How can I safely port my Wordpress blog to localhost?

Question

I am trying to make local development copies for my Wordpress blog. First I tried to install wordpress locally (in XAMPP for Windows), install plugins, and then import the data in real time (from the backup database). The problem is that when I import real-time data, I start to get all kinds of errors, even after I changed the blog URL through the database.

Also, the redirection rules that I have on my server do not seem to work locally (regardless of whether they are installed by Wordpress or some of its plugins).

So, is there a safe way to just capture all this and make it work locally exactly the same as the server?

Your help is much appreciated :)

Answer 1

• Get a full backup of all files in your online Wordpress installation
• get a full backup of your database
• with any text editing software, process the SQL file of the backup database and change each occurrence http://old.siteusinghttp://localhost
• extract the files to the root of your document.
• edit wp-config.phpto configure host / database user / pass
• import modified SQL backup
• go to the admin panel, go to Options-> Permalink and save to update permalinks

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Answer 6

Kemp's answer is good, but you do not need to edit the SQL dump or modify the database.

Instead, add 2 lines to your wp-config.php file (I usually add them just above the comment line in the file:

define('WP_HOME','http://localhost');
define('WP_SITEURL','http://localhost');


/* That all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */ <-- this line already present in the file.