Installing and Running WordPress: Local by FlyWheel

38mBeginner2019-04-17

Authors

Morten Rand-Hendriksen

Senior Staff Instructor, Speaker, Web Designer, and Software Developer

Course details

Whether you’re just learning to use WordPress or busy developing new WordPress websites and themes, having a local version is essential. Installing WordPress on your computer gives you full control for experimentation, development, and testing. You see the changes you make immediately—no need to upload and download files. Local by FlyWheel is a free application that makes it easy to get a local WordPress environment up and running fast. In this course, instructor Morten Rand-Hendriksen helps you install and run WordPress locally on both Windows and Mac using Local. He then shows how to take advantage of all its benefits, including Live Link, local file access, cloning, and Blueprints, a special Local feature that makes launching your next WordPress site even easier.

Learning objectives
Downloading and installing Local
Configuring SSL
Turning on and off local sites
Enabling and using Live Link
Accessing and editing local files and databases
Cloning and export sites
Creating and using Blueprints

Skills covered

WordPressContent Management Systems (CMS)ProjectWeb DevelopmentOpen Source

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - WordPress on your computer with Local by Flywheel

1. Introduction to Local by Flywheel

02 - How Local by Flywheel works
03 - Download and install Local

2. Configuring Local and WordPress

04 - Set up a new WordPress site
05 - Walk-though
06 - Configure SSL (HTTPS)
07 - Turn sites on and off
08 - Enable and use Live Link
09 - Access files and database

3. Advanced Features

10 - Configure defaults
11 - Clone and export sites
12 - Create and use Blueprints
13 - Access SSH and WP-CLI

Conclusion

14 - Next steps