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Wally Bryan
4,350 PointsWhich wordpress database is being used?
I have acsess a to a C panel account / hosting account -
Looking at this account I have downloaded all files for the site, when I download and update the wordpress data base, then load the site on local host, it goes to the websites, web address - www.example.com, rather than showing as localhost in the URL -
When I write a condition in the WP config file for the site to only reference the local host files the site looks completely different.
Question
1) as I have acsess to there site, is there a definitive way to find out which database and worspress file is being used for the hosting address? i.e. www.example.com is using X.html and X-wp.congig with X data base (im very sorry for the rather overview question - but seems like a small detail that I cannot find the answer to).
My goal is to download the site to my local host to test plugins for a friend - treehouse covers migrating a site live but not to a local host.
Warm regards and thank you for any input you might have, Wally
1 Answer
Shehan Dissanayake
19,119 PointsYou have to update all records with "www.example.com" in your database to "localhost", This article is about moving a site from localhost to live click here to read the article but in your case, you have to do the opposite.