How to Clone and test wordpress website offline?

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billsfan2012

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• Sep 19, 2014

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I have been thinking of switching my money site's Wordpress theme to Genesis which is much more lightweight and will make the site load faster overall.


But I want to test this transition offline before I apply the changes to the actual site.


I know that I can download a copy of the money site and import the SQL database to create a clone of the website on one of my unused domains



But I would much rather install Wordpress locally and run the website from my hard drive (offline)


Is this possible? Or something similar?

 

michaelr1988

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• Sep 19, 2014

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look up wamp server. Should be ok for your needs.

 

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FrogGuru

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• Sep 20, 2014

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This is what you need
http://www.instantwp.com/

 

wizard04

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• Sep 20, 2014

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Wamp server, its free and easy to use.

 

Conor

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• Sep 20, 2014

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As others suggested, use WAMP and simply import a backup of your site, like you would on any other server.

 

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billsfan2012

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• Sep 21, 2014
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Awesome responses guys thank you. Both WAMP and instantwp.com give me precisely what I need and I wasn't sure if I'd be able to find it.

 

Roshaen

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• Sep 21, 2014

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WAMP is the best solution.

 

gexton

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• Apr 6, 2015

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Well i think you must use WAMP to import a backup of your site like you would on any other server. That would help you respectively