Create A WordPress Website On Your Own PC or Mac Using Local

In this video, I show you how to create a WordPress Website on your own PC, Mac or Linux Computer. It is completely free and you can even go live with your website. You can add multiple websites on your computer, make those websites secure, change the extension of the domain, use the dark interface and work on your website while being offline.
You can also install a WordPress website, adjust it to your wishes and use it as a blueprint for other websites you want to make using Local. That will save you a lot of time and I will show you how to do that.
I think Local is the best tool to host your own WordPress website on your computer, play around with WordPress, try new WordPress plugins and work on projects when you are offline.
The timestamps in the video:
00:00 Intro
01:26 Get Local
02:46 Create A Website Locally
05:07 The Front End And Backend Of WordPress
07:11 Make Your Website Secure
08:08 One-Click Admin (Login)
09:18 Share Your Website Online
11:18 Make The Local Theme Dark
12:02 Change the .local extension
12:22 Create A Website Blueprint
15:43 Export Your Complete Website
16:39 Import Your Website Live
21:05 Thank You

[@TerryWindell]

Just ran across this video. THANK YOU!!!!! I've been trying to figure out the best way to deploy a website to Local so that someone else could view it and then upload the entire site somewhere else. This covered it all! Now if I could only find someone who had a clear step-by-step video on how to take a prototype design from Adobe XD and build it in Elementor. You wouldn't happen to know anyone like that would you...?🙃🙃🙃 Thanks again so much! You were the person who actually got me going on Elementor several years ago when I needed to build a website in a hurry and had no idea what I was doing.❤

[@webic-art]

Hello Ferdy, you have been lots of help to me so far. I really enjoy your cute way of explaining things. You are a delight to watch. That being said, thank you for all your work and sharing it with us! You have saved me countless hours. Keep on with your great work and again thank you!

[@rishdhisabith2585]

Ferdy is my go to channel when it comes to wordpress, there are really cool stuff to enjoy and learn in the depths of beginner or in the depths of advanced

[@RogierYou]

Excellent tutorial. Love to work on my website locally for a much faster response. No lag time!

[@prokassim]

As usual Great tutorial, thank you for sharing we learn a ton from your tutorials, and always looking forwards for the next one.

[@MultiPJoys]

Your timing couldn't be more perfect! This is just what I was looking for. Thank you so much! 🙏

[@askhanuma-nh5ws]

Thank you so much a great way to teach. I watched many videos but couldn't get proper knowledge, but I understood very well here. once again thank you

[@sygfx]

Bro you are amazing, love you. This is such a valuable process for web designer like me. As we need to worry about domain and hosting even for testing Wordpress and its plugin. But this could help me a lot for trying Wordpress and creating client website locally and then transferring online.

[@taishienglish]

Thank you, this was actually one of the most descriptive walkthrough! Perfect!

[@RuudStraat]

Keigoed tutorial Ferdy - goed uitgelegd, er zijn vele mogelijkheden met dit tool zonder live op de host server te configureren. Bedankt!

[@suman121069]

Your tutorial help me upgrading my skills a ton, Thank you so much

[@szucsviktoroller]

It's so useful, thanks so much Ferdy!

[@heshlk]

Thanks Ferdy . Cleared up a lot of queries I had

[@IamRyanGee]

Thank you Ferdy. You are God sent.

[@indongopaulus4852]

Thank you Ferdy, stay blessed!

[@katisotabe]

easy to follow and super simple, thank you😀

[@rweaver-eh1qn]

Perfect tutorial and presentation as usual Ferdy, thanks for the help🙂🙃👍

[@swordartdesign]

Thank you sir, this is what iam looking for, you saved my life!!! Thank you sir!

[@user-ce6od9sq9j]

wow your truly a life saver THANK YOU so much keep bringing more tuitionals on this thank you🙏🙏🙏

[@thaliasolutions_media2]

Excellent. Thanks for sharing Ferdy

[@hdp007]

This is awesome! Thank you.

[@sachindhillo5809]

Very Helpful Tutorial Ferdy, Keep going

[@kongtine]

Thank very very much. Perfect timing

[@user-jj1wq5gd1d]

Danke, sehr gute Hilfe für meinen Einstiegt in WordPress.

[@ChuckCasella]

Well done, Thank you!!!!

