Title: Local hosting
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Local hosting

 *  [peggysue2015](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peggysue2015/)
 * (@peggysue2015)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/local-hosting/)
 * Hi,
 * I have installed WordPress in my website, but when I go to my dashboard and make
   changes I do not see them appear in the website. Is there a problem with the 
   host name I left it as ‘localhost’, as no other one worked.
 * Thanks

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 *  [wslade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wslade/)
 * (@wslade)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/local-hosting/#post-6003661)
 * If you can see the default pages, localhost is probably not causing any problems.
 * Giving a link to your site might be helpful.
 * Do you have any plugins installed? If yes, what are your active plugins.
 * Your question is very brief. What kinds of changes have you tried to make?
 * Do you get any error messages?
 *  Thread Starter [peggysue2015](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peggysue2015/)
 * (@peggysue2015)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/local-hosting/#post-6003809)
 * Wslade thank you for your answer.
 * The thing is that I can’t see anything in my web refering to WordPress. I can
   go to wp-admin and see wordpress dashboard, but when I go to the web site I can
   only see a message of the web hosting “web under construction”. Nothing about
   WordPress… But if I can Access My Dashboard and start making changes, why can’t
   I see anything in the web?
 * Thanks
 *  Thread Starter [peggysue2015](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peggysue2015/)
 * (@peggysue2015)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/local-hosting/#post-6003810)
 * I should maybe reinstall wordpress?
 *  [accuwebhosting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/accuwebhosting/)
 * (@accuwebhosting)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/local-hosting/#post-6003811)
 * Hi,
 * Firstly navigate to wp-config.php file of your WordPres installation.
 * Edit this file and add following two lines (if they do not exist) to your wp-
   config.php, where “example.com” is the correct website name.
 *     ```
       define('WP_HOME','http://example.com');
       define('WP_SITEURL','http://example.com');
       ```
   
 * If it does not show your Website page, locate parking page “web under construction”
   and remove it. You can also contact your Web Hosting provider to set correct 
   index page to your WordPress website and remove the parking page.
 * Hope it helps.
 * Thanks,
 *  Thread Starter [peggysue2015](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peggysue2015/)
 * (@peggysue2015)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/local-hosting/#post-6003812)
 * Thanks for your answer Accuwebhosting.
    I’ll try to add the code to the file 
   and see.
 * However, how do I locate a parking page?
 *  [accuwebhosting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/accuwebhosting/)
 * (@accuwebhosting)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/local-hosting/#post-6003813)
 * Hi,
 * It would be great help if you share your WordPress website name. I assume that
   you are using DNS services of your domain registrar and they have parked page
   to your domain. So, when you are browsing your website, it is showing “web under
   construction” page.
 * If you are using web hosting provider’s DNS services then you would find Parking
   page in your hosting space like following:
 * index.html
    index.php default.php
 * Thanks,
 *  Thread Starter [peggysue2015](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peggysue2015/)
 * (@peggysue2015)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/local-hosting/#post-6003814)
 * Thanks. But adding those two lines to wp_config.php is not working…
 * Can I remove this file: index.html (Under construction from hosting provider)?
   Maybe if I do it starts working
 * The file index.php is refering to WordPress.
    And the file default.php does not
   exist.
 *  [accuwebhosting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/accuwebhosting/)
 * (@accuwebhosting)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/local-hosting/#post-6003825)
 * Hi,
 * Rather removing this file, I would suggest you to move it to outside the public_html
   folder.
 * If it does not fix your issue, please post back.
 * Thanks,

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 8 replies
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 * Last reply from: [accuwebhosting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/accuwebhosting/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/local-hosting/#post-6003825)
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