Local Site folder and WP Config

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1

Hi,

Can I edit or swap the WordPress wp-config file in C: Local Sites\MySite

folder, just like I do via ftp on my web host?

Without screwing up my local site and LBFW up of course?

Thanks
Steve

2

Yup, you can swap out the wp-config.php file!

There are just two things to be aware of:

  1. Make sure that the database constants (DB_NAME, etc) remain the same
  2. There is a block (see below) that Local injects into wp-config.php for HTTPS handling. We’re working on removing the need for this but it’s still required as of writing this.
/* Inserted by Local by Flywheel. See: http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Over_SSL#Using_a_Reverse_Proxy */
if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO']) && $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'] === 'https') {
	$_SERVER['HTTPS'] = 'on';
}
3

Great, thanks for this.

Steve

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