[@Jeffrey84]

Super video! Ga er zeker gebruik van maken dank je wel!!!

[@joanniebaroga]

subscribed and liked! thank you. You're amazing!

[@sanielight]

You are amazing! Thank you!!!

[@alexchiuac88]

Great tutorial again, thanks so much👍👍

[@nikakondra5321]

Thank you for this video!

[@rcbilly2009]

A wonderful tutorial thank you

[@didsfinance9211]

My In-law killed it again much love thanks for this video bro and say me well to mum and the baby (My son's wify ☺️😘💝❤️)

[@BitsNBytes_]

Amazing tutorial man, thanks!

[@stealthbusiness]

Very Cool Ferdy! Thank you for putting this together. Excellent and Simple, Love it! Question: Have you ever done a tutorial of setting up and using WP Multi-Site?

[@hisgrafiktasarmreklam2872]

Hi Ferdy. Thank you so much.

[@KimEroles]

very helpful. thank you!

[@kajusjurevicius6115]

You are a life saver!!!

[@poshlin]

I learnt alot thanks

[@emuhmarvelous8678]

Needed this ❤

[@JavidShah_RD]

Thank you so much.

[@freshfocusdigital]

I like u as a person and as a tutor😍😍😍😍

[@canada4ever853]

always viral content! u the best bro. Thanks

[@CMoDZ3D]

thanks for this!

[@TheMaverick2you]

You are the best 👍

[@Inmigrantelatina]

Is very important to upgrade. I use mamp e xamp for work in localhost but this way is to easy. Thanks.

[@webylancers5607]

Thank you so so so much

[@richardnorby2167]

Well done!

[@musicandfun4720]

Thank you so much

[@mhsolution1612]

Thank sir good content

[@AlkhabrTalibanOfficial]

Great Video. Love from Pakistan.

[@niranjanyadav5240]

Doing great job sir

[@KaiBuskirk]

Cool Ferdy!

[@copythistext]

Very nice video tutorial

[@neilhunter4811]

Fantastic tutorial, cheers.

[@ferdycom]

Thank you Neil 😊

[@boss13i]

thanks a lot

[@Misbahraza-tx9hh]

such a good video

[@najibhaddouchi6893]

Merci bcp 👍

[@nanosni]

Awesome video

[@tartanrambo]

Hi Ferdy, Greetings from Scotland! Great tutorial. Could you possibly do a tutorial using AWS EC2 to download a website to LOCAL, make some changes, then upload it again?

[@travellingstranger3378]

...excellent

[@artistarvybe]

Subscribed⚡️

[@christiandikongue5006]

Hi from Cameroon!

[@mrmic7681]

Hi thanks for a great video, I have a problem with ssl security I trusted on local and add a S but the still unsecur do you konw how to fix it?

[@timobongers]

Bedankt

[@thedigitalnoodle4021]

Amazing

[@neilhunter4811]

Set up local, blueprint and all the awesome tips cheers. But, I cannot get the SSL to work. If i switch between sites the Local Overview un-Trusts the site again (Windows). Any ideas please?

[@awaisUpwork]

Unlimited website 🤩🤩🤩 love that part😇

[@sameerpatelxyz]

Thank you so much for creating this video i have one problem and not finding solution, when I generate live link for mobile view the image which used in background of any section are not visible what would be the problem? I use elementor

[@robertkitto6412]

This is a great tutorial and thanks for sharing. Do you have an extended version of this that carries on to build a full website with pages and other content locally on your computer? I want to build a photography website on my computer using this method before uploaded to a host. The only problem is I'm new to Wordpress and website design. Any links which would be much appreciated!! thank you!!

[@Sunraser72]

Hi Ferdy. Again a great video, thanks. Unfortunately your plug-in All-in-one for the Website transfer is sometimes limited. Either you need the unlimited plug-in version because of the bigger file size or even the target host is blocking the transfer. Have you ever had these problems? I learned my lessons and check the possibilities in the beginning on the client host. Again, my wife and I, we love your tutorials. Never stop, please!

[@webic-art]

I find it is well worth the small investment. I absolutely adore All-in-one Pro. I use it daily!

