Title: Localhost HTTP 503 error
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Localhost HTTP 503 error

 *  Resolved [mdwclarke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdwclarke/)
 * (@mdwclarke)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-http-503-error/)
 * I installed WordPress yesterday and all was working fine.
 * Today, I have been brought up against a wall: namely the http 503 error. I am
   an wordpress novice, so forgive me if I don’t understand the finer points of 
   wordpress installs, but I have tried to re-install it (I used the MS Web PI installer,
   which worked – as I said – fine). But this did not work.
 * I have searched across the forums for more help, but none of the issues mentioned
   that I’ve read, describe my situation (I’m not using a 3rd party hosting solution
   such as GoDaddy, I’m hosting it locally on my server as I want to use it to create
   our intranet)
 * I would appreciate any help at this stage, as I am stumped as to what to do next!(
   Except to abandon WP altogether!)
 * Thanks in advance

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-http-503-error/#post-3103548)
 * Try checking your server’s error logs for clues.
 *  Thread Starter [mdwclarke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdwclarke/)
 * (@mdwclarke)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-http-503-error/#post-3103568)
 * Ok, have looked at the error logs – but in all honesty, I don’t know enough about
   the issue to know what I’m looking for. I see a whole load of warnings about:
 * “A listener channel for protocol ‘http’ in worker process ‘10376’ serving application
   pool ‘WsusPool’ reported a listener channel failure. The data field contains 
   the error number.” – where the number above is different
 * But I don’t know enough about how WP works to know what this means. I’m guessing
   it is probably something to do with the App Pools, but again I don’t know enough
   to troubleshoot further.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-http-503-error/#post-3103572)
 * That sounds like you have severe problem with your local server. You may want
   to post asking for help on a forum dedicated to your local server software.

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 * In: [Localhost Installs](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/localhost-installs/)
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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-http-503-error/#post-3103572)
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