Title: Localhost — keep getting 404 error
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Localhost — keep getting 404 error

 *  [oddeggdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oddeggdesign/)
 * (@oddeggdesign)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-keep-getting-404-error/)
 * Trying to set up MAMP and use wordpress on my computer. All goes well until I
   try to connect with the localhost. I keep getting a 404 error.
 * Tried using the [http://localhost:8888/wordpress/wp-login.php](http://localhost:8888/wordpress/wp-login.php)
   and various configurations to no avail
 * Here are my current settings:
    OS X (10.7.5) MAMP: Apache port is 8888 MySQL 
   port is 8889 PHP 5.3.5 Document root: /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/wordpress Database:
   wordpress
 * I’ve tried entering the above address after changing the wp-config-sample.php
   and saving to the same folder as wp-config.php:
    /** The name of the database
   for WordPress */ define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘wordpress’); /** MySQL database username */
   define(‘DB_USER’, ‘root’); /** MySQL database password */ define(‘DB_PASSWORD’,‘
   root’); /** MySQL hostname */ define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost:8889’);

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 *  [2ninerniner2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/2ninerniner2/)
 * (@2ninerniner2)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-keep-getting-404-error/#post-3961832)
 * > /** MySQL hostname */
   >  define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost:8889’);
 * It’s just ‘localhost’ … no need to add the port number here 🙂

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 * In: [Localhost Installs](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/localhost-installs/)
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 * Last reply from: [2ninerniner2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/2ninerniner2/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-keep-getting-404-error/#post-3961832)
 * Status: not resolved

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