Mellow
Posted on September 18, 2022
Ngrok is a super useful CLI tool which enables you to expose your localhost HTTP servers to an internet-facing HTTPS endpoint, for free!
You can get it here: https://ngrok.com/.
I've been struggling to find a good, short tutorial on how to make it work properly with my local WooCommerce store, so hopefully you will find this helpful:
1. Install the 'Relative URL' plugin
First off, make sure that your Wordpress website issues relative URLs by installing this plugin: Relative URL.
2. Make WP serve itself via your tunneled hostname
Add the following lines at the end of your wp-config.php
file:
define('WP_SITEURL', 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);
define('WP_HOME', 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);
3. Instruct ngrok to rewrite the host header
Add --host-header=rewrite
to your ngrok command.
For example:
ngrok http --host-header=rewrite http://localhost:8080
Done π
P.S: If you're a WooCommerce store owner and would like to easily sync it with your Google Sheets, check-out our quick guide on how to do it.
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Posted on September 18, 2022
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