Xampp safe?
erkib said 1 year ago:
I want to download it onto my laptop so I can create a site and use different themes for wordpress, I also heard it makes everything alot smoother and easier.
Now Xampp was suggested to me so I was wondering if it was safe and provides everything needed?
Thanks you.
JustinC said 1 year ago:
@erkib
I’m not sure on this having never used the application myself. Hopefully someone can post on here that has. I’d also say you might consider doing some online searching for reviews and forums where this software is discussed.
erkib said 1 year ago:
@JustinC
http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/xampp/
If you check that website you can see that it is a tutorial which is very helpful but looking further down you can see:
These are the exact details you need for Xampp to work because the default user in phpmyadmin is called ‘root’ and there is no password.
Could that cause issues or?
adamr said 1 year ago:
@erkib
You are welcome to host the Wordpress site locally while you work on the website. Once you upload the website to a live hosting server, you will be creating a new database username and password that will replace the user name and password you use in the local environment.
-Adam
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