I used Local for testing the PHP and mySQL upgrades that WP Engine pushed out months ago, but I haven’t been using it in my daily work flow. However, I’m interested in considering doing so and am curious about how others use it or how others would recommend using it.
I came back to one project site that I need to work on today and can’t figure out how to pull a fresh copy, as the local one is old now. When I go to my WP Engine connected sites, I do see three dots next to my site. See screenshot below. Clicking on the dots gives me some sort of dropdown but it appears clipped and I can’t see any items in it. Should it have a “Pull Fresh Copy” option?
Is this how one normally grabs a new copy?
What steps can be taken to replicate the issue? Feel free to include screenshots, videos, etc
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Local does a pretty good job of scrubbing private info from the logs and the errors it produces, however there’s always the possibility that something private can come through. Because these are public forums, always review the screenshots you are sharing to make sure there isn’t private info like passwords being displayed.
The dropdown that you’re not seeing should include a “Disconnect” option and after clicking that you can do a fresh pull again. Since that isn’t working for you, as a workaround you can always download a backup and direct import that into Local.
Thanks for confirming. I was guessing that that dropdown might provide the solution but I wasn’t sure. I ended up deleting the site and then adding it again. I noticed that there was an option to “Pull to existing.” So if I have disconnected, then I suspect that would be an option. Is that what you’re saying?
Thanks for the alternative options, too. I wonder what I can do to get the dropdown to work?
When the computer is restarted and turned on, close any applications that automatically run in the background (AntiVirus, Firewall, and other Developer applications included).
