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WordPress Local WordPress Development Local WordPress Development Introduction to Local Development

melissa brown
melissa brown
4,670 Points
Posted by melissa brown
melissa brown
4,670 Points

wordpress local development which install?

if we purchased the hosting for students and did the one click install then we dont have to worry about the local wordpress development set up right?

2 Answers

Jorge Felico
Jorge Felico
15,543 Points

Melissa, You would only need to set up local development for Wordpress if you wanted to test out your wordpress settings, designs, pages, etc... before actually pushing it to the server and making it available for the public to see.

Dustin Leer
Dustin Leer
21,063 Points
Dustin Leer
Dustin Leer
21,063 Points

Melissa,

That's correct. Local development can be helpful though when you start making more sites and you don't want to edit them on an environment that other people can get to. As you build more and more sites Local Development becomes a great tool. I use ServerPress to do all my Local Development and then use the tools built into ServerPress to push it to a live WordPress install on my server with my hosting provider. Hope this helps!

Cheers!