I am new to WordPress

I am trying to duplicate a live wordpress site to my windows 10 pc.

I use Wamp.

I exported and imported the database.

I can browse the tables in the database.

I copied all the files from public_html into: c:\wamp64\www\mysite.local

I changed the database details in wp_config to:

<

/** MySQL database username */
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘root’);

/** MySQL database password */
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ”);

/** MySQL hostname */
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);

I added this in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts:

127.0.0.1 mysite.local
::1 mysite.local

I added this in C:\wamp64\bin\apache\apache2.4.51\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName mysite.local
DocumentRoot “c:/wamp64/www/mysite.local”
<Directory “c:/wamp64/www/mysite.local”>
Options +Indexes +Includes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews AllowOverride All
Require local
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

When I browse localhost I see the folder under: VirtualHost.

Clicking on mysite.local it opens a save file window with random letters as the file name, every time different letters, instead of showing me the site.

What am I missing?

Also, I tried to change the theme to the Twenty Twenty-Three theme, and I also deactivated all plugins. The problem still persists.

In case anyone needs this information:

• My server is running locally using XAMPP on an old PC that has Windows Server installed
• I use cloudflare

I am creating a number of www.ads-software.com websites locally using Xampp (and creating a back end database with php myadmin).

I am wanting to create wordpress websites for clients professionally. Is it wise to create regular back-ups of local wordpress websites to save creations over time? If so, what is the process of backing a locally hosted website to save creations of a website in case it gets lost? Would it be saved as a zip file? What is the process of then restoring a saved local wordpress website? Have searched everywhere for this but cant find any step by step process. Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks!

I noticed in the health check that the persistent object cache was missing.

So after some flighty research in ignorant I installed the Redi Object Cache Plugin. Now I get the following fatal error. The plugin is not showing as listed in the plugins in the dashboard settings for Plugins.

I am unable to navigate or use the dashboard. The website is finished and tomorrow I need to transfer it to a hosting service.

The error page is as follows.

Fatal error: Uncaught Predis\Connection\ConnectionException: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond [tcp://127.0.0.1:6379] in C:\xampp\htdocs\MyTestSite\wp-content\plugins\redis-cache\dependencies\predis\predis\src\Connection\AbstractConnection.php:131 Stack trace: #0 C:\xampp\htdocs\MyTestSite\wp-content\plugins\redis-cache\dependencies\predis\predis\src\Connection\StreamConnection.php(109): Predis\Connection\AbstractConnection->onConnectionError(‘A connection at…’, 10060) #1 C:\xampp\htdocs\MyTestSite\wp-content\plugins\redis-cache\dependencies\predis\predis\src\Connection\StreamConnection.php(154): Predis\Connection\StreamConnection->createStreamSocket(Object(Predis\Connection\Parameters), ‘tcp://127.0.0.1…’, 4) #2 C:\xampp\htdocs\MyTestSite\wp-content\plugins\redis-cache\dependencies\predis\predis\src\Connection\StreamConnection.php(80): Predis\Connection\StreamConnection->tcpStreamInitializer(Object(Predis\Connection\Parameters)) #3 C:\xampp\htdocs\MyTestSite\wp-content\plugins\redis-cache\dependencies\predis\predis\src\Connection\AbstractConnection.php(80): Predis\Connection\StreamConnection->createResource() #4 C:\xampp\htdocs\MyTestSite\wp-content\plugins\redis-cache\dependencies\predis\predis\src\Connection\StreamConnection.php(230): Predis\Connection\AbstractConnection->connect() #5 C:\xampp\htdocs\MyTestSite\wp-content\plugins\redis-cache\dependencies\predis\predis\src\Client.php(225): Predis\Connection\StreamConnection->connect() #6 C:\xampp\htdocs\MyTestSite\wp-content\object-cache.php(907): Predis\Client->connect() #7 C:\xampp\htdocs\MyTestSite\wp-content\object-cache.php(548): WP_Object_Cache->connect_using_predis(Array) #8 C:\xampp\htdocs\MyTestSite\wp-content\object-cache.php(256): WP_Object_Cache->__construct(false) #9 C:\xampp\htdocs\MyTestSite\wp-includes\load.php(750): wp_cache_init() #10 C:\xampp\htdocs\MyTestSite\wp-settings.php(131): wp_start_object_cache() #11 C:\xampp\htdocs\MyTestSite\wp-config.php(86): require_once(‘C:\\xampp\\htdocs…’) #12 C:\xampp\htdocs\MyTestSite\wp-load.php(50): require_once(‘C:\\xampp\\htdocs…’) #13 C:\xampp\htdocs\MyTestSite\wp-admin\admin.php(34): require_once(‘C:\\xampp\\htdocs…’) #14 C:\xampp\htdocs\MyTestSite\wp-admin\tools.php(40): require_once(‘C:\\xampp\\htdocs…’) #15 {main} thrown in C:\xampp\htdocs\MyTestSite\wp-content\plugins\redis-cache\dependencies\predis\predis\src\Connection\AbstractConnection.php on line 131

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While working on my website using www.ads-software.com, I have been facing a persistent issue.

I am using Colibri theme and have created a child theme for use in our local server using xampp. I also have the colibri page builder pro version and I also used the plugin Child Theme Configurator to make a child theme on my machine.

While making enhancements, the content and style changes from customizer don’t always get reflected on the site pages. Once the changes are made and published and after we close the work, next time when we open up the site- The styling (spacing, font, color, alignment etc.) on the pages sometimes change on their own. It also sometimes takes up content from other pages and shows it in different pages having same elements. I am then required to republish the page fixes every time for the required changes to get reflected. Recently even republishing the pages has not worked in some cases. But all the content and page structure is visible in the customizer whenever I open it up. This is obviously too time consuming and not a long-term solution.

Can someone please help me fix this issue?

Thanks.

1. Currently I have one blog in my WordPress account which is linked to one domain. I want to create another separate blog and have it linked to a different domain. Is this possible with my current WordPress account or do I need to create a new account?

2. I want to test out a new template (tweak some of its coding to customize). My current WordPress account already has a live website blog which I don’t want to touch. Is there a way I can do this in a sandbox environment or something?

I have tested this plugin and I could get everything pretty much working, and I have decided to use it in the project I’m working on at the moment.

But I got a minor issue with it. The “Enable Excerpts” works great in my local server while I’m testing and developing the site, but when I put the site live in the remote server, the “Enable Excerpts’ simply doesnt work anymore. I disabled all possible javascript codes and even changed the version of the wordpress jQuery to know where the problem is, but I still couldn’t find the origin of the problem. I really can’t understand why the “Enable Excerpts” refuses to work as it did on my local srerver.

I also disabled the SSL certfificate to check whether that was the problem. But the “Enable Excerpts” function doesn’t work at all. It only shows long reviews entirely whithout the “show more…” button.

Has anyone experienced any issue like this one with the plugin?

Thank you!

I hoped to be able to download the WPRESS file to my desktop but instead the plugin is trying to save to my live server. I’m getting an out of disk space error. Can I change the download path? The help video indicates that this can be done.

1) Can this be used locally on my dev server?

2) Can this be used to find internal broken image links or missing images?
For example, if an auto-generated thumbnail size is referenced in a post/page/widget, that no longer exists in the uploads folder.

3) Can I filter results by internal or external links? Or by missing images?

4) Can I edit broken links directly from the results page of your plugin?

Some of these questions might be great to include in your FAQ.
Thanks!