![]() If you are truly worried that someone might be stealing your ideas, you can safely develop them on a local server. Security is one of the first that comes to mind. There are many advantages to having a local server that only you can access. Today I will demonstrate how to install WordPress on a local server using Xampp. That might sound like a lot of work, but if you want to actually test how a theme looks or if a plugin is compatible, then you need the same environment as your live website. ![]() If you take the time to create a local server you should also take the time to recreate your website by creating a local copy. This is very useful to avoid downtime when you want to test out something. On a local server, only you will have access to it and you will be able to freely experiment and test plugins and themes before using them on live websites. Here are full instructions on using MAMP to run WordPress locally.Have you ever wanted your own personal testing server? If so, then you may want to consider creating a local server on your computer. This can be enabled by clicking on the WAMP icon in the taskbar, then hover over Apache in the menu, then Apache modules and ensure that the rewrite_module item has a checkmark next to it. Tip: If you want to use anything other than the default structure on your install, make sure you enable the mod_rewrite module in WAMP. Then, in order to install WordPress, download the zip file, and extract it into the web directory for your WAMP installation (this is normally installed as c:\wamp\(Assuming you extracted into c:\wamp\www\wordpress). Once you have downloaded and installed WAMP, you can point your browser at localhost and use the link to phpmyadmin to create a database. These stacks can be downloaded freely and set up all the bits you need on your computer to run a website. BitNami WAMPStack – Has WordPress stack.EasyPHP – Has WordPress installer plugin.AMPPS WAMPStack – has Softaculous WordPress Installer.WAMP Server or WAMP Server at SourceForge.If you don’t have IIS on your computer or don’t want to use it, you could use a WAMP Stack : You can even skip the installation wizard. You will not be prompted to enter any credentials or details like in other guides, everything is automated. You can follow this guide by copy
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