Setting up Laragon on Windows is a straightforward process. Laragon is a portable, isolated, fast, and powerful development environment for PHP, Node.js, Python, and Ruby applications. It comes with Apache, MySQL, PHP, and other essential tools pre-configured, making it easy to set up a local development environment. (more…)

To set up a WordPress and phpMyAdmin environment using Vagrant, follow these steps: Install Vagrant: Download and install Vagrant from the official website (https://www.vagrantup.com/). Make sure to also install the required virtualization software, such as VirtualBox or VMware. Choose a Vagrant Box: Select a Vagrant box that suits your needs. For example, you can use the "bento/ubuntu-20.04" box, which provides an Ubuntu 20.04 base image. Initialize your Vagrant project by running the following command in your project directory: (more…)

To set up a virtual host configuration for a local WordPress setup on XAMPP, follow these steps: Open the Apache configuration file: Navigate to the XAMPP installation directory and locate the httpd.conf file. It is typically found in the apache\conf subdirectory. Open the file in a text editor. Uncomment the virtual hosts include: In the httpd.conf file, search for the line that includes the httpd-vhosts.conf file. It will look like this: (more…)

To set up WordPress on Windows using XAMPP, follow these steps: Download XAMPP: Go to the Apache Friends website (https://www.apachefriends.org/) and download the XAMPP installer for Windows. Install XAMPP: Run the downloaded XAMPP installer and follow the installation wizard to install XAMPP on your Windows machine. Choose the components you want to install, such as Apache, MySQL, and PHP. Keep the default installation directory. (more…)

To set up WordPress in an Ubuntu virtual machine using Vagrant, you can follow these steps:

1. Install VirtualBox: Download and install Oracle VirtualBox from the official website (https://www.virtualbox.org/) for your host operating system.
2. Install Vagrant: Download and install Vagrant from the official website (https://www.vagrantup.com/) for your host operating system.
3. Create a new directory: Create a new directory where you want to set up your Vagrant project.
4. Initialize Vagrant: Open a terminal or command prompt and navigate to the project directory.
5. Run vagrant init hashicorp/bionic64 to initialize vagrant.  This command initializes a new Vagrant project with an Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) base box.
6. Edit Vagrantfile: Open the Vagrantfile generated in the project directory using a text editor. Modify it to include the following configuration. An example Vagrant file that can be used to set up a WordPress environment in an Ubuntu virtual machine using VirtualBox as the provider:

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  There are scenarios when you are contributing to a subset of a very large project. Instead of downloading the entire project, you may want to bring down a copy of ONLY the needed folders or files (to save download time, space ...) Git allows partial cloning which allows Git to function without having a complete copy of the repository. Follow the below steps to try out Git's sparse-checkout feature. (more…)