Steps for creating a local MAMP site on Mac

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/Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/httpd.conf needs this line to be uncommented:

# Virtual hosts
#Include /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

Also MAMP might replace this file with a default version, so make sure to back it up.

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open /etc/hosts:

sudo vim /etc/hosts

add domain:

127.0.0.1    local.[REPLACE.ME]

Configure the host:

vim /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/local.[REPLACE.ME]"
ServerName local.[REPLACE.ME]
</VirtualHost>

Create directory for the site:

mkdir /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/local.[REPLACE.ME] && cd /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/local.[REPLACE.ME]

wp core download

Start MAMP, click on "start servers"
Open PHPMyAdmin: http://localhost/phpMyAdmin/?lang=en
Create DB (name as domain with underscores instead of dots: REPLACE_ME), use UTF8_BIN encoding.
Rename wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php:

mv wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php

Insert DB name from above into wp-config.php (u/p: root/root)
Insert into .htaccess remove upload max filesize limits:

touch .htaccess && echo 'php_value upload_max_filesize 5120M
php_value post_max_size 5120M
php_value memory_limit 512M
php_value max_execution_time 3000
php_value max_input_time 3000' > .htaccess

Enable debugging in wp-config.php:

define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );
define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false );

Install WP

wp core install --url=local.[REPLACE.ME] --title=local.[REPLACE.ME] --admin_user=foobar-admin --admin_password=foobar-admin [email protected]

Install all-in-one-wp-migration plugin:

wp plugin install all-in-one-wp-migration --activate && wp plugin uninstall akismet

Restart MAMP :)
Done! Login: http://local.[REPLACE.ME]/wp-admin
Extra: flush rewrite rules

wp rewrite flush

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