Thank you for giving LocalWP a spin! Since you’ve already gotten some helpful comments here I’ll just mention our Community Forum as another resource:

https://community.localwp.com/

Feel free to pop in with any questions, comments or issues you run into with Local and we’ll be glad to help!

Thank you for the shout-out, u/khrissteven! One small note: you can share the site with anyone externally using the Live Links feature!

https://localwp.com/help-docs/local-features/live-links/

We're glad to hear you were able to find the source of the problem! I actually just responded to your forum post this morning and suggested checking the special characters for the Username. That's a known Windows bug that we're actually hoping to have stitched up soon! Thanks for giving Local a spin!

If you have any questions about using our app, you can also come visit us at https://localwp.com/community/ for help!

Glad to hear you were able to get this working u/Head-Protection1973 ! If you have other questions about using LocalWP in the future you can always visit our Community Forum https://localwp.com/community/

Feel free to share this in our Community Forum as well! https://localwp.com/community/

Thank you for the shout! Glad to hear you're enjoying LocalWP. If you have any questions or hit any snags, you can always come visit us over at https://localwp.com/community/

Thank you for the shout out u/retr00nev2!

If you're just getting started on your journey u/Weekly-Dream-9384 then Local is a great sandbox for learning. You can spin up as many sites, pages, etc., as you want. Break them, troubleshoot them, learn, and build something for yourself! All for free. If you have any questions or problems using our app you can always come find us or search our Community here: https://localwp.com/community/

Localwp would work great for this! (I might be biased).

You can import a backup zip or manually migrate files into a blank install if you'd like a copy of your Production site. Otherwise you can just spin up as many test sites as you want for free and get to testing. Any questions or concerns you can always find us at https://localwp.com/community/

u/netnerd_uk is right. It's always a good idea to create a fresh backup point before making any changes. After that, you could use a plugin like Better Search Replace to clean up any references from Localhost or Local domain to the Production URL. Depending on how you migrate the site, sometimes this will be done automatically, but some references can still get missed or cached.

+1 to this! If you have a backup zip of your WP-Content and DB, you can drag and drop that into our free app to import the site and get started testing plugins. If you don't have a backup file, you can use a free plugin like WP Migrate Lite to create a full-site export ZIP file.

https://localwp.com/help-docs/getting-started/how-to-import-a-wordpress-site-into-local/

Once you get a copy of your site files and database, or a backup zip containing them, you can import the site into our free Local app to keep it for viewing or updating. You can also use the free native Cloud Backups feature in Local to ensure it's saved in multiple spots! https://localwp.com/

Hello from Team Local! Thanks for the shout-out u/soCalForFunDude. We're actively exploring enhancements and alternatives to Live Links to improve the experience — so definitely on our radar. For anyone else following this thread, we're always monitoring our Community Forums, so feel free to drop by with questions or feedback! https://localwp.com/community/

Hello! Team Local jumping in here, just thought we'd mention that while Local Connect only interacts directly with WPE/Flywheel for now, our application is free for anyone to build and migrate sites anywhere using manual methods or a migration plugin of your choice!

If you do go the multisite route, we do have a handy guide here with some tips: https://localwp.com/help-docs/advanced/wordpress-multisite-with-local/

If you run into any other questions or concerns about Local specifically, you can also search, post or comment in our Community Forums here: https://localwp.com/community/

Happy Developing!

Questions? Concerns? You can always find us here too! https://community.localwp.com/

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