Help Docs – Local

Change a site’s folder location

Erin Welsh — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 15:35:58 +0000

You can’t change the location of an existing site, but you can export that site and re-import it as a new site in a different location. The “Local site path” can be set under the “Advanced Options” of the site creation screen: There is also an option to change the default location of new sites under: Preferences > New Site Defaults Get Community Support...

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Connect a different database tool

Erin Welsh — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 15:12:20 +0000

If you prefer to use a different database tool other than Adminer or Sequel Pro, here’s how you can connect your tool of choice to any site in Local As an example, we’ll use MySQL Workbench, but there are many other tools you can use such as DBeaver, HeidiSQL, and Navicat. Table of Contents: Get Community Support...

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Site Grouping Feature

Erin Welsh — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 22:21:26 +0000

Amongst the new features of Local 6.7.0 is the ability to organize sites into groups. This feature also allows you to stop and start an entire group of sites simultaneously. Any sites that are not grouped will stay in the “sites” list. Table of Contents: After updating to version 6.7.0, you will receive a notification that your starred sites have now been put into a group, the name given to that...

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Downgrade Local Version

Erin Welsh — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 19:33:49 +0000

Downgrading Local may be used to troubleshoot issues presented with a newer version or other various reasons. We recommend running Local on the latest version available when possible. After Local v6.5, we cannot ensure compatibility below macOS Catalina (10.15). If you’re on an older version of macOS, you’ll need to install a version of Local prior to version 6.5.

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Reset a WordPress admin password

Erin Welsh — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 15:10:46 +0000

If you don’t have an admin login or you simply forgot your admin password, this doc will go over how you can gain access to the WordPress admin for a Local site on your computer using WP-CLI. Table of Contents: Right-click on the site in Local’s sidebar and click “Open site shell.” If you’d to reset the password for a current administrator on the site, but don’t know the username run: This will...

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Large sites and Local

Erin Welsh — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 14:40:00 +0000

Large sites can sometimes be difficult simply due to their size. The bigger the site the longer things can take and you may need a few options to get things done quicker. Table of Contents: There isn’t a hard size limit when using Local Connect to pull a site from Flywheel or WP Engine. Using Connect to pull a site larger than 5GB can cause issues due to various timeouts. Things like a slow...

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Blueprints

Tyson Reeder — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 19:20:32 +0000

Blueprints offer a quick easy way to start a site by utilizing pre-saved site settings such as themes and plugins. If you’ve created the perfect site and want to recreate it, this is the best way to apply those settings when building new sites. Table of Contents: A Blueprint is a WordPress site package that can include themes, plugins, configured pages, site settings, and more.

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Troubleshoot: Connect to WP Engine

lukep — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 20:56:36 +0000

Most issues connecting to WP Engine via Local Connect can be solved by re-authenticating the API. First, you’ll want to head to your User Portal and generate some new API credentials. See WP Engine’s guide for more information on the WPE API. Next, open up Local and disconnect from WP Engine, then re-establish the API connection.

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Troubleshoot: Local

Ben Turner — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:12:27 +0000

Local does a pretty good job of getting out or your way and letting you work with WordPress, but nothing works flawlessly all of the time! Working through these common issues will: For performance issues take a look at this help doc. Table of Contents: Good troubleshooting isn’t a skill only related to fixing things in Local. Being good at troubleshooting is about asking questions and zeroing in...

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Troubleshoot: Performance Issues

Nick Barelos — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 15:37:08 +0000

Performance issues can be hard to fix! The best thing to do is zero in on where the slowness is occurring. Here are some suggestions to help set you up for success and ensure things are running as smoothly as possible when working with Local! Table of Contents: We’re always working on improving Local, so the first thing to double-check is if you have the latest version installed by visiting our...

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