I installed WordPress on my Mac Pro using MAMP and following all instructions to the letter. Immediately after installing, I was able to access the WP dashboard and install a theme. I logged out and quit MAMP. Now I am not able to access the dashboard.
I launch MAMP and click “Start Servers” and it takes me to <http://localhost:8888/MAMP/index.php?language=English>
in the web browser (Safari 11.1.1). On that page, I click on “My Website” and it takes me to the home page of my website. No dashboard.What do I need to do to get to the WP dashboard and start building my website? I suspect that the answer is something simple and obvious, but I can’t find it in any of the documentation.
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Hey @goody2skis,
From what I can understand initially here, you are looking for the wp-admin area of your site, where you can log in and create pages and posts etc. Is this correct?
If it is and by “takes me to the home page of my website” you mean you see your blank WordPress website’s homepage, then you _should_ be able to visit dashboard area by appending
/wp-adminto your homepage URL or by removing theindex.phpand replacing the URL withwp-login.php._Note this is without knowing your local MAMP file paths and/or hostname setups_
Lastly, if this doesn’t help can you please share more information on where your sites are stored in MAMP (e.g. file paths) and any screenshots of your homepage and URLs you’re attempting to visit would be great.
Glad to hear it @goody2skis and you’re very welcome.
So yes I does sound like the actual site files would be located here:
Applications > MAMP > htdocs > wordpresstest(this will be your site root where the WordPress core files live)If you dig deeper into the wp-content folder there you will have access to whats typically the files related to your site, with the themes and plugins etc.
One thing I think you may benefit from (if you’re new to local development or WordPress it’s self?) is to maybe use a more friendly local development environment. I personally use Local by Flywheel as it is much simpler to get a local site setup and running than the likes of MAMP.
Let me know if you need anything further buddy.
All the best,
Chris 🙂I had the exact same problem. This was extremely helpful. Thank you so much!
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This page is where you can access your website, phpinfo page and something else. Click on “My Website” to go to your page, by default MAMP is installed in your C drive and so your web root folder must be “C:/MAMP/htdocs”. It means when you type “localhost” in your browser it will show the index file in the htdocs folder.
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