# Community Guides **URL:** https://community.kinsta.com/c/devkinsta/community-guides/13.md [Latest](https://community.kinsta.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.kinsta.com/categories.md) --- ## [STAGING wp-config.php no longer has 'KINSTA\_DEV\_ENV' and 'JETPACK\_STAGING\_MODE' defined](https://community.kinsta.com/t/staging-wp-config-php-no-longer-has-kinsta-dev-env-and-jetpack-staging-mode-defined/6881)
**Author:** [@Haris\_Kaklamanos1](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Haris_Kaklamanos1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/staging-wp-config-php-no-longer-has-kinsta-dev-env-and-jetpack-staging-mode-defined/6881 "2026-07-17T19:28:49Z")
Hello. Today, I realized that after cloning the LIVE site to STAGING, the following constants are no longer defined at the top of wp-config.php. \ **Author:** [@itibook](https://community.kinsta.com/u/itibook)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/dk0066-error-error-dk0066-import-db-dump-error-1-yerror-1130-hy000-host-xxxxx-is-not-allowed-to-connect-to-this-mariadb-server/5830 "2026-05-21T03:41:05Z") Dear all, this one drove me nuts for a bit so writing this here for everyone, but especially for me :slight\_smile: I was getting the DK0066 error like many experienced. 1- First issue was a normal site creation in Dev… --- ## [Ongoing carding / fake checkout attempts from PH & TW — best way to block at Kinsta level? Body:](https://community.kinsta.com/t/ongoing-carding-fake-checkout-attempts-from-ph-tw-best-way-to-block-at-kinsta-level-body/6153)
**Author:** [@Edouard\_Rozan](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Edouard_Rozan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/ongoing-carding-fake-checkout-attempts-from-ph-tw-best-way-to-block-at-kinsta-level-body/6153 "2026-04-24T14:00:11Z")
Hi all, We’re running a WooCommerce + Stripe store (lepure.com) on Kinsta and for the past several days we’ve been hit with a continuous wave of failed checkout attempts / manual card testing. Traffic is overwhelmingly … --- ## [\[Solved\] DK0051 Error: Access denied despite matching passwords in config.json and Docker](https://community.kinsta.com/t/solved-dk0051-error-access-denied-despite-matching-passwords-in-config-json-and-docker/5798)
**Author:** [@blackawa](https://community.kinsta.com/u/blackawa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/solved-dk0051-error-access-denied-despite-matching-passwords-in-config-json-and-docker/5798 "2025-12-11T09:33:34Z")
Hi everyone, I wanted to share a solution for the DK0051 error (“Access denied”) that I recently encountered, in case anyone else gets stuck in the same loop. The Issue: I was getting the following error when trying t… --- ## [How to disable htaccess in DevKinsta](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-to-disable-htaccess-in-devkinsta/4602)
**Author:** [@juliaset](https://community.kinsta.com/u/juliaset)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-to-disable-htaccess-in-devkinsta/4602 "2024-12-24T13:07:18Z")
In addition to our Live website, we also have a staging and dev environment, the latter two of which both have .htaccess password authentication in place. I noticed that when I pull the staging or dev environment to my D… --- ## [Install fails on Windows 10 WSL2 with DK0083](https://community.kinsta.com/t/install-fails-on-windows-10-wsl2-with-dk0083/3786)
**Author:** [@Elzbieta\_Czesak](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Elzbieta_Czesak)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/install-fails-on-windows-10-wsl2-with-dk0083/3786 "2024-12-16T12:27:24Z")
Hi, we’re trying to install DevKinsta on Windows 10 with enabled WSL2. Docker works perfectly on this setup. The installer fails with DK0083. We tried other proposed solutions we found here (except disabling WSL2, which… --- ## [External HDD and Sites Path](https://community.kinsta.com/t/external-hdd-and-sites-path/4542)
**Author:** [@ChristopherPorto](https://community.kinsta.com/u/ChristopherPorto)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2024, 5:30am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/external-hdd-and-sites-path/4542 "2024-12-13T05:30:50Z")
Hey! I’ve been checking the odler posts and is being a problem for a few people trying to set an External HDD as the site path, and i encountered the same error: External drive is not supported for Project Path The pat… --- ## [How to expose a Devkinsta site with ngrok](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-to-expose-a-devkinsta-site-with-ngrok/3379)
**Author:** [@voyager131](https://community.kinsta.com/u/voyager131)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-to-expose-a-devkinsta-site-with-ngrok/3379 "2024-05-02T13:55:40Z")
I had a need to expose one of my DevKinsta vhosts to the public briefly using ngrok. It took me long enough to figure out, I thought I’d share the steps in case they might be useful to someone else. With your docker/De… --- ## [Can we get an updated guide for using Xdebug 3 and PHPStorm with DevKinsta?](https://community.kinsta.com/t/can-we-get-an-updated-guide-for-using-xdebug-3-and-phpstorm-with-devkinsta/3370)
**Author:** [@kittenofd00m](https://community.kinsta.com/u/kittenofd00m)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/can-we-get-an-updated-guide-for-using-xdebug-3-and-phpstorm-with-devkinsta/3370 "2024-04-29T04:03:48Z")
I’m using DevKinsta on Windows 10 Pro. I have the website set up but I need to attach PHPStorm to it to debug some issues. There is an old guide from 2021 at Guide: How to set up Xdebug (on DevKinsta) with PhpStorm but I… --- ## [How do I install a site on an external drive?](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-do-i-install-a-site-on-an-external-drive/2610)