[@CristianFontes]

Hey Ferdy, thanks for the tips! I know my question escapes a lot from your video, but see if you can help me... See this situation using the Jet Engine please: If I want to search the house with two tabs "I want to buy" and "I want to rent" where in each of the things a type select + location + Apply button for the "reload page" How can I fix the option "purchase" or "rent" plus the select filters to appear correctly on the results page? (You would have to create two separate pages for each "Apply Button") How would the "Listing Grid" configuration look like, since I leave the "Tax Query" fixed, I can't apply the filters on the page. Sorry for the translation, i am Brazilian... Thank you very much!

[@anupambanerjee4718]

liked the video bcoz...i like ur fangs ;]

[@filynz]

Amazing one again, please I have a question, where can I found the plugin folder so that I can just copy paste my plugins from computer and just head over to activate them instead of uploading them one by one? This is really urgent bro

[@eliewsk7739]

Hello - super video ! just one question, i try to follow your example on how to secure the website, but i doesn't work i guess anymore on the new version .. Do you have some advice ? Thank you

[@user-td5ih3oj8e]

Your Engels is very goed!

[@shijubb3994]

Great

[@MsTIMPIXEL]

Hi Ferdy, Thanks again, very helpful. My question, is there a way to train with Elementor pro for free with this tool ?

[@dogmile9397]

Thank you for your work. I have a problem. I managed to everything up to adding the 's' in both general settings addresses, but then the website is still not-secure, a window opened with a list of errors. Any clue?

[@shamrock6644]

Thanks! I did have a chuckle at your pronunciation of "linux" 😆

[@sebamaga]

Hello, first of all! very good videos and explanations, very grateful, I have a question, there are tools to be able to manage several wordpress for version control, updates, backups, vulnerabilities, management. do you have some examples or alternatives?

[@MediaRBLZ]

Managewp

[@jennakim5577]

which do I choose between Mac Intel and Mac Apple Silicon for MacBook?

[@mntungwamorojele2285]

Hi Ferdy. Great video. I have one small problem. I have now got Wordpress on my Mac. I still get the notice that the site is not secure. I am using Ventura Version 13.2. Any tips here?

[@commonsense955]

Can localwp be installed and work correctly if xampp is already installed on that PC??

[@commonsense955]

What's the process for updating php and MySQL as newer versions arrive??

[@omniaproduction]

You are the better.

[@justdom1968]

Hi Fredy, do you know if this is working on a NAS like synology?

[@michaelsemugabi1790]

Hey Ferdy. Am building a website with XAMPP local server and sharing my work with clients will be a great deal for me. How can i go about it because i am using Windows PC with XAMPP?

[@doxadigitaluni]

Hi Ferdy, i get an error report each time i try to create the website on LOCAL and it deletes the website

[@boudrymichel890]

A point you don't say to us ... the free space before each "module" .... to succeed this installation ! Thanks for your reply Many thanks for your work French speaking.. i aplogise

[@nayeemahmed163]

I use serverpress it's easy to use and lightweight

[@marcosoyarzundunlop4862]

HI Ferdy! I have a problem with Local. I installed time ago and worked on it for a pair of sites . But I tried to used againa few days ago and it doesn´t work. It opens a window " 502 Bad Gateway" :( I have tried every posibility of soluction in youtube and nothing happen . Can you help me?

[@shaw9673]

how can i import my website to local but file size says too big .....how can i fix this

[@LightPerspectives]

Hi Ferdy, have you ever used Wix?

[@tenebrae1191]

👏👏

[@abdelrahmansaad734]

i have a problem after set up my wordpress the site don't previsin

[@wpsyed]

So our site will be down whenever we turn off our PC/MAC ?

[@romanhocid364]

Hello Ferdy I have a question if I may: After creating my first site everything was working beautifully but when I added a second and third It did not connect with Wordpress . I reseted my password with my gmail account but it seems they are not connected. Can you help? Thx, romanho

[@Dominic-we1zi]

You can setup a local WordPress installation easy with Docker Compose. Does Local have any advantage over Docker?

[@EdwardHoekstra28]

Ik heb je tutorial gevolgd, alleen om de site te uploaden naar de live site werkt niet. Bij mij blijft hij hangen op compatibiliteit controleren extensies. Doe ik iets verkeerd?

[@Teambr00klyn]

17:25 localprohello, is this just you creating a subfolder for the zip to be? or did you do this so you could easily delete it later?