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David Jarrin
Courses Plus Student 11,182 Pointsgetting to the wordpress admin page when developing locally
So I have started developing a site locally with wordpress. When I type in localhost: 85 all I get to choose from is the site I am developing and when I click on that its just my blank site. This is most likely wildly simple but I forgot, how do I get to the wordpress admin screen?
2 Answers
Chris Shaw
26,676 PointsHi David,
You can access the WordPress admin panel by appending /wp-admin to the URL, log in using the username and password you set during the install and you're set.
David Jarrin
Courses Plus Student 11,182 Pointsya I do, I have it with this file path C:\xampp\htdocs\sharkysbarandgrill\wp-admin
Chris Shaw
26,676 PointsBased on the path you've give need to use the following address because your site is in a subfolder.
David Jarrin
Courses Plus Student 11,182 Pointsyep as soon as I added the port I got there, thanks!
Chris Shaw
26,676 PointsNo worries, let us know if you need anything else =)
David Jarrin
Courses Plus Student 11,182 PointsDavid Jarrin
Courses Plus Student 11,182 PointsI get a page that says Object Not Found! and a couple of links leading me back to the page I spoke of before that has my blank site.....I might have deleted something?
Chris Shaw
26,676 PointsChris Shaw
26,676 PointsIn the folder where the server is pointing to do you have an wp-admin folder or any other folder/file starting with
wp-? If you don't that either means you're in the wrong directory or don't have WordPress installed.Come to think about it when you first install WordPress it takes you to the admin panel, I would recommend watching Local WordPress Development if you already aren't/haven't just to make sure nothing was overlooked.