LocalWP now supports migrations

Back in 2022, I wrote an article provocatively titled “I’m done with LocalWP”. The big reason why? No easy migrations.

This is a big deal to me, because I manage lots of little WordPress sites. The ability to quickly bring a site up-to-date with little fuss or mess is important to me, and when I wrote that article, there were no easy solutions.

Well, unbeknownst to me, six months later LocalWP partnered with WP Migrate to fix this problem. How about that?

It looks like you can now export and import databases easily in LocalWP, which is great. If this was an option in 2022, I probably never would have left Local.

Ah how time changes things: I’m still using Docker for my sites now, which allows me to manage all of my sites with a single Docker Compose file and a single command. The simplicity is lovely.

I’ve also switched to using Linux full-time for my work environment, and let me tell you, Docker on Linux is sweet. If I was still using a Mac, I would likely be tempted to move back to Local, because Docker on Mac is slow and power intensive.

But on Linux, for now, I am content.

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