How can I view a Wordpress site without hosting?

How can I view a Wordpress site without hosting?

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RobbieKB

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Monday 27th June 2016
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A client of mine has been having trouble with the company that made his website. They overcharged and under-delivered and he cut all ties and demanded all of his website sent to him. It's a simple Wordpress site and he knows I've built and maintain several of them and asked if I could take a look and help him out.

The problem I'm having is I don't know how to view the database in website format without hosting. I tried setting up a subdomain through my host but I can't seem to get it to use the database. Is there any program (or method) for simply allowing me to check through the site and its functionality without purchasing hosting?

RobbieKB

Original Poster:

7,715 posts

184 months

Monday 27th June 2016
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Thanks guys. I worry I've oversold how techy I am. I can barely code but outside of that I don't usually have problems. Running the site locally just to see how it all works would be ideal. I'm running W10 64. Is it reasonably straight forward to use one of those programs?