Using local I created a website that has (had) a different URL than live site.
All went well in creation and testing.
I then decided I was ready to upload to live and thought that having different URL would not be good. So within my local settings I changed URL in two places to represent what the live site had in those same fields.
Bad idea apparently, because now my local server is attempting to log into the live site and I seemingly have lost my local version.
I suspect this is self inflicted as I changed URLs - but my quesiton to this group is - how do I change (undo)?
Sorry newbie at this but will be appreciative of any positive suggestions.
Have you tried changing the Local URL back to the original yet? Once you Start the site (button in the upper right corner) you can click change next to the site URL and adjust the name back so it ends in .local.
After you do this, you may need to try clearing the cache and cookies on your browser and then closing your active sessions to start with a clean slate. A reboot might not be a bad idea either.
You may also try utilizing a different browser (Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer if youâre using Chrome for example) or an Incognito window to troubleshoot further.
The easiest way to open an Incognito window is with the keyboard shortcut combination Ctrl-Shift-N (Windows) or Command-Shift-N (macOS). Another way is to click on the menu on the upper right â itâs three vertical dots â and select New Incognito Window from the list.
Doing so stopped it from going to live site but then gave me a 404 error. I then removed the above parameters as it did not seem to assist in me solving the issue.
To your suggestion - I have not tried changing the URL. Reading what you posted it seems that if I start the site I would be pointing to live (production) and then if I changed URL - I would be chaning production. Before I try your suggestion, could you confirm that this would not impact production?
Also one additional thought since my previous post - I did take a backup at the start of the day and although it would not include my latest and greatest - it would get me back to being just a few hours old. However I do not see how I could restore as again - I am pointing to live. Perhaps uninstall local - reinstall and create a new local website, then restore???
I just reread my original post and would like to clarify. When I said I changed URL - I actually was within WP dashboard and changed via settings menu - the home, siteurl, and email address - ie; syncâd up with what was in production values. So to be clear, when I changed URL it was not through âlocalâ, it was through word press (site) dashboard.
Thanks again in advance for any helpful suggestions.
An important distinction to make here is that your Local site and your Production site are essentially two separate sites. So changes you make in Local canât impact your Production site unless you push or migrate your Local site over top of it, and vice versa with Production. That said, having your domain match in both places can cause problems with routing.
In Local I would remove your wp-config changes and then change your domain here so itâs back to the .local domain.
Thanks Nick - When I start local and then select my site, the screen displayed (like your example above) has the domain name I initially created and ends in â.localâ. It is when I select âWP Adminâ or âopen siteâ that it then is attempting to connect with LIVE (production) site.
When I click on âOpen Siteâ, the new browser window will show parkfarmscomputersysstems.local (in address bar) and then after 15 seconds or so - switch to actual live URL (https://www.parkfarmscomputer.com/) - as you can see (and what started all of my issues is) the actual production site is âparkfarmcomputerâ but when I created the local (new website) I entered âparkfarmcomputersystemsâ.
Since my initial changes (those which started all of this) were made through the wordpress dashboard/settings - I feel like I need to be back there to revert those changes. I suspect those changes were saved in the database - perhaps I can directly edit there?
OK - so I clicked on the âDatabaseâ tab and then âOpen AdminerNeoâ. That brought up what appears to be a database program. Searched for âhomeâ and âurlâ and found within âwp_optionsâ.
If my thoughts above would work, please confirm exactly what I should enter in
Do I enter âparkfarmcomputersystems.localâ or does it need to be more fully qualified and if so, what would it look like?
Youâll want to update those references in your DB and/or wp-config.php file to replace the .com domain with the .local one. Thatâs likely what is causing the routing issues for you. After youâve done that you might need to clear cache and cookies on your browser or try restarting your device as youâve likely got cache built up in your browser and maybe your network.
Thanks for confirming Nick - what do I change it to?
This â http://parkfarmcomputersystems.local
or this: parkfarmcomputersystems.local
or something different?
Thanks Nick - We appear to be making progress. Here is what I have observed
So I edited the two DB parameters (HOME, URL) within the wp_options to âparkfarmcomputersystems.localâ. Saved and closed DB and LOCAL. Restarted machine.
After bootup, I opened browswer and clear cache/cookies
Started LOCAL, site, and selected âOpen siteâ.
After spinning for about 30 seconds or so, this is what appeared.
Hey Nick - looking at the last link you provided - it seems they are expecting you to be at your wordpress site dashboard. But was you can see from a previous post, I am not seeing that when I click on âWP Adminâ.
Referencing this suggestion from Nick
After updating that you might also want to resave your Permalinks and then regenerate Elementor/Astra CSS as well:
Clarifiying questions:
âresave Permalinksâ - just go into the permalink menu and hit save?
âregenerate elementor/Astraâ CSS - please provide additional guidance here, not sure what to do.
âflywheel cacheâ - I looked at the link and what I am seeing (or not seeing) in the dashboard does not seem to align with doc.
For your Local site I would try disabling plugins. You might have a plugin thatâs masking the login or preventing access for security. If you click on Site Shell in your Local app you can run a command like wp plugin deactivate --all to disable them all at once and then see if you can access the login page.
There might be an issue or conflict with the theme since it giving all of the warnings, so you could try swapping to a regular WordPress default theme for now to see if that helps.
