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WordPress Installing WordPress Locally Installing WordPress Locally Setting up the Environment

Posted by mike john
mike john
3,719 Points

why do we have to rename the wordpress folder as ".dev" in the end.?? what do we mean by ".dev"..?

why do we have to rename the wordpress folder as ".dev" in the end.?? what do we mean by ".dev"..?

Andrew Hale
Andrew Hale
10,925 Points
Andrew Hale
Andrew Hale
10,925 Points

There is no rule to naming conventions in this situation. It's just a helpful name to help understand what we are doing.

You could name it 'learning-wordpress' if you wanted, but you are making a development site, so 'localwp.dev' makes sense.