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WordPress Installing WordPress Locally Installing WordPress Locally The WordPress Setup Wizard

Christine Lawrence
Christine Lawrence
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Posted by Christine Lawrence
Christine Lawrence
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Trying to setup a local wordpress installation. Installed MAMP to localhost:81. Wordpress setup can't connect to db

Trying to setup a local wordpress installation. Installed MAMP to localhost:81. Wordpress setup can't connect to db

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Eric Butler
Eric Butler
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Eric Butler
Eric Butler
33,512 Points

Need more info, but first thought: Are MAMP and MySQL open and running? Try going to MAMP's "WebStart page," check the MySQL info written there, and try to open phpmyadmin from the top menu.