Hello, I’m reaching out because the WordPress sites I was working on in Local have suddenly disappeared from the application. I didn’t delete them, and I’m not sure what caused this issue. Fortunately, I still have all the site files saved on my computer, including the app, conf, and logs folders f…

Thank you for reporting this, @AlexandreBeust . It sounds like your files are still in your Local Sites folder, but they are no longer listed in Local? This could happen if Local’s sites.json was corrupted due to a disk write issue or power failure. Please could you share your OS and your Local logs…

Hi Nickc! Thank you very much for your quick answer! Yes, the problem was caused due to a power failure, and yes, the files are still in my local sites folder, but not listed in local (as you mentioned). Ive tried import back the sites by zipping the entire folder and dragging back to the local app,…

Thanks for your reply, @AlexandreBeust . Are you on Windows 10 or 11? If you see an “unexpected token” error and can’t import your zip files, you can try: Quit Local. Open the Windows File Explorer. Make sure you have enabled “ show hidden items ”. Browse to This PC → [your hard drive] → Users → [yo…

Great, thanks for confirming. I updated the steps in my previous reply to point to the Windows 10 URL for ‘show hidden items’.

I am sending the local logs files (hope ive got it right)

Thank you for your OS and logs, that’s helpful! I updated my steps above to help based on the errors in your logs. [image] Sites Disappeared from Local – Files Still Present on My Computer Support Thanks for your reply, @AlexandreBeust . Are you on Windows 11?…

Nickc! Thank you so much! I did not import all my websits yet, just made a test with one, and at leas I was able to access the wp-admin! Still loooking to see if I lost anything, but so far everything is working as It should be! Thank you so much for the quick reply, as well as for the detail answe…

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That’s great to hear, @AlexandreBeust. I’m glad your first site is restored. Thanks for letting us know. We’re here if you need more help.

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