Title: Live to localhost mamp tutorial?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Live to localhost mamp tutorial?

 *  [kikib](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kikib/)
 * (@kikib)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/live-to-localhost-mamp-tutorial/)
 * Just to understand how I can move the live wordpress website to localhost using
   MAMP, I tried to find some tutorials and even looked at several questions in 
   this forum. So the steps I need to take is
 * 1. Download MAMP and follow those steps: [http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/how-to-install-wordpress-and-multisite-locally-on-macos-x-with-mamp/](http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/how-to-install-wordpress-and-multisite-locally-on-macos-x-with-mamp/)
 * 2. However, you do things different by exporting the database from your hosting
   server and upload it to your localhost MAMP phpmMyAdmin and copy over the theme
   folder over to the themes folder in wp-content in which you select this theme
   in the appearance menu inside wordpress site.
 * 3. Make sure the database you upload match the database name and stuff in wp-
   config.php
 * Correct? Or is there anything else I should do?

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 *  Thread Starter [kikib](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kikib/)
 * (@kikib)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/live-to-localhost-mamp-tutorial/#post-5678031)
 * Umm…how do I log on to wp in localhost? isn’t it localhost/wp-admin or what?
 * I looked and I found the instructions:
 * 1. Go to [http://localhost/phpmyadmin/](http://localhost/phpmyadmin/) -> Your
   database -> edit site url to [http://localhost](http://localhost)
 * 2. Login to wordpress [http://localhost/wp-admin/](http://localhost/wp-admin/)
 * 3. Go to settings -> General -> Check if:
    * WordPress Address (URL)= [http://localhost/](http://localhost/)*
   Site Address (URL)= [http://localhost/](http://localhost/)
 * 4. Go to Setting -> Permalink and then click on save changes
 * However, I can’t find site url in my database. Where do I look? I wanted the 
   url to be localhost/example/wp-admin. Is this possible?
 *  Thread Starter [kikib](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kikib/)
 * (@kikib)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/live-to-localhost-mamp-tutorial/#post-5678041)
 * ok I found the tutorial: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL)
 * I found **siteurl** in **wp_options** table but I can’t find **home** field. 
   What should I do?
 *  Thread Starter [kikib](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kikib/)
 * (@kikib)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/live-to-localhost-mamp-tutorial/#post-5678043)
 * Nevermind, I found **home** field, but the url isn’t working. I put in [http://localhost/kikidesignwp](http://localhost/kikidesignwp)
   in those fields but when I typed in [http://localhost/kikidesignwp](http://localhost/kikidesignwp),
   it’s not working…
 *  [LyleChamney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lylechamney/)
 * (@lylechamney)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/live-to-localhost-mamp-tutorial/#post-5678152)
 * As MAMP now has a version for Windows, which OS are you using? Mac or Win?
 * As MAMP for Windows does not use port 8888 as the default Apache port as the 
   Mac version does, and you cannot access the local site with the links you are
   using, I am going to ‘assume’ you are on a Mac 🙂
 * If this is in fact the case, and you are using the default MAMP settings, then
   you need to edit the `siterul` and `home` fields of the wp_options table to:
 * `http://localhost:8888/kikidesignwp`
 * This should allow you to login at:
 * `http://localhost:8888/kikidesignwp/wp-admin` or
 * `http://localhost:8888/kikidesignwp/wp-login.php`
 * Once logged in, install and run this plugin to update the other links/URLs of
   the site:
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/velvet-blues-update-urls/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/velvet-blues-update-urls/)
 * — select all options EXCEPT the last one (GUID)
 * Once that is done, go to:
 * Settings > Permalinks and Save.
 *  Thread Starter [kikib](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kikib/)
 * (@kikib)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/live-to-localhost-mamp-tutorial/#post-5678166)
 * Yes, I’m using mac. Also I changed the ports to 80 and 3306 like the tutorial
   I provided suggested.
 * Lastly, I finally got it to work except that it’s localhost/wp-admin and not 
   localhost/kikidesignwp/wp-admin like I wanted.
 * Will it still work if I change the siteurl and home fields to [http://localhost:8888/kikidesignwp](http://localhost:8888/kikidesignwp)?

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