Next step after installation

Other computers on the network can’t use the host name “localhost”. That is just how a computer refers to itself.

If you can establish what your network IP address or host name is, it should be a matter of replacing “localhost” with the appropriate IP address or host name in those links above when accessing WordPress from other computers on the network.

If you aren’t sure how to establish what you IP address or host name is, reply back with what operating system XAMPP is installed on and we can give you some commands.

I really appreciate the help. XAMPP is installed on Windows 10. The network is Century Link DSL.

Unless you have a static IP address, the outside world will not be able to see your site. Since residential DSL assigns IP addresses dynamically, you’re out of luck.

And that’s probably a good thing. Allowing outside access to your home system means that hackers would have a field day with your unsecured web server.

DionDesigns makes an important point. I assume you are just developing internally on a private network, or that the WordPress instance is just internal.

You wouldn’t try and host from your own network. External providers do it much better and more securely.

That said, determine what your machine’s IP address is by:

1. Locating the Command Prompt – e.g. you can search for “cmd” in Windows 10.
2. Running the command ‘ipconfig’.
3. Finding the appropriate IP address from the list that is given.

The appropriate one will be an address on your local network.

Now what is the next step I have to do to allow other computers on my local network connect to this server to build a website on wordpress?

Assuming we’re still talking about making the site visible to only the other machines on your own network..

The appropriate one will be an address on your local network.

..that will apply only if the host is assigned a static private ip address. If the machine gets it’s ip address using dhcp from your network router, the first time the machine ip address changes, it will no longer be accessible from the network.

[edit] ..just as a side note, I believe Skype uses port 80 and 443 as auxiliary, or additional listen ports. If you navigate (in Skype) to Tools > Advanced Settings > Connection and uncheck the box next to “use port 80 and 443 for additional incoming connections”, you might be able to avoid the whole issue of re-configuring XAMPP to run on non-default ports… might be worth a try at least.