# Can't create New Wordpress site locally
**URL:** https://community.kinsta.com/t/cant-create-new-wordpress-site-locally/5885
**Category:** Application Support
**Created:** [January 13, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/cant-create-new-wordpress-site-locally/5885 "2026-01-13T15:18:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Walker](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Christian_Walker)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/cant-create-new-wordpress-site-locally/5885/1 "2026-01-13T15:18:05Z")
Installed devinsta successfully, but every site name I put in gives me same error “ **The site name is already in use, choose another** ”
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### Author:  [@Adrian\_L](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Adrian_L)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/cant-create-new-wordpress-site-locally/5885/3 "2026-01-13T23:32:50Z")
Hi @Christian_Walker
Welcome to the Kinsta Community!
There may be a failed installation in the app, causing a site name conflict. To assist you better, could you please provide the following information:
Machine OS:
DevKinsta version:
Docker Desktop version:
If there is no active local site running within the app, it’s probably easier to delete all Kinsta Images, Containers, and Volumes in Docker Desktop and relaunch DevKinsta to start fresh. (_Note: removing the Kinsta Volume will remove all custom data stored in the Devkinsta app._)
Let us know how it goes. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Walker](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Christian_Walker)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/cant-create-new-wordpress-site-locally/5885/4 "2026-01-14T15:05:17Z")
Hey thanks!
Mac OS: 15.7.3
DevKinsta: 2.13.6
Docker Desktop: 4.56.0
Deleting all containers, images and volumes worked, but now I’m getting the “Something bad happened” error.
In the main.log file this is what it says:
`[2026-01-14 09:04:05.746] [info] [ProgressIndicator] { isFailed: false, isOpen: true }`
`[2026-01-14 09:04:05.815] [info] [containerExec] Command ‘mysql -u root -p ****** -e “create database site_example;”’ on devkinsta_db finished with exit code 1`
`[2026-01-14 09:04:05.816] [error] [ipcMainStep] Error in operation SITE_CREATION, step database: Error: Error (1): UERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user ‘root’@‘localhost’ (using password: YES)`
`at /Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:2:837383`
`at tryCatch (/Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:1843893)`
`at Generator. (/Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:1845538)`
`at Generator.next (/Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:1844442)`
`at asyncGeneratorStep (/Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:1836779)`
`at _next (/Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:1836999)`
`at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)`
`[2026-01-14 09:04:05.860] [info] [ProgressIndicator] { isFailed: true, isOpen: true }`
`[2026-01-14 09:07:09.399] [info] [getDevKinstaPath] get DevKinsta path`
`[2026-01-14 09:07:09.402] [info] [isWslMode] check if docker runs on wsl mode`
`[2026-01-14 09:07:09.405] [info] [isWslMode] check if docker runs on wsl mode`
`[2026-01-14 09:07:09.405] [info] [isWslMode] check if docker runs on wsl mode`
`[2026-01-14 09:07:09.405] [info] [isWslMode] check if docker runs on wsl mode`
`[2026-01-14 09:07:09.486] [info] [handler/getEnableExtensions] php version: 8.3`
`[2026-01-14 09:07:09.492] [info] [handler/getEnableExtensions] php version: 8.3`
`[2026-01-14 09:07:09.493] [info] [dockerUtil/getContainer] Get ‘devkinsta_fpm’ Docker container`
`[2026-01-14 09:07:09.551] [info] [useMailhog] Mail socket closed.`
`[2026-01-14 09:07:09.950] [info] [containerExec] Command ‘kinsta_php_cli --action=list_available --phpversion=8.3’ on devkinsta_fpm finished with exit code 0`
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Walker](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Christian_Walker)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/cant-create-new-wordpress-site-locally/5885/5 "2026-01-14T15:26:52Z")
I used the solution found here: [Something bad happened: in create new site - #22 by spenserhale](https://community.kinsta.com/t/something-bad-happened-in-create-new-site/2190/22) and it worked. However now I’m getting the samer error at the updating the DNS server step.
Here’s what the main.log file says:
```auto
[2026-01-14 09:19:58.471] [info] [hosts] Add host entries: [
{
“ip”: “127.0.0.1”,
“host”: “site-name.local”,
“wrapper”: “DEVKINSTA”
},
{
“ip”: “127.0.0.1”,
“host”: “www.site-name.local”,
“wrapper”: “DEVKINSTA”
},
{
“ip”: “::1”,
“host”: “site-name.local”,
“wrapper”: “DEVKINSTA”
},
{
“ip”: “::1”,
“host”: “www.site-name.local”,
“wrapper”: “DEVKINSTA”
}
]
[2026-01-14 09:19:58.512] [info] [ProgressIndicator] { isFailed: false, isOpen: true }
[2026-01-14 09:19:58.565] [error] ERROR: Error: 26:27: syntax error: Expected “"” but found unknown token. (-2741)
at ChildProcess. (/Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:1281370)
at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:513:28)
at ChildProcess.emit (node:domain:489:12)
at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1091:16)
at Socket. (node:internal/child_process:449:11)
at Socket.emit (node:events:513:28)
at Socket.emit (node:domain:489:12)
at Pipe. (node:net:322:12)
[2026-01-14 09:19:58.565] [error] [ipcMainStep] Error in operation SITE_CREATION, step hostfile: Error: 26:27: syntax error: Expected “"” but found unknown token. (-2741)
at ChildProcess. (/Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:1281370)
at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:513:28)
at ChildProcess.emit (node:domain:489:12)
at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1091:16)
at Socket. (node:internal/child_process:449:11)
at Socket.emit (node:events:513:28)
at Socket.emit (node:domain:489:12)
at Pipe. (node:net:322:12)
[2026-01-14 09:19:58.608] [info] [ProgressIndicator] { isFailed: true, isOpen: true }
```
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Walker](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Christian_Walker)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/cant-create-new-wordpress-site-locally/5885/6 "2026-01-14T15:49:02Z")
This is the prompt I should be getting but I never get it:
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### Author:  [@Adrian\_L](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Adrian_L)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/cant-create-new-wordpress-site-locally/5885/7 "2026-01-15T02:34:13Z")
@Christian_Walker, please check if there are warnings in Docker Desktop, and then click “Repair” or “Reapply Configuration” if you see them. Once clicked, that should ideally trigger the pop authentication you used to see when running actions in DevKinsta.
> [@Docker is installed but devKinsta is not starting](https://community.kinsta.com/t/docker-is-installed-but-devkinsta-is-not-starting/4722/10):
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> Hi @aaj Please check for warnings or notifications in Docker Desktop and click the “Reapply Configuration” or “Repair” button if you see them. Hopefully, this will fix the issue. If the issue persists, please provide the following information so we can better assist you. DevKinsta Version: OS Version: Docker Desktop Version: DevKinsta main.log: This is usually stored at ~Library/Logs/DevKinsta directory.
If that doesn’t work, please send us an updated copy of your main.log file.
Thanks!