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How to Fix WP-CLI “Error Establishing a Database Connection” in WSL2 with LocalWP on Windows

May 25, 2026 by Fix That Works Team

Run WP-CLI from WSL2 against a LocalWP WordPress site on Windows without database connection failures by exposing the LocalWP MySQL port correctly.

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