Title: Localhost WP issues… Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Localhost WP issues… * [bdigges](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdigges/) * (@bdigges) * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-wp-issues/) * So I setup XAMPP and a local installation of WP for development purposes. I uploaded the database from my web-server onto localhost/myphapadmin and altered the config file for my WP installation accordingly. * Everything seems to work fine except that when I try to log onto my wordpress installation via localhost it just redirects me to the live website that I exported from… * What gives? Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * [fonglh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fonglh/) * (@fonglh) * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-wp-issues/#post-2835374) * Change the site URL. * See [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress) and [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL) * Thread Starter [bdigges](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdigges/) * (@bdigges) * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-wp-issues/#post-2835383) * So what would I change it to in this instance? localhost/wordpress/[anysite]? * [mygreenhosting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mygreenhosting/) * (@mygreenhosting) * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-wp-issues/#post-2835385) * bdigges, * Here’s the basic thing you need to do when migrating your wordpress site to any location eg. localhost or remote servers: * Migrate all files * Export database and do a search and replace query to modify the following: * file paths to the target paths * site url instances to target url * Dump the updated sql file/database to target database * Configure wp-config accordingly. * If you follow these properly you will not have any problem. * Regards, * MyGreenHosting * Thread Starter [bdigges](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdigges/) * (@bdigges) * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-wp-issues/#post-2835387) * “file paths to the target paths * site url instances to target url” * This is the part that I don’t quite understand. Could you elaborate? * [mygreenhosting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mygreenhosting/) * (@mygreenhosting) * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-wp-issues/#post-2835397) * bdigges, * file paths to the target paths : * this is the link for a file that i used in your system. * example: home/public_html/wp-include 3232dsd/var/www/vhost/site/wp-include * these paths are saved in your database, Thus, you will need to modify it so your system locates the needed files in your local system. * site url instances to target url: * this is the url of the original site which you would want to change to your local link/url. * example: from [http://www.site.com](http://www.site.com) to localhost/site * this could be the reason why your site is pointing back to the livesite when you try to navigate your site locally. * Regards, * MyGreenHosting * [fonglh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fonglh/) * (@fonglh) * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-wp-issues/#post-2835399) * You need to change it to the URL used to access your local XAMPP server. That’s probably localhost/, but it really depends on how you’ve configured your web server. * Thread Starter [bdigges](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdigges/) * (@bdigges) * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-wp-issues/#post-2835401) * I changed the site url from my live WP site and now I can’t get there to access the admin to change it back. Help? * [mygreenhosting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mygreenhosting/) * (@mygreenhosting) * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-wp-issues/#post-2835405) * bdigges, * Can you explain how you changed your url? * Regards, * MyGreenHosting * Thread Starter [bdigges](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdigges/) * (@bdigges) * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-wp-issues/#post-2835407) * I went to the admin panel -> Settings -> General and changed it to [http://localhost/site](http://localhost/site) * but afterwards I was unable to login…I fixed it, sorta, by changing the ‘site url’ and ‘home’ columns (I think they’re called that) in myphp. * I can see the homepage now, but none of my links are working. Could you help me? * [mygreenhosting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mygreenhosting/) * (@mygreenhosting) * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-wp-issues/#post-2835410) * Hi bdigges, * As I said on the above advice. * You may want to export first your database. * Open it in notepad or notepad++ * do Search And Replace * From : live url to your local url * From : live file paths to your local file paths * Then everything will work properly. * You can post here whats your livesite link and your local link * and livesite file path and local file path * So i Can best assist you on what to search and replace. * Best Regards, * MyGreenHosting Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘Localhost WP issues…’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Localhost Installs](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/localhost-installs/) * 10 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [mygreenhosting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mygreenhosting/) * Last activity: [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-wp-issues/#post-2835410) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics