{"id":1801,"date":"2022-12-15T19:33:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T19:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/?post_type=help&#038;p=1801"},"modified":"2026-06-03T12:46:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T12:46:31","slug":"downgrade-local-version","status":"publish","type":"help","link":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/help-docs\/troubleshooting\/downgrade-local-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Downgrade Local Version"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Downgrading Local may be used to troubleshoot issues presented with a newer version or other various reasons. We recommend running Local on the latest version available when possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Step 1: <\/strong>To downgrade the current version of Local you are running head to the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/localwp.com\/releases\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">releases page<\/span><\/strong><\/a> and download the version you&#8217;d like. Download the Local app per usual and drag the Local icon to your applications folder. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-drop-shadow\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1018\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lhd-install-local.jpg\" alt=\"Install a downgraded version of Local by dragging the Local icon into your applications folder. \" class=\"wp-image-1803\" style=\"width:496px;height:249px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lhd-install-local.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lhd-install-local-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lhd-install-local-768x386.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Drag the Local icon into your applications folder.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Step 2: <\/strong>When adding Local to your Applications folder, you will be prompted to either Replace or Keep Both. Choose to <strong>Replace<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-drop-shadow\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lhd-replace-downgrade-local.jpg\" alt=\"Select Replace to download the downgraded version of the Local app.\" class=\"wp-image-1804\" style=\"width:498px;height:209px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lhd-replace-downgrade-local.jpg 768w, https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lhd-replace-downgrade-local-300x126.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Select Replace to downgrade.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> All that&#8217;s left is to reopen your Local app and start running it on the downgraded version!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/community.localwp.com\/c\/support\/5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get Community Support<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Downgrading Local may be used to troubleshoot issues presented with a newer version or other various reasons. We recommend running Local on the latest version available when possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"parent":349,"menu_order":1,"template":"","tags":[59,60],"helpcategories":[4],"class_list":["post-1801","help","type-help","status-publish","hentry","tag-downgrading","tag-local-version","helpcategories-troubleshooting"],"acf":{"help_keywords":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help-doc\/1801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help-doc"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/help"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help-doc\/1801\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help-doc\/349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1801"},{"taxonomy":"helpcategories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpcategories?post=1801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}