Title: Locally installed WordPress
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Locally installed WordPress

 *  [bgscotty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bgscotty/)
 * (@bgscotty)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/locally-installed-wordpress/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m new to WordPress…
 * I’ve just successfully installed WordPress locally.
 * I can see that there are quite a few incoming links showing under that section
   of the dashboard and wonder how that is possible?
 * I would welcome advice on how to secure my locally installed WordPress from outsiders?
 * Thank you.
 * Scott

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 *  [thisisedie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thisisedie/)
 * (@thisisedie)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/locally-installed-wordpress/#post-964435)
 * Incoming links show sites that are linked to your websites URL. Your local install
   address is (presumably) [http://localhost/wordpress/](http://localhost/wordpress/)(
   just like the thousands of other people who’ve installed locally). Since that
   address is commonly referred to across the internet it appears in your incoming
   links section. It doesn’t mean anyone has actually linked to posts you’ve written
   on your locally installed blog. That would be impossible since no one but you
   can see it. Did you even check the “incoming links”? I don’t think so because
   if you had, you’d have seen that they’re associated either with gibberish or 
   articles/questions/etc about installing locally.

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 * Last reply from: [thisisedie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thisisedie/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/locally-installed-wordpress/#post-964435)
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