Deploy From Local: 5 Ways to Move From Local Site to Live Server
Local environments are a lifesaver for developers, and tools like Local make them easy to get up and running on your work machine. The only hitch comes when it’s time to deploy your local development site to your server. It can be a confusing process, especially if you’ve never worked with Local before. How does it work? Where to start? Stuck on the final step? Thankfully, there are an abundance of options to push your local environment live. You can do it with the Local tool itself, with a managed hosting solution like Flywheel, or with a variety of WordPress plugins. Once you get the hang of deploying a local site to a live server, you’ll find it’s a painless process that only takes a few steps. Let’s get your Local site online. How to Export a WordPress Site from Local If you’re not familiar with it already, Local is a free development application for WordPress that makes setting up a local environment on your computer a quick and easy process. You can import an existing site or start from a fresh WordPress installation, then export to a live server your visitors can access. Importing Into Local First, let’s briefly…
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