I have a WordPress blog hosted on Heroku.
I’m trying to figure out how to clone the site from Heroku so that I can do my WP development locally (I’ve set up VVV locally – works like a dream).
I’ve tried backing up the Heroku site with WP Clone and it fails because Heroku’s PHP install doesn’t include zlib (I know how to install plugins and have installed and activated the WP Clone plugin, but it screams for zlib when attempting to backup).
I’ve tried WPManage and it can connect to the Heroku site, but when I try to backup I get a 500 internal server error.
Has anyone had success cloning, or backing up, a WP site and database that is hosted on Heroku? How? Different cloning tools to try?
I’d suggest you do it manually if you planned to do it locally. XAMMP or WAMP?
Just backup your user data, images, plugin and database.
A tool that I have good success with is Duplicator. You’re biggest issue is that your PHP config is missing required libs that wordpress needs to function properly.
I would look at getting a PHP install that has zlib in as wordpress itself uses it. See What are PHP extensions and libraries WP needs and/or uses?