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PHP How to Build a WordPress Theme Launching a WordPress Site How to Migrate a Local WordPress Site to Live Server

Ian Holden
Ian Holden
8,556 Points
Posted by Ian Holden
Ian Holden
8,556 Points

Live site to Local Server - Wordpress

Hi, I need to do the reverse process as the one explained in the video. I am struggling to do so at the moment and was wondering if anyone could help?

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Andrew Whitfield
Andrew Whitfield
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Andrew Whitfield
Andrew Whitfield
5,239 Points

What are the steps you're having problems with specifically? Do you get errors?

Ian Holden
Ian Holden
8,556 Points
Ian Holden
Ian Holden
8,556 Points

Hi Andrew, thanks for the reply...

  • I have downloaded all files and database from my live site.
  • I then set up an area in Localhost (XAMPP installation) where I paste these files.
  • I then set up a database in PHPMyAdmin and import the database tables.
  • I change WP-CONFIG to point to new database and change WP_SITEURL and WP_HOME to local URL.

When I do all of this, I get a very unhelpful 500 Error with the following ("The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request. Either the server is overloaded or there was an error in a CGI script.")