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I hate everything about local. It's slow, buggy, and every time I make my site static and set a homepage, it completely stops working. Biggest waste of space I have ever seen.

The concept of blocks is nice, but the website is completely nonfunctional. Would give this 0 stars if I was able too.

Biggest waste of space on the internet

Strudent

Sometimes you're unable to create new sites or it just crashes on creation

The ability to create and manage multiple websites on the local server

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Web developer

I occasionally have to wait for someone to join the support chat. But it's not always bad, be ready to wait a while.

Because of the user interface's simplicity and intuitiveness, I can simply adapt my development environment to meet my unique needs. I value the versatility that Local provides since it enables me to select from a variety of development environments, including bespoke environments, which improves the efficiency of my workflow.

The numerous features and simple user interface of Local make it simple to adapt my development env.

Software Engineer

1) LocalWP sites are very slow and time-consuming while debugging at times2) Need more support systems and tutorials for getting started

1) Enables you to set up Local WordPress sites in just a few clicks, couldn't be more easier than this2) Makes it easy to integrate with xdebug and vscode

Set up Local WordPress sites in few minutes

Blogger

To use live links you have to login to your Local WP account, or create an account if you don't have one.MINOR complaint - sidebar icons could use text titles below them to allow new users to more quickly get accustomed to the UI. 

Local by WP is an incredibly easy to setup local server application. It handles all the heavy lifting under the hood, so all you have to do is provide the basic details on the sites you want to host within in. Blueprints, a feature that essentially allows you to create a template for a site environment, are super helpful. This allows you to quickly setup a new instance for a new site with your pre-configured settings, install and themes!It also has a low resource overhead - eg it's not going to tax your computers cpu, ram, etc. It takes about 1 min to setup a new site environment and that includes the auto install of a fresh version of WP!Managing your DB is fast and easy as well through a shortcut in the app that launches a new browser window with Adminer.Updates are frequent and quick to install.IF you're using WP Engine or Flywheel for your hosting it takes just ONE CLICK to move your dev site to the server!!There are a number of add-ons to extend the functionality - like Image Optimizers (that compress and optimize your images prior to moving them to your server for live hosting), debuggers, backup functions, etc.Live Link - which provides a publicly accessible URL for clients/others to view the local dev site on your computer saves A LOT of time. No more migrating a partially completed site to a dev/live server for client approvals!MailHog is also an included option allowing local mail handling, etc.Offers apache and nginx PHP from 5.6.39 to 8.1.9

Simple, effective server for local development

Founder

The only con I have found to date is that I was not able to enable the SOAP client for one of my projects.  When I reached out to the Local community, I did not find anyone that could help me.  However, SOAP is kind of a rare requirement these days and of the hundred or so sites I have worked on, only one required SOAP.  That being said, it is a very small con.

Local makes it super easy to spin up a new local development environment.  With a click of a button, I can add a new site.  You can start from scratch or with a pre-made blue print.  I have used Mamp, Vagrant, and Docker, but none of those are as easy to use as Local.

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