Title: localhost install
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# localhost install

 *  Resolved [Kirk Wight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kwight/)
 * (@kwight)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-install/)
 * How does MultiSite decide that it’s a localhost install? Does it check if the
   comp’s hostname is a FQDN?

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-install/#post-2280839)
 * Same way WordPress always does: It doesn’t 😉
 * It just knows what the name is of the site/server.

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## Tags

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

 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-install/#post-2280839)
 * Status: resolved

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