InstantWP - How to Install a Local WordPress Development Server on a USB Flash Drive or Hard Drive

InstantWP - How to Install a Local WordPress Development Server on a USB Flash Drive or Hard Drive
How to Set Up a WordPress Development Server on Your PC or USB Drive | Dino's Tech World

Hey everyone, Dino here! In today’s video, I’m showing you how to set up your own WordPress development server using InstantWP. Whether you want to test themes, plugins, or experiment with WordPress, InstantWP lets you run a complete WordPress server on your PC or even directly from a USB drive. No need to install complex server software like Apache or MySQL — it's all built in!

In this tutorial, I’ll guide you through:

Downloading and setting up InstantWP
Running a WordPress server from a USB drive or local PC
Using the WordPress dashboard to manage your site
How to access plugin and theme folders for easy modifications
Safely shutting down your local WordPress server
This is a great solution if you want to work on a local WordPress environment without affecting your actual machine or moving it between different computers.

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⏰ Timestamps: 0:00 – Intro and overview of InstantWP 1:00 – Downloading and extracting InstantWP 2:30 – Running WordPress from a USB or local hard drive 4:00 – Accessing WordPress admin and dashboard 5:30 – Managing plugins, themes, and MySQL 7:00 – Shutting down the WordPress server

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[carlosmarino]

Can you access the WordPress website you created locally from another computer through wifi?

[richardhaus]

Dino this is awesome. Question for you, can I move this USB drive between a windows machine and a Mac?

[crazyforcanada]

I'm gonna give this a try, if only to try to rescue an important site that's trapped in xampp. Xampp shut off and won't even open up to show the menu. That's the third time. I have a lot of personal blogs, and seems every time I install blog 19 or 20 on the 2TB external HD, xampp stops working. I need to get one particular site back, I don't know how to get the database out of it since xampp won't open or launch. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[crazyforcanada]

This looks fascinating, but can we only develop ONE site with it?

[chester]

How did you solve the 10080 port issue? The browser sends me an ERR_UNSAFE_PORT error.