Title: Local WordPress and VS code live server
Last modified: May 8, 2022

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# Local WordPress and VS code live server

 *  [Bloke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloke/)
 * (@bloke)
 * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/local-wordpress-and-vs-code-live-server/)
 * I need help understanding the relationship VS code and using it to develop WordPress
   sites locally. I have always used Dreamweaver to edit code and Wamp and loaded
   my site at [http://localhost/sitename](http://localhost/sitename).
 * In VS code they have a live server and it opens at [http://127.0.0.1:5500/](http://127.0.0.1:5500/)
   but I cannot display my site at [http://127.0.0.1:5500/sitename](http://127.0.0.1:5500/sitename)
 * It opens just a directory of files. Is there a way I can open my site in VS code,
   click on live server and view it?

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 *  [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/)
 * (@gappiah)
 * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/local-wordpress-and-vs-code-live-server/#post-15626387)
 * WordPress requires PHP, MySQL, and a fully-fledged webserver like Apache, Nginx,
   IIS, etc. See: [https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/](https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/)
 * VSCode’s Live Server doesn’t provide any of these.
 * Here’s a tool that will give you everything you need to run WordPress on your
   local computer: [https://localwp.com/](https://localwp.com/)
 * Other options are WAMP, XAMPP, DeskServer, etc
 * You may use VS Code to develop/customize theme or plugin files, but these need
   to be loaded in the WordPress environment to see any effects.
 *  Thread Starter [Bloke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloke/)
 * (@bloke)
 * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/local-wordpress-and-vs-code-live-server/#post-15629893)
 * Ok I think I understand. I can edit and debug the code, JavaScript, CSS and the
   HTML and save. Then open my local server to view it on my WAMP server.
 * So the live server with VS code is really for developing React type projects?

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## Tags

 * [locahost](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/locahost/)
 * [WAMP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wamp/)

 * In: [Localhost Installs](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/localhost-installs/)
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 * Last reply from: [Bloke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloke/)
 * Last activity: [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/local-wordpress-and-vs-code-live-server/#post-15629893)
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