wp on localhost tries to link to another server

That will be to grab the feeds for the Dashboard.
On localhost you could install one of the plugins that remove all those feeds or edit wp-admin/index.php directly.

This ?
https://wp-plugins.net/index.php?id=131

I gave the plugin from https://wp-plugins.net/index.php?id=131 a try.

When I follow the instructions and attempt to activate the plugin, I get the following error message:

“Sorry, you need to enable sending referrers, for this feature to work.”

Not sure where to go from here.

Donna dm87

Perhaps I need to “edit wp-admin/index.php directly”. I need guidance on this, what am I looking for and what edit is needed?

Donna dm87

You know, I wonder if the problem lies somewhere other than wp grabbing rss feeds.

The links on the blog (for things like Category) are all aimed at somebody else’s server. And the browser just hangs there trying to connect to the nonexistant server. Likewise, when I login as administrator, all the links aim at somebody else’s server, e.g. Presentation attempts to find the wordpress themes directory on somebody else’s server.

WordPress seems very confused.

Donna dm87

Check the two URLs in Options/General.

BINGO! That was it, it is all working as expected now.

Thanks!
Donna dm87