What's your choice of software to run wordpress locally?

[orbitsolutions]

wamp

 

[0xCock]

You can try FlyWheel aka Localwp.
It good for me!

 

[ckeeper]

This one is pretty good.

 

[kalios]

MAMP for Windows. Free version does everything you'll need. Pro version has nicer interface, better functionality (and can be found in certain other forums with a bit of Googling!)

"MAMP is a free, local server environment that can be installed under macOS and Windows with just a few clicks. MAMP provides them with all the tools they need to run WordPress on their desktop PC for testing or development purposes, for example. You can even easily test your projects on mobile devices. It does not matter whether you prefer the web server Apache or Nginx in addition to MySQL as database server, or whether you want to work with PHP, Python, Perl or Ruby."

Source https://www.mamp.info/en/windows/

 

[Nick-Smith]

Personally, I dislike installing WordPress in a local environment. I prefer to put up staging site on a real server so that I can access it from anywhere.

 

[CosmicJS]

using xampp..

 

[Ballu]

I personally use Flywheel local on my Mac and Desktop but never feels slow.
Maybe My Disk and Interner speed is too fast or I am the slow one who thinks myself very fast.

You match my experiences and words.

 

[8dubbz]

I use MAMP but just started using Local by Flywheel, so far so good

 

[joAbear]

laragon is awesome

 

[flooxie]

I used to use both xammp and laragon, xampp in my pc and laragon in my laptop. Both works fine.
But for the last 2 years I always use live server using subdomain for staging sites.
I found it more flexible to work with the actual server environment, faster deployment to production site by copying files then clone database and search replace for site url in database, or using updraft plus for easier migration.
Also it's easier for me if I want to check site's layout from my phone directly anywhere anytime.
Last important thing is, if I want to share the progress with clients, they can just go to the staging site url, no need to do a face 2 face meeting like I did years ago.

PS Sorry if this is too long.

 

[3Lions]

Thanks for all your comments and suggestions guys. I started having a play around with Laragon. So far so good, really impressed with it. I see a lot have said that localwp was fine for them, perhaps it was a configuration issue for me because I could only get Nginx to work and like I said that was slow but I have a decent computer and internet connection.

 

[elon musk]

Hiya everyone. I was wondering what your choice of software is to run wordpress locally. I used to use Wamp but thought I would try something else for a change. I tried Flywheel local but was slow as hell. I've read that Laragon is supposed to be good but yet to try.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Xamp

 

[Robox]

Hello! If you need a good platform, I can recommend Open Server

 

[HeyMakarina]

learn docker will makes your life much easier later

 

[SuperDev]

Hiya everyone. I was wondering what your choice of software is to run wordpress locally. I used to use Wamp but thought I would try something else for a change. I tried Flywheel local but was slow as hell. I've read that Laragon is supposed to be good but yet to try.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated

I use mamp pro. Cross compatible, lots of features.

 

[chemerys]

Used Local by Flywheeel before but tried Laragon and fall in love for speed and glitchless workflow!

 

[3Lions]

Used Local by Flywheeel before but tried Laragon and fall in love for speed and glitchless workflow!

I'm currently using Laragon. Working well for me

 

[nilkam]

XAMPP, WAMP and
my favorite to test wp site - https://tastewp.com/

 

[Nick-Smith]

Your Free Local WordPress Development Suite

DevKinsta is a free suite of local development tools for macOS, Windows and Linux. Use DevKinsta to build, develop, and test WordPress sites.

kinsta.com

Alternative for local wp in macos

 

[realgamer]

mamp, is fast and reliable