Title: Setting up a development install/environment
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Setting up a development install/environment

 *  [csautot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csautot/)
 * (@csautot)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-up-a-development-installenvironment/)
 * The problem that I have with trying to set up a development environment is that
   WP stores the site’s URL and directory location in the database. So if you have
   your development version set up at a different URL (say at localhost or dev.yoursite.
   com) the linking between pages will not work. One solution that I came up with
   is to use 2 separate databases. This way the settings for the 2 sites can be 
   stored in the database that corresponds to it. I don’t like this method and wish
   there was an easier way. Does anyone have a solution to the issue of WP storing
   site-specific settings in the database? Do you sync 2 databases or have you found
   a solution to use 1 database for both your production site and dev site?

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 * Last activity: [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-up-a-development-installenvironment/)
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