Tips to make WP Robot works in XAMPP: XAMPP is an Open Source programs that could make a virtual server inside our own PC. With this XAMPP, we can install wordpress, and test it locally before we launch it into the net. Modifying theme inside XAMPP will save lots of time. More faster, more lighter, and small risk (just in case we broke the theme).

WP Robot could also works in this “local wordpress”, so we can make the best efforts for our autoblog. The key to make WP Robot could works inside XAMPP is cURL. As long as you activate the cURL device in this XAMPP, WP Robot or other automatic plugins will works. Unfortunately, this cURL feature were set as “deactivate” for the default key, so you must activate it first.

How to activate cURL inside XAMPP?, How to make WP Robot works in XAMPP?

Make cURL active inside XAMPP :

1. Open file php.ini (xampp\apache\bin\php.ini)
2. Find this code : ;extension=php_curl.dll
3. Change into this : extension=php_curl.dll
4. Save

If you need to test the permalink correctly, you must activate .htaccess module.

Make .htaccess active inside XAMPP :

1. Open this file : httpd.conf (xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf)
2. Find this text : #LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
3. Remove the “#” char, so it will be like this : LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
4. Search this text : AllowOverride None
5. Change into this : AllowOverride All