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WordPress WordPress Basics Managing Media in WordPress Adding Images to a Post or Page

Posted by Holly Logan
Holly Logan
7,142 Points

Cannot connect to the Wordpress dev site

Hi, I am doing the Wordpress track and have installed it locally on my computer. Today I can't access the dev site that I created, no matter what I do. The internet connection is fine, there is no enabled firewall. I have no adblocker. I am using Chrome on a Mac. This is the message I get:

This site can’t be reached

hollylogan.dev refused to connect. Try: Checking the connection Checking the proxy and the firewall ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

This is also happening at mathewsdrainage.dev/wp-admin.

I don't know what else I can do. Please help, thank you.

1 Answer

Mark Truitt
Mark Truitt
17,230 Points
Mark Truitt
Mark Truitt
17,230 Points

Hi Holly,

How are you serving up the site locally? MAMP, Desktop Server, Vagrant etc.

Generally, these need to be running for the local version of the site to load in the browser.

Thanks, Mark