I can download the WordPress website which is already created. So, I need to run that website locally. Please let me know step by step.
I don't know your setup but I'll give you a complete solution now and then we fix any problems afterward.
First thing you need to do is download a local WordPress hosting environment and set up a local host for the website. I prefer to use FlyWheel because it's the easiest so far. Other options include Laragon, XAMP, and WAMP.
After installing Flywheel and setting up a local install you download the "All In One WP Migrator" plugin on both the live website you want to run locally and the local website.
Once you use that to migrate the website to a local setup everything should be fine. If you have the error establishing database connection again I will tell you how to resolve that. It's pretty easy actually.
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At work we took back our existing store running on Magento 2 from an external development agency. I need to get the project running in local development (with docker).
I familiarized myself with a vanilla project from the official docs and managed to get it running by downloading the vanilla template with composer, granting the proper permissions on files and folder and running the magento setup:install command.
My question is how do one goes when kick starting from an existing (production running) project?
Do I need to run setup:install again? If I do, why?
What do I need to import from production to ensure any content or configuration created via the admin is also running on my local setup? Should I import the complete Database from production?
I know our setup is using more than just php and mysql, but env.php seems to be listing only db configuration and admin url. Where can I get the complete service configuration informations about what our setup uses?
Anything else I am missing to get started with an existing project for local development?
As someone who is running Magento 2 on a local environment myself, hopefully I can shed some light on this.
If you have a direct copy of the live site, you do not need to run setup:install again.
Ensure you have a copy of the entire Magento 2 site (you can technically ignore the vendor folder, as you can run composer install and it will redownload those files, but that's up to you). Also get a copy of the entire database. Magento 2 is notorious for copying the same data to multiple tables so something could break if you don't have everything.
What do you mean by "service configurations" If you are referring to Magento 2 extensions, that data is saved in the database, not the env.php file. env.php is only for server side configurations, such as the DB information, Caching, and things of that nature. On mine, I use Redis for site Cache, so that would be included in that file as well, as an example.
When you first unpack the site to your local environment, run composer update in the directory. This will ensure you have all the proper files installed. If you are going to run a local dev environment, set the mode to development with the following command: bin/magento deploy:mode:set developer. This will allow you to make changes and to view those changes by just refreshing the page, rather than flushing cache all the time.
All queries are replied correctly by Eric. I am also not sure about "service configurations" you have mentioned here. If this is about third-party extensions/services you can check config.php file for this.
I would like develop and test my wordpress website on windows xp system.I'm unable to set Wordpress in my system, please help me to find a suitable phpmysql server which supports wordpress on windows xp. I've already used uniserver, phpmyadmin, and esy php but they are not worked well.I am new to this and any help will be appreciated
Thanks
You can try Xamp, Wamp for windows, and if you already have prebuild wordpress then you have to make sure that the migration is done properly.
For migration there lots of plugin available to that use one of them.
Or just change the host file with same domain name, so that you can test your wordpress site without any migration burden.
Bitnami wordpress is a very easy way to get set up on windows. It comes with the whole stack to get you set up and is installed in just a few minutes without any command line usage. https://bitnami.com/stack/wordpress
I have a Wordpress blog hosted on Heroku.
I'm trying to figure out how to clone the site from Heroku so that I can do my WP development locally (I've set up VVV locally - works like a dream).
I've tried backing up the Heroku site with WP Clone and it fails because Heroku's PHP install doesn't include zlib (I know how to install plugins and have installed and activated the WP Clone plugin, but it screams for zlib when attempting to backup).
I've tried WPManage and it can connect to the Heroku site, but when I try to backup I get a 500 internal server error.
Has anyone had success cloning, or backing up, a WP site and database that is hosted on Heroku? How? Different cloning tools to try?
I'd suggest you do it manually if you planned to do it locally. XAMMP or WAMP?
Just backup your user data, images, plugin and database.
A tool that I have good success with is Duplicator. You're biggest issue is that your PHP config is missing required libs that wordpress needs to function properly.
I would look at getting a PHP install that has zlib in as wordpress itself uses it. See What are PHP extensions and libraries WP needs and/or uses?
No more cowboy coding! I'm trying to develop on my local machine, but I'm no Ubuntu expert!
I've got it to the point where when I browse to "localhost" in my browser, it pulls up my Wordpress install and runs the site. It's trying to update, and showing this prompt:
So it's trying to run FTP as what? I'm new to Ubuntu, on my shared Bluehost server space Wordpress has no trouble FTPing out. How do I configure this on my local Ubuntu machine so that Wordpress can update. It's a fresh Ubuntu install from ISO disk. Do I need to configure FTP somehow? This is probably a very basic question - I think I'm looking for a few shell commands as the answer.
Here is a way in which you can disable the FTP Credentials for installing Plugins and Themes from backend
Just Add the following Code in wp-config.php
define('FS_METHOD','direct');
I am trying to make very quick and easy css changes to a website that is wordpress site. I dont want make them while the site is live. is there a way to make them locally and then upload? what do you recommend?
people tell me that doing it locally is a big hassle because of the way the server is. is there a plug in that will let me make changes without them going live?
Thank you very much in advanced...sorry this is my first time with wordpress
What you can do is the following:
a) Install wamp server on your pc. (google where to get it)
b) Install a version of wordpress locally - in case you already have a version online that want to work on you will have to transfer it locallly. check this: http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress
Actually you are saving your wordpress database, download all the files inside your wamp\www folder and then import the database through phpmyadmin to your local wamp server and change a couple of options in the db > options table (there are two options to change the website that is loaded so that it looks locally)
c) Your work on the offline version. I assume you mean that you need only styling, so you can edit your style.css file. As soon as you are pleased with it, you just upload it on your web server replacing your old file!
same as #scooterlord .
You can use nginx and php-cgi too on your Windows if ya wanna move to nginx in future.
Just install wamp then then download Wordpress version and then download your theme or plugin on which ya wanna work.
So ya will able to work offline and its not effect ur website.
yeah. I ya download db from ur site u need to change url of wordpress in DB.
u can do it by using phpmyadmin.
or by using These lines in your themes function file.:
update_option('siteurl','http://your.site.url:port/yourblog');
update_option('home','http://your.site.url:port/yourblog');