Title: Localhost Notify
Author: Marcus (aka @msykes)
Published: <strong>August 4, 2009</strong>
Last modified: August 16, 2016

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Localhost Notify

 By [Marcus (aka @msykes)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/netweblogic/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/localhost-notify.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/localhost-notify/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/localhost-notify/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/localhost-notify/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/localhost-notify/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/localhost-notify/)

## Description

This plugin is made for developers who work on local server copies of live WordPress
installations, and want to know for sure if they’re working on their local copy,
not the live one!

The idea behind it is to help prevent accidental changes on live sites if you have
multiple browser windows open including both the local and live site.

It’s recommended you keep this plugin active on both your live and local installation.
Otherwise, if you make a copy of your live server and overwrite your local one it
may deactivate the plugin locally. The performance impact should be near 0 for keeping
this active.

If you have any issues or suggestions, please visit our [support forums](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/localhost-notify).

If you find this plugin useful and would like to say thanks, please leave us a [5 star review](https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/localhost-notify?filter=5)!

### Notes

Some themes/plugins may prevent us from changing the title. If that’s the case, 
try disabling other plugins or reverting to a default WP theme and let us know the
conflicting theme/plugin on our [support forums](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/localhost-notify).

The plugin assumes your local server IP address is 127.0.0.1. If different you can
change the value in the plugin file, [let us know your](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/localhost-notify),
maybe it’s a consideration for improvement!

## Installation

 1. [Install your plugin as you would any WordPress plugin](https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Installing_Plugins).
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

Alternatively, download the plugin and copy localhost-notify.php to your [Must Use Plugins folder](https://codex.wordpress.org/Must_Use_Plugins),
it’ll activate automatically.

## FAQ

None yet! Ask away on our [support forums](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/localhost-notify).

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Localhost Notify” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Marcus (aka @msykes) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/netweblogic/)

[Translate “Localhost Notify” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/localhost-notify)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/localhost-notify/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/localhost-notify/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/localhost-notify/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/localhost-notify/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.1

 * fixed php warning with WP SEO activated

#### 2.0

 * wrapped all functions in conditional check for localhost, preventing any extra
   filters/functions being created on live sites
 * added compatability witih WP admin title rewriting introduced in WP 4.4
 * fixed incompatabilities with BuddyPress and WordPress SEO

## Meta

 *  Version **2.1**
 *  Last updated **10 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.7 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.6.30**
 * Tags
 * [debugging](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/debugging/)[developers](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/developers/)
   [local](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/local/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/localhost-notify/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Marcus (aka @msykes) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/netweblogic/)

## Support

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