{"id":18985789,"date":"2026-08-06T11:14:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T11:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/localwp-database-host-configuration\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T11:14:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T11:14:45","slug":"localwp-database-host-configuration","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/localwp-database-host-configuration\/","title":{"rendered":"LocalWP database host configuration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m evaluating Migro between two LocalWP sites before deploying it to our staging and production servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pairing succeeds using the pairing code, but on the destination site Migro reports:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;One field left: the database host.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both LocalWP sites use <code>localhost<\/code> in their WordPress configuration, but Migro cannot automatically determine the correct database host.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your documentation mentions support for &#8220;Local by WP Engine and similar&#8221;, but I couldn&#8217;t find any guidance on what database host should be entered for LocalWP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could you advise the correct configuration for two LocalWP sites?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-18985789","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18985789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18985789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18985789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}