Title: Develop local and publish remote
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Develop local and publish remote

 *  [midosm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/midosm/)
 * (@midosm)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/develop-local-and-publish-remote/)
 * Is there an easy way to develop your site locally and then publish it to a remote
   server?

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 *  [saildude](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saildude/)
 * (@saildude)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/develop-local-and-publish-remote/#post-1497581)
 * WordPress can be installed on your desktop PC. I use xampp for my local development.
   Then yes it can be moved online – note the “move online” is usually just move
   the Theme to an existing online install. The Theme is where all the look / feel
   and stuff is that makes each site different. Installing a new Theme is straightforward,
   usually works well. If you have a large amount of data in the site the move is
   more involved but is a standard procedure.
 *  Thread Starter [midosm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/midosm/)
 * (@midosm)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/develop-local-and-publish-remote/#post-1497642)
 * No way to move data?
 *  [saildude](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saildude/)
 * (@saildude)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/develop-local-and-publish-remote/#post-1497669)
 * Yes data can be moved – there is an export/import function and I think also the
   whole database can be moved up – I have not done a move like that – look in the“
   Codex” or “Docs” at the top and there are several articles on how to move WordPress.
 * Doing all the development on the desktop is a real common way to do things – 
   if you have specific questions or concerns, post them here and you should get
   lots of good help.

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