[HELP] Redis on Local WP Windows

[Harvinder]

Hi,

Im developing a plugin for wordpress and need to utilise Redis.

Has anyone been able to install and use redis on a Local install of WP on Windows 11?

If so could you point me in the right direction on how to install it for a Local WP install etc.

Kind Regards.

[Nick-B]

Hi @Harvinder!

I’m not familiar with using Redis myself but I did some looking around and it doesn’t appear to be compatible with Local. Please see the links below for some more context. You can always create a Feature Request to track and then others can vote and comment on it as well.

Using Redis Cache

Local doesn’t have a way to configure redis for a WordPress site – can you describe in a little more detail what you’re trying to do with WordPress in Local?

Having trouble installing the php-redis extension ("Unable to load dynamic library"), or any php extension

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