Pushing Site to WPEngine breaks installation

[sbeers]

Issue Summary

I have a site that I’ve been working on and whenever I push it back to WP Engine, WordPress prompts and install. WordPress has already been installed previously to pushing it. This is really most inconvenient as I’ve done over 40 hours of work and I can’t push it live for my client and they are getting pissed.

Troubleshooting Questions

• Does this happen for all sites in Local, or just one in particular? This is the only site I’ve used in Local

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

Replication

Describe the steps that others can take to replicate this issue. If you have screenshots that can help clarify what is happening, please include them!

System Details

• Which version of Local is being used? 6.1.5

• What Operating System (OS) and OS version is being used? Windows 11

• Attach the Local Log. See this Community Forum post for instructions on how to do so:

  • How do I retrieve Local’s Log?

Security Reminder

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.

[ben.turner]

Hey @sbeers - Welcome to the Local Community Forums!

What you’re describing sounds like one of a few things:

1. Are there any errors within the Local Log? It might be that there’s a PHP error that is preventing Connect from completing the push.

2. Are the the table prefixes the same between the remote and Local environments? I’ve sometimes seen WordPress prompt for a installation when the table prefix that the wp-config.php file is set to doesn’t exist within the database. Local should be updating that prefix for you, but it’s worth a look to see if that is happening correctly.