Why does my WordPress design look different in Local?

WordPress Questions
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I’m working on a copy of my WordPress website in Local and recently made some design changes to the homepage, mainly around spacing, fonts, and a few layout sections.

Everything looks right while I’m working on the Local version, but when I compare it with the live website, some elements don’t look exactly the same.

For example, the spacing around a few sections is different and one of the font sizes doesn’t seem to match what I’m seeing locally.
I’m wondering if this could be caused by caching or if there are other things I should check when a WordPress design looks slightly different between Local and the live site.

Is there a recommended way to make sure the Local version and the live version of “RentCrown” are using the same theme settings, CSS, and assets before I move the design changes over?

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Hi @rentcrown

Some things to check:

  • Make sure your Local configuration matches your host settings (WordPress, PHP, server, and DB).

  • Check and see if your plugin/theme versions match as well. If you’ve done any updates in one place or not the other, it’s possible that this has caused changes.

  • Check in your dev console for mixed content. URL mismatches where you might need to run a search and replace to update those references.

  • You mentioned it already, but caching is probably a big one. There can be a lot of different types of caching at play, browser, network, plugin and theme. You might have to try purging all of these and checking your plugins/themes to see if anything has a cache flush or regenerate CSS option.

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Thanks @Nick-B! Appreciate the comprehensive breakdown. I’ll go through these steps one by one and check if that fixes the discrepancy.

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Sounds good @rentcrown let us know if you have any other questions or issues!

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Thanks, @Nick-B! It’s all sorted for now, and I appreciate your help with this. I’ll definitely reach out if I run into any other issues.

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I’m glad to hear it!

I’ll close this out for now but if you have any other questions or concerns don’t hesitate to reach back out. We are always happy to help!