This particular method of localhost installation using XAMPP will work for WordPress, WordPress MU, BuddyPress and bbPress. Installing a localhost version of WordPress will enable you to create a local hosting environment on your PC …
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XAMPP
This particular method of localhost installation using XAMPP will work for WordPress, WordPress MU, BuddyPress and bbPress. Installing a localhost version of WordPress will enable you to create a local hosting environment on your PC or USB storage device so that you can test your installation before going live. This process creates an offline live version of your WordPress blog. If you use the USB installation this also enables you to take that USB storage device to your client and perform a demonstration of the blog before it goes live. This will save you and your client a tremendous amount time and effort.
I saw a great live presentation of this process at the WordCamp Dallas 2009 given by SpamBoy. I have included a copy of his video and his PowerPoint presentation for your convenience.
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Click here to access the PowerPoint Presentation: Creating Local WordPress Installs
Let’s dive in to our installation of WordPress in Windows localhost using XAMPP:
1. Install XAMPP www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html
2. Download and install WordPress or WordPress MU into the htdocs (which behaves like the public-html folder) www.wordpress.org or www.mu.wordpress.org
3. Import posts from live blog – Tools/export and import
4. Change permalink structure and match live blog
5. Copy and download wp-content folders from live blog, themes, plugins, uploads
6. Reactivate plugins – except ping/post, Google, Akismet
7. Remove default installed items – post links, categories, plugins
8. Scrub links in wp_posts table:
UPDATE wp_posts
SET post-content =,
Replace(post_content, ‘www.yourdomain.com‘, ‘localhost/wordpress”);UPDATE wp_posts
SET post_content =,
Replace(post_content, “yourdomain.com’, ‘localhost/wordpress’);
*make sure to change your wording in the localhost and the wordpress file name to match your wording used
9. To copy the database from your blog:
UPDATE wp_options
SET option_value = ‘http://localhost/‘
WHERE option_name = ’siteurl’ ;UPDATE wp_options
SET option_value = Concat(option_value, ‘ LOCAL’)
WHERE option_name = ‘blogname’ ;UPDATE wp_options
SET option_value = 0
WHERE option_name = ‘blog_public’ ;
I had header errors whenever I tried to save anything in the locahost environment. Try these two great articles and see if they help remove your errors. The first one was a fix for me.
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