How to run Jetpack from localhost? [closed]

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I just installed the jetpack plugin on my localhost version of WordPress 4.2.2 however after activating it—when I click on ‘Connect to WordPress.com’, I get the following error:

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Your website needs to be publicly accessible to use Jetpack: site_inaccessible Error Details: The Jetpack server was unable to communicate with your site http://wordpress.local [IXR -32300: transport error: http_request_failed Couldn’t resolve host ‘wordpress.local’]

Is there any way to work around this running on localhost?

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Add this to your wp-config.php:

const JETPACK_DEV_DEBUG = TRUE;

This makes it possible to use features on localhost that don’t require a connection to wordpress.com. See the announcement post on jetpack.me for the background.

For your own plugins, learn that lesson: Do not rely on working outgoing connections. Respect your users privacy, and explain in clear words why such a connection is necessary, what data will be sent, and how to work with the plugin when the connection fails. In other words: Don’t do it the Jetpack way.

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