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Running WordPress on a test domain

The WordPress content management system is very tightly bound to the site's domain, for this reason it is not so easy to simply run a copy of the site on another hosting or [test domain] , because first of all you need to change the site's domain in the site's admin panel or directly in the database .

But there is a life hack for this case - the configuration file wp-config.php provides for the use of variables for use as a site domain.

1. So, let's go to the [file manager] of the desired site and open the wp-config.php file for editing.

2. Immediately after opening the php tag, add the following code:

 define('WP_SITEURL', 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']); define('WP_HOME', 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);

3. The finished version should look like this:

4. We save the changes in the file, and from this moment the site should open both on the test domain and in the case of changing its domain.