# DevKinsta **URL:** https://community.kinsta.com/c/devkinsta/14.md?page=2 [Latest](https://community.kinsta.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.kinsta.com/categories.md) **Page:** 3 --- ## [Can't Load Site Locally](https://community.kinsta.com/t/cant-load-site-locally/5880)
**Author:** [@natasha\_nightshift](https://community.kinsta.com/u/natasha_nightshift)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/cant-load-site-locally/5880 "2026-01-26T15:11:12Z")
I’m loading a new site locally and keep receiving the error “Something bad happened” --- ## [Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)](https://community.kinsta.com/t/access-denied-for-user-root-localhost-using-password-yes/5915)
**Author:** [@Constantin](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Constantin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2026, 9:58am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/access-denied-for-user-root-localhost-using-password-yes/5915 "2026-01-26T09:58:22Z")
Hi everyone! Trying to import a site from kinsta and I get the “Something bad happened“ error. When checking the logs I see this “Access denied for user ‘root’@‘localhost’ (using password: YES)“. Tried all suggestions,… --- ## [SSL and ERR\_CERT\_AUTHORITY\_INVALID](https://community.kinsta.com/t/ssl-and-err-cert-authority-invalid/5855)
**Author:** [@Boser](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Boser)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/ssl-and-err-cert-authority-invalid/5855 "2026-01-22T14:02:40Z")
Hi, I can’t get local SSL to work. I’m getting ERR\_CERT\_AUTHORITY\_INVALID in Chrome and MOZILLA\_PKIX\_ERROR\_SELF\_SIGNED\_CERT in Firefox. Everything else works as expected. This is on Windows 10 Pro and DevKinsta 2.13.6 … --- ## [Unable to create new site - The site name is invalid](https://community.kinsta.com/t/unable-to-create-new-site-the-site-name-is-invalid/3230)
**Author:** [@lzdig](https://community.kinsta.com/u/lzdig)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2026, 1:57am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/unable-to-create-new-site-the-site-name-is-invalid/3230 "2026-01-17T01:57:21Z")
I’ve used DevKinsta/Docker on my Macbook Pro (M1 Apple chip) in the past to create WordPress sites and launch to Kinsta, but I started having problems trying to create a new website. Whether I try to create a blank WordP… --- ## [Can't create New Wordpress site locally](https://community.kinsta.com/t/cant-create-new-wordpress-site-locally/5885)
**Author:** [@Christian\_Walker](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Christian_Walker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/cant-create-new-wordpress-site-locally/5885 "2026-01-15T02:34:13Z")
Installed devinsta successfully, but every site name I put in gives me same error “The site name is already in use, choose another” \ --- ## [Email inbox - how to display html emails?](https://community.kinsta.com/t/email-inbox-how-to-display-html-emails/1255)
**Author:** [@alanj](https://community.kinsta.com/u/alanj)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2025, 1:52am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/email-inbox-how-to-display-html-emails/1255 "2025-12-14T01:52:22Z")
How do I display emails in html format? When i open an email I see the html option greyed out and only Plain Text and Raw will show the email. Is there a setting somewhere that I am missing? Thanks Alan --- ## [\[Solved\] 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… --- ## [On my 11th attempt to get local to work](https://community.kinsta.com/t/on-my-11th-attempt-to-get-local-to-work/5782)
**Author:** [@AbsoluteReiki](https://community.kinsta.com/u/AbsoluteReiki)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/on-my-11th-attempt-to-get-local-to-work/5782 "2025-12-04T14:11:43Z")
I finally managed to configure something that appeared to work after several attempts across several years. Now I can’t get a local site set up; I’m encountering the same problem no matter whether I opt to build with Wor… --- ## [Add Blueprints for new sites](https://community.kinsta.com/t/add-blueprints-for-new-sites/1229)
**Author:** [@thehungrybird](https://community.kinsta.com/u/thehungrybird)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/add-blueprints-for-new-sites/1229 "2025-11-26T04:25:10Z")
Please add the blueprints option so that we can just add our themes and plugins to that. So that we can immediately start working right after launching a website. --- ## [Support for Composer](https://community.kinsta.com/t/support-for-composer/175)
**Author:** [@greghunt](https://community.kinsta.com/u/greghunt)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/support-for-composer/175 "2025-11-26T02:12:43Z")
Are there plans to build in composer? This is a pretty important feature for us since most of our themes manage packages with composer. We could use composer outside of the container but that would lead to potential vers… --- ## [How do you 'npm install' in docker volume?](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-do-you-npm-install-in-docker-volume/2363)
**Author:** [@ghughes13](https://community.kinsta.com/u/ghughes13)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-do-you-npm-install-in-docker-volume/2363 "2025-11-24T18:09:15Z")
I’m trying to go through the Custom Gutenberg Block Development With the WordPress Block Editor course on Kinsta Academy. In it, on the ’ Setting Up a Block Plugin With @wordpress/create-block’ section he talks about na… --- ## [DevKinsta Cannot access db info to continue to setup WordPress site](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-cannot-access-db-info-to-continue-to-setup-wordpress-site/5736)
**Author:** [@jackel716](https://community.kinsta.com/u/jackel716)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-cannot-access-db-info-to-continue-to-setup-wordpress-site/5736 "2025-11-24T12:39:25Z")
Greetings, I’ve successfully set up DevKinsta with Docker. However, I cannot proceed to next step in setting up Wordpress. I get to this stage. Then click continue to this page. Then once I click Let’s Go to thi… --- ## [How to get the Dev Kinsta setup as Errors everytime](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-to-get-the-dev-kinsta-setup-as-errors-everytime/5753)
**Author:** [@Defyn-Digital](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Defyn-Digital)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 6:58am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-to-get-the-dev-kinsta-setup-as-errors-everytime/5753 "2025-11-21T06:58:19Z")
Hi Team, Trying to get the DevKinsta setup so we can continue updating the sites. However it says Docker storage is low where as I have 2TB set on the docker storage Also I get this Something bad happened everytime whe… --- ## [DevKinsta: Something Bad Happened MacOS](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-something-bad-happened-macos/5724)
**Author:** [@jackel716](https://community.kinsta.com/u/jackel716)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 6:18am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-something-bad-happened-macos/5724 "2025-11-18T06:18:59Z")
Q: Date/Time this occurred (Provide your time zone also) \*\*A:\*\*November 17, 2025 12:33PM EST Q: DevKinsta Version \*\*A:\*\*2.13.6 Q: OS Version \*\*A:\*\*Apple M1 Q: Docker Desktop Version \*\*A:\*\*Docker Desktop 4.51.0 (21… --- ## [Update to DevKinsta 2.13.6 stopped working](https://community.kinsta.com/t/update-to-devkinsta-2-13-6-stopped-working/5676)
**Author:** [@Jacob\_Mompean](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Jacob_Mompean)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/update-to-devkinsta-2-13-6-stopped-working/5676 "2025-11-11T23:56:31Z")
Q: Date/Time this occurred (Provide your time zone also) A: 11/7/25 12:30pm CT Q: DevKinsta Version \*\*A:\*\*2.13.6 Q: OS Version A: Sequoia 15.7.1 (24G231) Q: Docker Desktop Version A: 4.50.0 Q: Were any error code… --- ## [DevKinsta Disk Space Issue, Database Authentication Error After Docker Restart](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-disk-space-issue-database-authentication-error-after-docker-restart/5647)
**Author:** [@greg](https://community.kinsta.com/u/greg)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-disk-space-issue-database-authentication-error-after-docker-restart/5647 "2025-11-05T03:57:02Z")
Just sharing some potential bugs, and how I worked through them. I recently got a new MacBook Pro (M4 Pro) and downloaded Dev Kinsta and Docker Desktop to pull down my sites but I kept running into the following issues: … --- ## [Dev kinsta is stuck Something bad happened](https://community.kinsta.com/t/dev-kinsta-is-stuck-something-bad-happened/5645)
**Author:** [@Olivier\_Bigras](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Olivier_Bigras)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/dev-kinsta-is-stuck-something-bad-happened/5645 "2025-11-03T14:53:52Z")
Q: Date/Time this occurred (Provide your time zone also) A: 2025-10-30 Q: DevKinsta Version A: lateste, 2.13.5 Q: OS Version A: Windows latest Q: Docker Desktop Version A: Current version: 4.29.0 (145265) Q: Were… --- ## [Charset import bug](https://community.kinsta.com/t/charset-import-bug/5609)
**Author:** [@Luca\_Ottolini](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Luca_Ottolini)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/charset-import-bug/5609 "2025-10-29T12:12:50Z")
Q: Date/Time this occurred (Provide your time zone also) A:It keeps happening. Q: DevKinsta Version \*\*A:\*\*2.13.5 (2.13.5.9020) Q: OS Version A:MacOS 15.6.1 (24G90) Q: Docker Desktop Version \*\*A:\*\*4.22.0 (117440) Q… --- ## [DevKinsta - Couldn't start Docker, but Colima and Docker are running](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-couldnt-start-docker-but-colima-and-docker-are-running/3467)
**Author:** [@kybernaut](https://community.kinsta.com/u/kybernaut)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 10:51am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-couldnt-start-docker-but-colima-and-docker-are-running/3467 "2025-10-24T10:51:33Z")
Hi! I’m on Macbook M1, and normally, I use DDEV with colima for localhost development, but since the site is on Kinsta, I wanted to give a change to DevKinsta. However, I’m stuck with this, although colima and Docker ar… --- ## [Kamal Hinduja : What is DevKinsta, and how is it used for local development?](https://community.kinsta.com/t/kamal-hinduja-what-is-devkinsta-and-how-is-it-used-for-local-development/5581)
**Author:** [@kamalhinduja](https://community.kinsta.com/u/kamalhinduja)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2025, 8:17am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/kamal-hinduja-what-is-devkinsta-and-how-is-it-used-for-local-development/5581 "2025-10-16T08:17:30Z")
Hi, I am Kamal Hinduja based Geneva, Switzerland(Swiss). Can anyone explain in details What is Dev Kinsta, and how is it used for local development? Thanks, Regards Kamal Hinduja Geneva, Switzerland --- ## [SECURITY: Immediate notification when a plugin has security vulnerabilities](https://community.kinsta.com/t/security-immediate-notification-when-a-plugin-has-security-vulnerabilities/5541)
**Author:** [@bjoernzosel](https://community.kinsta.com/u/bjoernzosel)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/security-immediate-notification-when-a-plugin-has-security-vulnerabilities/5541 "2025-10-13T22:00:51Z")
Currently, you can set up to receive an email once a month if plugins have security vulnerabilities. This can lead to security risks. Plugins like Ninja Firewall send an email immediately for this reason. Since Kinsta is… --- ## [Switch from mailhog to mailpit](https://community.kinsta.com/t/switch-from-mailhog-to-mailpit/4486)
**Author:** [@ArjanSowmedia](https://community.kinsta.com/u/ArjanSowmedia)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/switch-from-mailhog-to-mailpit/4486 "2025-10-09T14:06:34Z")
Mailpit is the (spiritual) successor of mailhog. The mailhog project is dead and has a lot of issues: Issues · mailhog/MailHog · GitHub Mailpit is more lightweight and supports modern architectures like ARM natively --- ## [App Edits File Permissions Every Time It Starts](https://community.kinsta.com/t/app-edits-file-permissions-every-time-it-starts/5559)
