Title: Create new React app fails
Last modified: April 15, 2021

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# Create new React app fails

 *  Resolved [lowdev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lowdev/)
 * (@lowdev)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-new-react-app-fails/)
 * Hi,
    I am using your ubuntu VM and followed your tutorial. The wordpress site
   loads up correctly on my dev system on windows. I added your reactpress plugin.
   When I am creating a new app, it creates the package.json file and the node_module
   folder in my app directory but then it deletes the whole app folder straight 
   after creating the node_module folder. So I can’t start/build my app on my dev
   system
 * Have you got any idea of what can cause the issue please ?

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 *  Plugin Author [rockiger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockiger/)
 * (@rockiger)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-new-react-app-fails/#post-14328355)
 * Can you try and give the VM more RAM – maybe 2 GB.
 * I am planning to publish a new version of ReactPress over the weekend, that will
   allow you to use create-react-app right in the apps directory.
 * I hope, that users won’t need the VM anymore.
 *  Thread Starter [lowdev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lowdev/)
 * (@lowdev)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-new-react-app-fails/#post-14340145)
 * Thank you for your help. I could not get it running even with more memory… I 
   test it again if you release a version without VM
 *  Plugin Author [rockiger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockiger/)
 * (@rockiger)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-new-react-app-fails/#post-14346815)
 * The new release is out. This release does change to way to use ReactPress and
   gives you much more control.
 * It should solve a lot of issues with using ReactPress in local development environments
   like Local, DevKinsta, and similar.
 * Nonetheless, backward compatibility should be given.
 *  Thread Starter [lowdev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lowdev/)
 * (@lowdev)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-new-react-app-fails/#post-14350384)
 * Thanks Rockiger, this now works with your VM & Chrome. I could not update the
   url-slug on Edge…

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 * Last reply from: [lowdev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lowdev/)
 * Last activity: [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-new-react-app-fails/#post-14350384)
 * Status: resolved