Title: localhost and wordpress url
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# localhost and wordpress url

 *  [webdrafting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webdrafting/)
 * (@webdrafting)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-and-wordpress-url/)
 * I have install backup my website from hosting on my localhost.
    Wy when i click
   on any category i have linked on my domain on hosting ?

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 *  [Bill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chubbycrow/)
 * (@chubbycrow)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-and-wordpress-url/#post-6006207)
 * Your question is not very clear. It sounds like you made backups of your live
   site and moved them to your local computer. And now when you try links on the
   local copy, they take you to the live site on the external server. Is that close
   to your meaning?
 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-and-wordpress-url/#post-6006338)
 * When you copy or move a site, you must replace the old URLs and paths with the
   new ones. Some of these are stored in the database in ‘serialized’ form where
   the string length is stored along with the string. You must use special tools
   to search and replace the old values with the new ones.
 * If you replace an old URL with a new one of a different length, it will break
   the serialization, causing many different problems.
 * If the old site is still available, you can use the steps shown in this article
   to copy the site: [http://wordpress.mcdspot.com/2012/08/22/migrating-a-wordpress-site-step-by-step/](http://wordpress.mcdspot.com/2012/08/22/migrating-a-wordpress-site-step-by-step/)
 * If the old site is not available, and you still have a copy of the database from
   that site, you should be able to use this tool to make the changes: [http://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/](http://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/)

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