Title: Apache/nginx
Last modified: November 17, 2017

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# Apache/nginx

 *  [Kalyonko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalyonko/)
 * (@kalyonko)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/apache-nginx/)
 * I have the following question: if I develop a site locally on an apache driven
   server, but the live server is nginx driven, could it be a problem when I transfer
   the site online? Or if I change the local server from apache to nginx or vice
   versa after the development is done, does it make difference?

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 *  Thread Starter [Kalyonko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalyonko/)
 * (@kalyonko)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/apache-nginx/#post-9693047)
 * Or maybe the right question is: do I have to set the local server to be the same
   like the live one from the very beginning, or I can change it in the end, or 
   it doesn’t matter?…
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by [Kalyonko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalyonko/).
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/apache-nginx/#post-9693635)
 * it doesn’t matter. WordPress is an application that runs below that choice and
   will work with either.
 *  Thread Starter [Kalyonko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalyonko/)
 * (@kalyonko)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/apache-nginx/#post-9693941)
 * Ok, thanks a lot!
 *  [Dion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diondesigns/)
 * (@diondesigns)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/apache-nginx/#post-9694728)
 * Br careful when migrating your site from Apache to nginx!
 * WordPress is fairly dependent on .htaccess files, and nginx doesn’t support .
   htaccess files. You can get WordPress to work with nginx, but you must manually
   make changes to the nginx master configuration whenever WordPress changes the.
   htaccess file, and then restart nginx to activate the new configuration.
 * Use of nginx with WordPress will require a VPS with root access, a dedicated 
   server, or custom managed hosting that is WordPress-specific.

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## Tags

 * [apache server](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/apache-server/)
 * [NGINX Server](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/nginx-server/)
 * [web server](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/web-server/)

 * In: [Localhost Installs](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/localhost-installs/)
 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Dion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diondesigns/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/apache-nginx/#post-9694728)
 * Status: not resolved

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