# 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")
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### Author: ![Christian\_Walker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/christian_walker/32/5309_2.png) [@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")

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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:

 ![Screenshot 2026-01-14 at 9.26.22 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/kinsta/original/2X/8/8ed406b5973af318c7587e36206ad840ccd9533e.png)

```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.<anonymous> (/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.<anonymous> (node:internal/child_process:449:11)
at Socket.emit (node:events:513:28)
at Socket.emit (node:domain:489:12)
at Pipe.<anonymous> (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.<anonymous> (/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.<anonymous> (node:internal/child_process:449:11)
at Socket.emit (node:events:513:28)
at Socket.emit (node:domain:489:12)
at Pipe.<anonymous> (node:net:322:12)

[2026-01-14 09:19:58.608] [info] [ProgressIndicator] { isFailed: true, isOpen: true }

```

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