Lost Site - It's just disappeared

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Issue Summary

Hi
I built a site on Local a month ago. It was looking great. I have just gone into Local to launch the site and all I see is a ‘Sample Page’ - it’s gone. Any thoughts on where it might have gone to?

Thanks
Rob

One or two sentence summary of the issue.

Troubleshooting Questions

  • Does this happen for all sites in Local, or just one in particular?

  • Are you able to create a new, plain WordPress site in Local and access it in a Browser?

Replication

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System Details

  • Which version of Local is being used?

  • What Operating System (OS) and OS version is being used?

    • For example: macOS Catalina or Windows 10 Professional

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Security Reminder

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Hi @RobB - can you share either your Local log file or screenshots of what you are seeing? I’m not sure I’m following what you are describing.

The site is completely gone within the Local UI? Or it is in Local, but when you launch the site you’re not seeing the changes you made previously?

Depending on your operating system, Local stores site files in the home directory under Local Sites - for me, it is Users/{user.name}/Local Sites/MySite. If you right-click on a site’s name in Local, you can reveal the files in Finder as well.

Thanks,
Austin

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Hi
Sorry, it is just a ‘Hello World’ sample page. I had built a (very simple) site. I can see the folders and it all looks to be there - or at least the photos are there. But when I launch the site - nothing. I suspect it is pointing at the wrong file after updating.

How do I find the log file?

Thanks
Rob

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Here is a link to how to retrieve Local’s logs - * Retrieving Local’s Log

If you open WP Admin for your site, do you see your images in the media library?

Thanks,
Austin

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Hi Austin

Yes, I do. But there are none of the pages/posts I produced.

Thanks
Rob

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local-lightning1.log.zip (5.2 MB)

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Hi Austin

Where would I find the posts and pages?

Thanks
Rob

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Hey @RobB,

Posts and pages are stored in your WordPress database - specifically, posts go into wp_posts.

I don’t see anything troublesome in your logs. It is possible that somehow the posts you built didn’t save to the database. If you go to your /wp-admin page, what does your Posts page look like?

Here is mine, for example, with the Hello World that comes by default:

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