February 26, 2018 — Making changes on a live server is always risky. And when things go wrong it’s not easy to diagnose the problems. You can setup a staging server for changes, but you still have to deploy files, and that takes time.

Spinning up a local environment is essential for WordPress development. And it’s also very easy to do, thanks to Local by Flywheel.

I will show you how to quickly spin up a local site. We will cover SSL, debugging, database management, and other features to help you safely build better quality WordPress sites in less time.