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Posted by dlpuxdzztg
dlpuxdzztg
8,243 Points

Move Existing WordPress Site to Local

So I'm currently building a site using WordPress and I plan on making my own theme, the only way to do this however is if I migrate my site from live to local. However, when I install WordPress locally, I'm prompted to create a new site and a new account, even if I already have one. How would I do this then?

1 Answer

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points
Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

Couple of questions.

  1. when you migrated the site to local, does your theme show up in themes tab?

  2. did you pull down the database as well?

  3. what do you mean by new account? login and password, or something different?

dlpuxdzztg
dlpuxdzztg
8,243 Points
  1. Haven't created my theme yet. From what I've heard, downloading locally is the only way (I think).
  2. 'Pull down'?
  3. When you press 'run install', you're sent to a page where you enter the name of the site and where you create an account. The thing is, I already have a site and account.
Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

I take it you are using MAMP, you install a fresh install of WP then it asks you for a user name/password then you are downloading a theme into the themes folder of WP.

you should start MAMP and go to the .dev site of your local server.

dlpuxdzztg
dlpuxdzztg
8,243 Points

I actually haven't gotten around to doing anything; I was thinking about how I would approach installing. Also, I'm going to use WAMP.

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

Yeah, if you want to build a WP site locally you will have to set up a local dev environment up first. WAMP is perfect for that. After you set everything up, I believe you will not have theses issues.

dlpuxdzztg
dlpuxdzztg
8,243 Points

Hopefully you don't mind, but I came across an issue when trying to access localhost: https://teamtreehouse.com/community/sent-to-wamp-page-when-going-to-localhost

dlpuxdzztg
dlpuxdzztg
8,243 Points

Okay, I'm finally at the part of the install that I'm confused on: the installation process. I'm asked to create a new account and site, but I already have one.

dlpuxdzztg
dlpuxdzztg
8,243 Points

Never mind, I don't think that will make a difference, considering I don't intend on making the site live.