Title: Finding Dashboard after installing WP
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Finding Dashboard after installing WP

 *  [Tieran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tieran/)
 * (@tieran)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/finding-dashboard-after-installing-wp/)
 * Im new to WP so sorry if this is a stupid question but I recently installed MAMP
   Pro and WP on a mac as well as a theme I purchased from WP. The problem I now
   have is that while customising my theme I got a ‘Cheatin uh?’ message so I closed
   the dashboard and now I can’t find wordpress. Can someone please tell me how 
   to open WordPress after it has been installed on a Mac ??

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 *  [Matt Knowles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aestheticdesign/)
 * (@aestheticdesign)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/finding-dashboard-after-installing-wp/#post-5576084)
 * You should have MAMP pointed to the directory where WordPress is installed.
 * Go into MAMP and check the Apache tab under Preferences.
 *  Thread Starter [Tieran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tieran/)
 * (@tieran)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/finding-dashboard-after-installing-wp/#post-5576109)
 * Thanks Matt … I have WP installed in htdocs and the apache tab is checked but
   wordpress is not running is there something else I have to do to open it ??
 *  [aysiu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aysiu/)
 * (@aysiu)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/finding-dashboard-after-installing-wp/#post-5576122)
 * If you open a web browser and go to [http://localhost](http://localhost) does
   anything like a WordPress site pop up?
 *  Thread Starter [Tieran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tieran/)
 * (@tieran)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/finding-dashboard-after-installing-wp/#post-5576128)
 * Hi Aysiu
 * When I go to [http://localhost](http://localhost) I get a message ‘Safari cannot
   connect to server.’
 * But When I go to [http://localhost:8888](http://localhost:8888) I get a message‘
   The virtual host was set up successfully.’ with details of my server name and
   document root. … But no WordPress site pop up 🙁
 *  Thread Starter [Tieran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tieran/)
 * (@tieran)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/finding-dashboard-after-installing-wp/#post-5576132)
 * Happy to report I worked it out. Thanks for your help everyone :-)))
 * [http://localhost:8888/wordpress/wp-admin/](http://localhost:8888/wordpress/wp-admin/)
 *  [aysiu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aysiu/)
 * (@aysiu)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/finding-dashboard-after-installing-wp/#post-5576133)
 * Great to hear!

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 * Last reply from: [aysiu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aysiu/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/finding-dashboard-after-installing-wp/#post-5576133)
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