Setting up a WordPress Website Locally

You may need to use a local version of a WordPress theme in order to make/test codebase changes, using LocalWP, you will be able to set up a local WordPress Environment with a few clicks. Before following the steps below, install LocalWP

Setup an Environment

1. Click the + icon to create a new site
2. Choose the Create a new site option
3. Name the site
4. Used the Preferred setting or Custom if you need to adjust something
5. Create a Dashboard login
6. Click Add Site

Import a Theme into the Environment

1. Click the Go to site folder option within the environment
2. Navigate to app > public
3. Rename the wp-content folder
4. Create a symlink of the theme’s repo
5. Drop the symlink’d folder into the local environment directory in step 2
6. Rename the symlink’d folder to wp-content
   • Run npm install on the repo if you have not already to populate the theme
7. Login to the local environment
8. In the Appearance Panel, select the working theme