I change it to go directly to my site folder eg. www.mysite.com/...
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the_post_thumbnail scaling not hard cropping
Lately I wanted to upgrade my blog with featured images/post thumbnails. I'm using a custom theme build on the roots theme (this is not a roots theme issue, I believe). The image I upload is 1024x768 ...
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Setting up XAMPP and Sendmail to enable WordPress emails on localhost
I am trying to enable email sending from my localhost installation of WordPress. I need to do so to test out some notification functionality as well as alerts and password resets.
I know that you ...
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Connect to remote database using Localhost install
I will be designing and developing a website for a client but want to allow the client to add content while I am working on the design and development of the site so that it is pretty mich done by the ...
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Set wp-content folder to Dropbox folder
Ideally I would like to do this with both my PC and Mac OSX boxes, but for now I would be thrilled with just the Mac OSX.
I am trying to keep my WP Themes & Plugin Local Development synced using ...
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How to prevent a function from running based on host (ie web vs local)?
I am using LiveReload to refresh my browser and compile my SASS. The browser extensions are not working so well for me, so I am adding the script to my footer. I'm trying to think of a way to prevent ...
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WAMP to XAMPP WordPress transfer
I want to switch a WordPress site from a wamp localhost to xampp localhost. Using the Tools > Export, I saved the WordPress content to an XML file. I did not create a similar backup of the MySQL ...
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Wordpress Subdomain MultiSite on localhost XAMPP on :8080 with IIS taking port 80
I currently have Windows 7 , 64 bit on which I am running an IIS on localhost:80 and I installed XAMPP on localhost:8080. I have 15 individual wordpress sites but now i need a subdomain multisite ...
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How do you keep your live and and testing server?
I have a live site and a testing server (XAMPP) that I built the site on originally before publishing it. Obviously, there are a number of things you need to do to migrate a site from one place to ...
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After finishing building a site on localhost, how do I transfer everything to a client's server?
I have installed XAMPP to build a site on localhost. After I finish, how do I transfer everything efficiently to, say, a client's server?
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