Title: [Plugin: Jetpack by WordPress.com] Local testing version
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Jetpack by WordPress.com] Local testing version

 *  Resolved [jfrankli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jfrankli/)
 * (@jfrankli)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jetpack-by-wordpresscom-local-testing-version/)
 * Is there a way to activate the JetPack plugin on my locally running copy of WordPress
   on my MacBook? I saw a message that said “site_inaccessible”. Error Details: 
   The Jetpack server was unable to communicate with your site [IXR -32300: transport
   error: http_request_failed Couldn’t resolve host ‘wptest’]
 * Is there a way to make this work in my local development environment? The web
   site that I run is only locally accessible on my Mac.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jetpack/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jetpack/)

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 *  [Trevor Green](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trevogre/)
 * (@trevogre)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jetpack-by-wordpresscom-local-testing-version/page/3/#post-2840830)
 * With Version 2.2.1-alpha it appears to do nothing for me locally with that constant
   defined.
 *  Plugin Author [Jeremy Herve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/)
 * (@jeherve)
 * Jetpack Mechanic 🚀
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jetpack-by-wordpresscom-local-testing-version/page/3/#post-2840832)
 * > With Version 2.2.1-alpha it appears to do nothing for me locally with that 
   > constant defined.
 * Can you give me more details? Do you receive an error, or does the connection
   box appear? Are you unable to activate any of the modules that do not require
   a connection to WordPress.com?
 *  [Trevor Green](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trevogre/)
 * (@trevogre)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jetpack-by-wordpresscom-local-testing-version/page/3/#post-2840833)
 * There is no ability to activate and it still shows the connection box.
 *  Plugin Author [Jeremy Herve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/)
 * (@jeherve)
 * Jetpack Mechanic 🚀
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jetpack-by-wordpresscom-local-testing-version/page/3/#post-2840834)
 * Would you mind posting the contents of your `wp-config.php` file here (without
   the confidential information of course)?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Ian Dunn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iandunn/)
 * (@iandunn)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jetpack-by-wordpresscom-local-testing-version/page/3/#post-2840836)
 * I’m tweaking the Image Widget locally, and the new mode is working great for 
   me. Thanks Jeremy 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Ian Dunn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iandunn/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jetpack-by-wordpresscom-local-testing-version/page/3/#post-2840836)
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