# Wordpress installation failed

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/wordpress-installation-failed/4791>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 12, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/wordpress-installation-failed/4791 "2018-01-12T17:37:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![InkSpikeStudio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@InkSpikeStudio](https://community.localwp.com/u/InkSpikeStudio)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/wordpress-installation-failed/4791/1 "2018-01-12T17:37:02Z")

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I’m trying to set up a new site, but I keep getting the error, wordpress installation failed.

Can you help?

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**Author:** ![clay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/clay/32/8248_2.png) [@clay](https://community.localwp.com/u/clay)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/wordpress-installation-failed/4791/2 "2018-01-12T21:45:18Z")

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Hi Lucie,

Sorry about that!

Can you please provide your `local-by-flywheel.log` file? See  
"[How do I retrieve Local’s log file?](https://local.getflywheel.com/community/t/how-do-i-retrieve-locals-log-file/3720)" for instructions on how to do so.

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**Author:** ![InkSpikeStudio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@InkSpikeStudio](https://community.localwp.com/u/InkSpikeStudio)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 1:02am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/wordpress-installation-failed/4791/3 "2018-01-13T01:02:28Z")

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The next time I tried loading it got stuck on loading machine.

I ended up reinstalling. When that failed I did a manual update on the  
VirtualBox, which sorted out my issue.

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**Author:** ![clay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/clay/32/8248_2.png) [@clay](https://community.localwp.com/u/clay)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/wordpress-installation-failed/4791/4 "2018-01-16T19:27:28Z")

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Glad you got it sorted!

Sorry for the trouble!

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**Author:** ![thephotographyblog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/thephotographyblog/32/3952_2.png) [@thephotographyblog](https://community.localwp.com/u/thephotographyblog)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/wordpress-installation-failed/4791/5 "2018-06-06T14:40:51Z")

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I’m having the same error! ☹

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**Author:** ![clay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/clay/32/8248_2.png) [@clay](https://community.localwp.com/u/clay)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/wordpress-installation-failed/4791/6 "2018-06-06T14:42:36Z")

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@thephotographyblog,

Sorry about that!

We’re going to need more details to see what’s going on. Can you please provide your `local-by-flywheel.log` file? See “[How do I retrieve Local’s log file?](https://local.getflywheel.com/community/t/how-do-i-retrieve-locals-log-file/3720)” for instructions on how to do so.

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**Author:** ![marwa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@marwa](https://community.localwp.com/u/marwa)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/wordpress-installation-failed/4791/7 "2018-06-29T17:11:09Z")

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Hi,  
I have the same error, can you help me please??  
this is my local-by-flywheel.log  
[local-by-flywheel.log](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/2X/9/9047556c3323a722c095fe0ab9a3cd9c3778b66f.log) (38.2 KB)

Thank you

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**Author:** ![clay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/clay/32/8248_2.png) [@clay](https://community.localwp.com/u/clay)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/wordpress-installation-failed/4791/8 "2018-06-29T17:58:49Z")

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@marwa,

Sorry for the trouble! It looks like Local is unable to communicate with the Local VM. Here’s the specific error: `connect ETIMEDOUT 192.168.95.100:2376`

Please try going to Restart Local’s Machine under the menu in the top-left of Local’s main window.

If that doesn’t help, try temporarily disabling all of your firewalls/internet security.

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**Author:** ![marwa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@marwa](https://community.localwp.com/u/marwa)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/wordpress-installation-failed/4791/9 "2018-06-30T00:19:58Z")

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Thank you for your response. I restarted the machine and it work now but the problem when i click on “view site” i can not see the site.  
this messsage appears:

The waiting period is exceeded

The server at hani-renovation.local takes too long to respond.

```
 The site may be temporarily unavailable or overloaded. Try again later
 If you can not navigate on any site, check the network connection of your computer
 If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure Firefox is allowed to access the Web.

```

I disabled the firewall but it does not resolved.

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**Author:** ![clay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/clay/32/8248_2.png) [@clay](https://community.localwp.com/u/clay)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/wordpress-installation-failed/4791/10 "2018-07-02T18:37:44Z")

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Hi @marwa,

Is the site started in Local? You should see a green dot beside it in the sidebar if it is.

Also, have you tried another web browser?

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**Author:** ![24degrees](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/24degrees/32/4653_2.png) [@24degrees](https://community.localwp.com/u/24degrees)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 10:58am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/wordpress-installation-failed/4791/11 "2018-08-07T10:58:56Z")

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Same issue here: Mac osX keeps failing on the WordPress installation.

