I’ve changed the root path of my wp files from c:/localwp/mysite/app/public (default root) to c:/localwp/mysite/app/app (my site wp files) Now LOCAL can’t find my wp-config.php because it looks for a public folder which does not exist. Screenshot from /conf/nginx/site.conf.hbs [image] How to …

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Nope I’m not using bedrock… Just a WP setup where I’ve changed the path… It works with remote DB because wp-config is just grabbing the remote DB details. But cant connect to the local one because LOCAL things the wp-config is inside a folder I’ve deleted.

I haven’t tested this scenario, but you could try creating a /public folder and just put the .wp-config file in there. In my experience, LocalWP is looking for this directory for it and this works for me with Bedrock configuration.

I’ve tried that, but with no luck… I’ve never user bedrock before and i just want this to work, so i hope for a more simple way… But thanks :+1:

There’s probably not a good way of doing this. You might be able to get the WordPress site configured so that you can access it in a browser, but it will always be a fairly fragile setup. I’d consider what benefits you’re getting from this level of customization and either use the defaults that Loc…

Changing root path, LOCAL can't find wp-config.php

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ben.turner August 4, 2021, 4:00pm 2

It looks like maybe you’re trying to setup a Bedrock installation of WordPress. If so, does the reply in this topic help at all?

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Changing root path, LOCAL can't find wp-config.php

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