One common issue with local development is how to handle uploaded files.

You could copy the entire wp-content/uploads/ directory but that can use up disk space for little benefit.i

Another option is to rewrite all HTTP requests for images to the live site.

Here’s how to do it:

Nginx

Add this line in the location / { block:

rewrite ^/wp-content/uploads/(.*)$ https://{live site domain}/wp-content/uploads/$1;

Apache

Add this line to the .htaccess file:

RewriteRule ^wp-content/uploads/(.*)$ http://{live site domain}/wp-content/uploads/$1 [NC,L]