Aug 7, 2018, 1:10 PM GMT+2 - info: [main/WordPressInstaller] Latest version info  
{ version: ‘4.9.8’,  
download: ‘[https://downloads.wordpress.org/release/wordpress-4.9.8.zip](https://downloads.wordpress.org/release/wordpress-4.9.8.zip)’ }  
Aug 7, 2018, 1:10 PM GMT+2 - info: [main/WordPressInstaller] Cached version info 4.9.8  
Aug 7, 2018, 1:10 PM GMT+2 - info: [main/WordPressInstaller] copy() /Users/twentyfour/Library/Application Support/Local by Flywheel/cached-wordpress/4.9.8 /Volumes/Mac Mini Data/sites/timtheater/app  
Aug 7, 2018, 1:10 PM GMT+2 - info: [main/docker-router] updateProxyManager()  
Aug 7, 2018, 1:10 PM GMT+2 - info: [main/docker-network-manager] Connected 6393f7cd3d9eab6268d0d35d9af1dd03b7d6849ba972624763653c2051eb5021.  
Aug 7, 2018, 1:10 PM GMT+2 - info: [main/docker-router] runContainer()  
Aug 7, 2018, 1:10 PM GMT+2 - info: [main/hosts-helper] hostsHelper: Updating hosts with 192.168.95.100 false timtheater.local www.timtheater.local  
Aug 7, 2018, 1:10 PM GMT+2 - info: [main/WordPressInstaller] Running install-wp.sh  
Aug 7, 2018, 1:10 PM GMT+2 - info: [main/WordPressInstaller] copy() /Users/twentyfour/Library/Application Support/Local by Flywheel/cached-wordpress/4.9.8 /Volumes/Mac Mini Data/sites/timtheater/app  
Aug 7, 2018, 1:10 PM GMT+2 - info: [main/WordPressInstaller] Running install-wp.sh  
Aug 7, 2018, 1:10 PM GMT+2 - error: [main/WordPressInstaller] Error running /etc/scripts/install-wp.sh  
Aug 7, 2018, 1:10 PM GMT+2 - error: [main/WordPressInstaller] Error! WordPress does not exist.  
Aug 7, 2018, 1:10 PM GMT+2 - info: [main/waitForMySQL] Querying MySQL  
Aug 7, 2018, 1:10 PM GMT+2 - info: [main/SiteEnvironmentInterimUpdater] wp-cli.phar is currently 1.3.0. Updating to 1.4.1.  
Aug 7, 2018, 1:10 PM GMT+2 - info: [main/hosts-helper] hostsHelper: Updated hosts.  
{ stdout: ‘Updating hosts file at /etc/hosts\nUpdated hosts file at /etc/hosts\n’,

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**Author:** ![claireagosti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a87d85/32.png) [@claireagosti](https://community.localwp.com/u/claireagosti)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 5:13am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/wordpress-installation-failed/4791/12 "2018-11-10T05:13:38Z")

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I am having the same error! Have reinstalled several times and deleted and created multiples sites. please help!

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**Author:** ![Mohamedshaffei](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/mohamedshaffei/32/7042_2.png) [@Mohamedshaffei](https://community.localwp.com/u/Mohamedshaffei)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 8:33am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/wordpress-installation-failed/4791/13 "2019-02-11T08:33:43Z")

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I am having the same error, Every time I am trying to create a new site it gives me this error here is my log files  
[local-by-flywheel.log](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/2X/8/8ef36c6a049a3e4aa1f34574db1f7ccb57cac4c3.log) (449.7 KB)

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**Author:** ![taufiq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@taufiq](https://community.localwp.com/u/taufiq)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 9:53am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/wordpress-installation-failed/4791/14 "2019-09-15T09:53:56Z")

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Hey Clay,

I am having the same error, tried installing and reinstalling several times.  
Here the locals log file, please hep me solve the error[local-lightning.log](https://community.localwp.com/uploads/short-url/mdHq62yvdn9RM6p0Bl0A1dUc8GJ.log) (68.6 KB)

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**Author:** ![MatteoGR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MatteoGR](https://community.localwp.com/u/MatteoGR)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 10:26am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/wordpress-installation-failed/4791/15 "2019-11-14T10:26:01Z")

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Hey Clay,

I’m having the same problem.

Here you have my local log file. [local-lightning.log](https://community.localwp.com/uploads/short-url/arg6PG6UAFOM6DpL5zxrOMod0lv.log) (21.2 KB)

Could you help me? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![pitav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@pitav](https://community.localwp.com/u/pitav)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/wordpress-installation-failed/4791/16 "2020-01-30T17:05:25Z")

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Hey Clay  
I’m having the same problem.  
[local-lightning.log](https://community.localwp.com/uploads/short-url/wJ6xvuOBNA7KxpmXUeIxRdiucHK.log) (65.5 KB)

Could you help me? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![johnmackin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@johnmackin](https://community.localwp.com/u/johnmackin)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/wordpress-installation-failed/4791/17 "2020-06-11T14:28:38Z")

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I installed Local on a new laptop and it fails to install Wordpress on new sites correctly and will not import sites that I created on my old laptop. Here us the message I am getting:

 ![Local LIghtening Intal Error 2020-06-11 070906B](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/2X/1/110f10e1c9f81d01d9a09c9c3e96b5b7be8515e8.png)

Here is my log[local-lightning.log](https://community.localwp.com/uploads/short-url/6h0Gbn6rGkLitsxqjXq9prmKttk.log) (89.9 KB)

Please Help.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![Derek1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@Derek1](https://community.localwp.com/u/Derek1)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/wordpress-installation-failed/4791/18 "2020-07-31T13:30:14Z")

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I am having same issue. Wordpress failed to install

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**Author:** ![ChefJedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@ChefJedi](https://community.localwp.com/u/ChefJedi)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/wordpress-installation-failed/4791/19 "2020-08-19T21:24:02Z")

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Hello, I too am receiving the WordPress Installation Failed error.

[local-lightning.log](https://community.localwp.com/uploads/short-url/pEVuEMF9t7uiwMhBZ8l4kcCL4Xc.log) (10.8 KB)

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**Author:** ![IrishOz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/irishoz/32/11354_2.png) [@IrishOz](https://community.localwp.com/u/IrishOz)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/wordpress-installation-failed/4791/20 "2020-09-09T12:46:08Z")

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Hi there, I’m on Linux Ubuntu. I get a very similar error when attempting to install wordpress. Please find my logs attached.

If you could so kindly help, i’d be very grateful.  
Paul[local-lightning.log](https://community.localwp.com/uploads/short-url/ixK6kV3lLr3N0TQaOIsrtgLMgBO.log) (97.8 KB)

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