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Hi everyone,
I opened up a local WP project I hadn’t worked on for a couple weeks. It used to work just fine but without having changed anything, suddenly the (static) home page doesn’t open anymore in Google Chrome.
When I go to “localhost:8888” (the default URL for MAMP) the page seems like it’s loading for a while and then I receive the “This site can not be reached” time out error.
Oddly enough the URL redirects to “192.168.1.2:8888”. This doesn’t happen when I type in a specific page URL like “localhost:8888/products”. The page loads without any problems. Admin pages also work fine, as well as the MAMP welcome page and phpMyAdmin.
Also, when I go to Appearance -> Customize, it loads my home page just fine, supporting my theory that the redirect is causing the error, though I’m not quite sure why it’s happening.
When I open up Safari the home page loads completely, though it does take a few seconds. I’m not sure if that’s just Safari being slow or if it’s still being redirected and Safari just manages to handle it somehow.
Things I have tried:
– Checking the DB integrity using both WP Repair and phpMyAdmin, as well as checking all post/files/etc in the Admin Dashboard for possible corrupt data.
– Changing the ports in MAMP (and in the db).
– Defining WP_SITEURL and WP_HOME explicitly in wp-config.
– Checking the database for the values of WP_SITEURL and WP_HOME. Both are correctly set to http://localhost:8888. I also searched all database tables and project files for the IP 192.168.1.2, just in case I had done something stupid. Only the “wp_posts” table has that IP under the guid column, which I assume is irrelevant.
– Using my old modem (the only possible thing I remember changing).
– Removing all browser cache and cookies.
– Logging out of WP, rebooting, etc…i.e. the usual suspects.
– Disabling all plugins.
– Saving permalink settings again.
As you can imagine, it’s getting quite frustrating. Any advice at all is welcome. Thanks.