**Author:** [@criswaller](https://community.kinsta.com/u/criswaller)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 6:08am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-do-i-install-a-site-on-an-external-drive/2610 "2023-10-24T06:08:30Z")
I am on a Mac. I need to install the site (which I am recovering from an UpdraftPlus backup) on an external drive because there’s not enough room on my internal HD. I don’t have any options of where to create the site wh… --- ## [What are some of the Best WordPress SMTP Plugins?](https://community.kinsta.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-best-wordpress-smtp-plugins/2309)
**Author:** [@jdmcullum](https://community.kinsta.com/u/jdmcullum)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2023, 7:32am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-best-wordpress-smtp-plugins/2309 "2023-06-22T07:32:17Z")
I want to know some of the best Wordpress SMTP plugins. --- ## [Windows Local files](https://community.kinsta.com/t/windows-local-files/2300)
**Author:** [@bamboosupport](https://community.kinsta.com/u/bamboosupport)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 8:46am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/windows-local-files/2300 "2023-06-21T08:46:56Z")
We have setup DevKinsta on a windows machine with WSL2 and the DevKinsta local files are saving to a location that we cannot locate on the machine - see screenshot. Can someone help us find this as we have search the wh… --- ## [Git Repo setup on sites](https://community.kinsta.com/t/git-repo-setup-on-sites/2308)
**Author:** [@bamboosupport](https://community.kinsta.com/u/bamboosupport)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2023, 7:27am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/git-repo-setup-on-sites/2308 "2023-06-16T07:27:21Z")
Hi all We are working on many projects and want to implement git version controls for our Wordpress builds and feature development. We can copy down the site with DevKinsta which will setup the database and uploads fine… --- ## [Downloading from Kinsta error](https://community.kinsta.com/t/downloading-from-kinsta-error/2299)
**Author:** [@bamboosupport](https://community.kinsta.com/u/bamboosupport)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/downloading-from-kinsta-error/2299 "2023-06-14T22:33:26Z")
We are creating an ENV on DevKinsta for a kinsta site and it starts to download and completes the download and then we receive an error message DK0038 for WP config not having correct configurations. I have done this wi… --- ## [Using WP CLI - what is devkinsta\_fpm?](https://community.kinsta.com/t/using-wp-cli-what-is-devkinsta-fpm/2297)
**Author:** [@Philby](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Philby)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2023, 10:10am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/using-wp-cli-what-is-devkinsta-fpm/2297 "2023-06-11T10:10:43Z")
Hey all, looking to win the dumb question of the week prize here, I guess, but to me the documentation on how to use WP CLI with DevKinsta is just outstandingly unhelpful: what on god’s green earth is the devkinsta\_fpm … --- ## [All-in-One WP Migration](https://community.kinsta.com/t/all-in-one-wp-migration/2285)
**Author:** [@moi](https://community.kinsta.com/u/moi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2023, 7:33am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/all-in-one-wp-migration/2285 "2023-06-05T07:33:39Z")
Hello, I want to increase the size of import on Wordpress because my wordpress file got 369,6 Mo. I tried to configure wp-config.php and .htaccess but Wordpress just stopped to work. Any ideas how to increase the maxim… --- ## [Critical Error - Not Sure How to Fix](https://community.kinsta.com/t/critical-error-not-sure-how-to-fix/2192)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://community.kinsta.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 7:36am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/critical-error-not-sure-how-to-fix/2192 "2023-04-03T07:36:31Z")
I’m suddenly encountering a critical error and I’m not sure what broke the site. I’m not a coder, so I’ve been installing various plugins to do a wordpress block theme on gutenberg. The last time I opened the site on Wed… --- ## [Wordpress bash scaffolder script](https://community.kinsta.com/t/wordpress-bash-scaffolder-script/2114)
**Author:** [@DavidH](https://community.kinsta.com/u/DavidH)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2023, 3:39am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/wordpress-bash-scaffolder-script/2114 "2023-03-08T03:39:20Z")
Before using DevKinsta, I was using Laragon. I would like to find a similar approach. I’m still on Windows. To create a new site from Laragon with WP CLI, here is what I could do: create a new folder (Laragon would d… --- ## [Set a default browser for DevKinsta](https://community.kinsta.com/t/set-a-default-browser-for-devkinsta/1999)
**Author:** [@corbin](https://community.kinsta.com/u/corbin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 6:05am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/set-a-default-browser-for-devkinsta/1999 "2023-01-17T06:05:31Z")
Hi, Is there a way to set a different default browser for devkinsta? thanks --- ## [Time to move on from DevKinsta](https://community.kinsta.com/t/time-to-move-on-from-devkinsta/1952)
