Title: Localhost development with IP address
Last modified: March 24, 2017

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# Localhost development with IP address

 *  [Richard Krone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rkrone/)
 * (@rkrone)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-development-with-ip-address/)
 * Hello:
 * What is the best strategy to develop a WordPress site _without_ a fully qualified
   domain name?
 * **I do have an IP address active and working.**
 * I would like to be able to develop the WordPress site while I wait for the Domain
   name to be created. Once the Domain name is approved I could change the binding
   in IIS.
 * My current specs are: Windows Server 2012, IIS 7.5, MySQL.
 * Thanks!

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 *  Thread Starter [Richard Krone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rkrone/)
 * (@rkrone)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-development-with-ip-address/#post-8953312)
 * Hello johnpaulb:
 * Thank you for the idea.
 * I understand that I can edit my workstation’s hostfile to allow me to type in
   a “simulated” FQDN that points at my server’s IP address where WP is hosted.
 * Once I get the FQDN of say [http://www.something.com](http://www.something.com)
   would I then just have to update the binding on the IIS server?
 * Is it really that simple?
 * Thanks for the suggestions.

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 * [IP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ip/)

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-development-with-ip-address/#post-8953312)
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