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susanwinsor
(@susanwinsor)

5 years, 11 months ago
I downloaded latest WP, renamed one of the files to be wp-config.php per directions, and I will be the new administrator for
mantra.org/__wp2016/wp-admin/
I just want to have it on my laptop and do not “need” to have a server, do I?
How to proceed?

I’m on a newer macBookpro with latest iOS // Moderator note: Macs run MacOS, not iOS.

thanks
- This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by Steven Stern (sterndata). Reason: Changed iOS to MacOS

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Howdy_McGee
(@howdy_mcgee)

5 years, 11 months ago

Are you talking about installing a localhost onto your machine?

I would suggest MAMP which is a localhost/local server where you’ll be able to install WordPress and work with it as you would a live site.

Here’s some guides on how to do that:

https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_Locally_on_Your_Mac_With_MAMP

Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)
(@sterndata)

Volunteer Forum Moderator

5 years, 11 months ago

Rather than MAMP, I recommend Local By Flywheel: https://local.getflywheel.com/

It’s a two click process to install WP, once you’ve downloaded and installed Local.

HudsonValleyWebDesign
(@jaycbrf)

5 years, 11 months ago

I don’t use any of those as MAC OS has everything built in and just needs to be activated and configured.

https://mallinson.ca/osx-web-development/
Mike Schinkel
(@mikeschinkel)

5 years, 11 months ago
@hudsonvalleywebdesign.

lol! I used to be in that camp. And I used to love VirtualHostX for helping me manage Apache virtual hosts.

But after about four or five OSX updates I started to question the sanity of it because Apple would blow away my development configuration. Every. Single. Time. And then it would take hours to get it reconfigured.

Then I realized how nice it was to be able to have different versions of PHP and MySQL that were not such a PITA to switch, and how much nicer it would be to be able to run the Linux versions of services like Memcached and Redis and I was converted.

Then, several years later we decided to buildone for us as well as other people;. So now we are firmly in the “Virtual Dev Environment FTW!” camp. 🙂

#fwiw
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Chris Brewer
(@wplevels)

5 years, 11 months ago

Just another option I would like to throw out there is Valet. Used a lot by Laravel devs but can easily install and run WordPress as well:

https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/valet#installation

HudsonValleyWebDesign
(@jaycbrf)

5 years, 11 months ago

@mikeschinkel – funny you say that. I have put off updating my MBP from mountain lion for just that reason. Everything is set up the way I like it –