**Author:** [@coloradodev](https://community.kinsta.com/u/coloradodev)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/time-to-move-on-from-devkinsta/1952 "2023-01-04T10:17:21Z")
I wanted to love this software so much, but I just can’t waste my time on it anymore. Seems like no matter what you try to do with it, you’ll run into endless errors with no real documentation on what’s going on. Contai… --- ## [Wp\_upload\_dir() not reporting correct path](https://community.kinsta.com/t/wp-upload-dir-not-reporting-correct-path/1948)
**Author:** [@Robert\_Craig](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Robert_Craig)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/wp-upload-dir-not-reporting-correct-path/1948 "2022-12-19T02:39:23Z")
Has anyone had problems using the wp\_upload\_dir() function. In my install which is on ubuntu it reports as /www/kinsta/public/framerpress/wp-content/uploads/ but is actually /home/robert/DevKinsta/public/framerpress/wp-c… --- ## [Completely New to Wordpress. Need Help](https://community.kinsta.com/t/completely-new-to-wordpress-need-help/1904)
**Author:** [@Cullen](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Cullen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/completely-new-to-wordpress-need-help/1904 "2022-12-08T13:06:38Z")
Hello Everyone, I was asked to create a Wordpress website for my company but have never done this before. I’m also brand new to DevKinsta. If anyone has answers to the questions below, the support/help would be greatly … --- ## [How to use WWW in site URL](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-to-use-www-in-site-url/1840)
**Author:** [@cliff](https://community.kinsta.com/u/cliff)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-to-use-www-in-site-url/1840 "2022-10-31T18:58:06Z")
I want my site URL to be www.something.local, not just something.local – for the purpose of making live-to-local (and vice-versa) search/replace less likely to make a copy-pasta error Is this possible? --- ## [Windows 10 - Riddled with issues?](https://community.kinsta.com/t/windows-10-riddled-with-issues/1807)
**Author:** [@coloradodev](https://community.kinsta.com/u/coloradodev)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2022, 5:00am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/windows-10-riddled-with-issues/1807 "2022-10-16T05:00:43Z")
Anyone else just generally finding it to be a headache working with DevKinsta on Windows 10? Downloading sites fail sporadically, the DevKinsta app will randomly just show a white screen and require a full reboot to corr… --- ## [How to use Devkinsta behind a proxy](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-to-use-devkinsta-behind-a-proxy/1750)
**Author:** [@consumatoredistratto](https://community.kinsta.com/u/consumatoredistratto)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-to-use-devkinsta-behind-a-proxy/1750 "2022-09-19T12:58:42Z")
Hi, how can I use DevKinsta behind a proxy server on Mac OS? Error DK0002 (“no internet connection)”. Proxy settings on Docker Desktop are already configured (and working well). Many thanks in advance! --- ## [Preserve old Posts](https://community.kinsta.com/t/preserve-old-posts/1745)
**Author:** [@Blacksarah314](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Blacksarah314)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/preserve-old-posts/1745 "2022-09-16T23:48:49Z")
I’d like to recreate an existing website, using its posts, and replace it with a new website. What is the best way to preserve the old links for the posts exactly as they are now? Reverse proxy ? Do I then create the s… --- ## [DevKinsta Workflow Security](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-workflow-security/1675)
**Author:** [@natasha\_nightshift](https://community.kinsta.com/u/natasha_nightshift)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-workflow-security/1675 "2022-08-22T13:46:26Z")
Hello, I’ve been using DevKinsta since its launch, and have found it to be an incredible tool which has improved my workflow considerably. Here is how I work: I work locally, I push to staging when ready for review, up… --- ## [After updating to the latest version, plugins are installing very slowly](https://community.kinsta.com/t/after-updating-to-the-latest-version-plugins-are-installing-very-slowly/1655)
**Author:** [@thehungrybird](https://community.kinsta.com/u/thehungrybird)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2022, 5:55am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/after-updating-to-the-latest-version-plugins-are-installing-very-slowly/1655 "2022-08-07T05:55:02Z")
Anyone facing the same issue? --- ## [Woocommerce payments](https://community.kinsta.com/t/woocommerce-payments/1633)
**Author:** [@Strix](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Strix)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/woocommerce-payments/1633 "2022-07-20T18:07:28Z")
Hi i have downloaded and installed devkinsta! i try to use woo commerce, after plugin installation I try to setup Woocommerce Payments but I’m stuck! The error is: “There was a problem connecting this site to WordPress.… --- ## [Implementing wp\_get\_environment\_type()](https://community.kinsta.com/t/implementing-wp-get-environment-type/1627)
**Author:** [@natasha\_nightshift](https://community.kinsta.com/u/natasha_nightshift)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/implementing-wp-get-environment-type/1627 "2022-07-19T23:57:05Z")
After seeing that Kinsta has implemented the GET ENVIRONMENT function, I’m trying to include it in my project for the first time! :slightly\_smiling\_face: I would like to wrap a snippet of code, that only shows Google An… [Next page](https://community.kinsta.com/c/devkinsta/community-guides/13.md?page=1)