**Author:** [@lots0logs](https://community.kinsta.com/u/lots0logs)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/app-edits-file-permissions-every-time-it-starts/5559 "2025-10-07T00:33:41Z")
Q: Date/Time this occurred (Provide your time zone also) A: Anytime Q: DevKinsta Version A: 2.13.5 Q: OS Version A: Ubuntu 24.04 Q: Docker Desktop Version A: N/A, but docker engine version is 27.3.1 Q: Were any e… --- ## [Got stuck on 1st step creating new site](https://community.kinsta.com/t/got-stuck-on-1st-step-creating-new-site/5506)
**Author:** [@mbird1981](https://community.kinsta.com/u/mbird1981)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 6:12am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/got-stuck-on-1st-step-creating-new-site/5506 "2025-09-24T06:12:39Z")
Hi, I get stuck on creating new site. It seems Nginx cinfiguration is not working. Here is the log. Seems my docker cannot creat docker-desktop-data folder Does this happen to anyone? Thanks! \[2025-09-24 04:14:13.… --- ## [Pull Live site from Kinsta stuck](https://community.kinsta.com/t/pull-live-site-from-kinsta-stuck/5485)
**Author:** [@Jacob\_Mompean](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Jacob_Mompean)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/pull-live-site-from-kinsta-stuck/5485 "2025-09-19T03:00:49Z")
Q: Date/Time this occurred (Provide your time zone also) A: 9/16/25 4pm CT Q: DevKinsta Version A: Version 2.13.5 (2.13.5.9020) Q: OS Version A: MacOS Sequoia 15.6.1 (24G90) Q: Docker Desktop Version A: 4.46.0 (20… --- ## [I found a message Something bad happened in 5% how to resolve](https://community.kinsta.com/t/i-found-a-message-something-bad-happened-in-5-how-to-resolve/5474)
**Author:** [@Mohith\_Isarva](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Mohith_Isarva)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/i-found-a-message-something-bad-happened-in-5-how-to-resolve/5474 "2025-09-12T13:58:25Z")
--- ## [Regarding the issue where DOMAIN\_CURRENT\_SITE becomes undefined](https://community.kinsta.com/t/regarding-the-issue-where-domain-current-site-becomes-undefined/4945)
**Author:** [@keisuke](https://community.kinsta.com/u/keisuke)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/regarding-the-issue-where-domain-current-site-becomes-undefined/4945 "2025-09-11T14:08:43Z")
We are operating a subdirectory-based multisite. Every time we push from devkinsta to remote, and transfer from remote staging to Live, the ‘DOMAIN\_CURRENT\_SITE’ in wp-config.php becomes ‘undefined’. define(‘DOMAIN\_CUR… --- ## [New version message deleted my DevKinsta and won't install](https://community.kinsta.com/t/new-version-message-deleted-my-devkinsta-and-wont-install/5443)
**Author:** [@Stuart](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Stuart)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/new-version-message-deleted-my-devkinsta-and-wont-install/5443 "2025-09-04T00:51:08Z")
There was a message to download the latest version of DevKinsta. I clicked it which downloaded an exe. Double clicked this. It removed DevKinsta from my computer but did not install anything. Restarted the computer. Doub… --- ## [Copying values from php.ini editor](https://community.kinsta.com/t/copying-values-from-php-ini-editor/5424)
**Author:** [@Gelboron](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Gelboron)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/copying-values-from-php-ini-editor/5424 "2025-08-26T12:26:20Z")
When setting up xdebug on new sites, I usually copy the base php.ini config from some previous project. Pressing CMS-A & CMD-C (MacOS latest version) will also copy the line numbers which I then need to clean up befo… --- ## [Install new wordpress site](https://community.kinsta.com/t/install-new-wordpress-site/5417)
**Author:** [@bamboosupport](https://community.kinsta.com/u/bamboosupport)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/install-new-wordpress-site/5417 "2025-08-21T11:05:11Z")
Q: Date/Time this occurred (Provide your time zone also) A: 20th August 2025 Q: DevKinsta Version A: 2.13.4 Q: OS Version A: mac os sequoia 15.5 Q: Docker Desktop Version A:4.40.0 Q: Were any error codes or messa… [Previous page](https://community.kinsta.com/c/devkinsta/14.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.kinsta.com/c/devkinsta/14.md?page=3)