If you use 80, the URL will be and for 8080 the URL will be In this article, we will explain using port 80, if you use 8080 remember to use the correct local site URL. You can setup localhost WordPress site using port 80 or 8080. View localhost site and login to localhost WordPress admin dashboard to see all live site’s content is available.Edit “wp-config.php” file and change the database name to new database name as created in step 3.Replace localhost site’s files with the live site’s files from step 1.Run query to replace all occurrences of live site’s URL with the localhost URL.Import live database file downloaded in step 2 to localhost server.

Login to phpMyAdmin of your localhost using the application you used to install WordPress locally and create a new database.Login to your hosting account and export live site’s database from phpMyAdmin section.Use FTP client and download all your live WordPress site files, generally available under “/public_html” folder.Before we go to the detailed process here is a summary of the entire process for moving your live site to localhost environment:

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