Have you noticed, there is all kinds of advise on the internet about the best way to move WordPress websites? There is literally a myriad of ways to achieve this. One of the methods I read on
\nwp.com was:<\/p>\n
\r\nChanging Your Domain Name and URLs\r\n\r\nMoving a website and changing your domain name or URLs (i.e. from http:\/\/example.com\/site to http:\/\/example.com, or http:\/\/example.com to http:\/\/example.net) requires the following steps - in sequence.\r\n\r\n Download your existing site files.\r\n Export your database - go in to MySQL and export the database.\r\n Move the backed up files and database into a new folder - somewhere safe - this is your site backup.\r\n Log in to the site you want to move and go to Settings > General, then change the URLs. (ie from http:\/\/example.com\/ to http:\/\/example.net ) - save the settings and expect to see a 404 page.\r\n Download your site files again.\r\n Export the database again.\r\n Edit wp-config.php with the new server's MySQL database name, user and password.\r\n Upload the files.\r\n Import the database on the new server.\r\n<\/pre>\nI mean this is truly horrifying steps to take, and I don’t see the point at all. This is how I achieved it for one my customers. <\/p>\n
\r\n1. Take customer Database Dump\r\n2. Edit the database searching for 'siteurl' with vi\r\nvi mysqldump.sql\r\n:?siteurl\r\n\r\nAnd just swap out the values, confirming after editing the file;\r\n\r\n[root@box]# cat somemysqldump.sql | grep siteurl -A 2\r\n(1, 'siteurl', 'https:\/\/www.newsiteurl.com', 'yes'),\r\n(2, 'home', 'https:\/\/www.newsiteurl.com', 'yes'),\r\n(3, 'blogname', 'My website name', 'yes'),\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\nJob done, no stress https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Moving_WordPress. <\/p>\n
There might be additional bits but this is certainly enough for them to access the wp-admin panel. If you have problems add this line to the wp-config.php file;<\/p>\n
\r\ndefine('RELOCATE',true);\r\n<\/pre>\nJust before the line which says <\/p>\n
\/* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. *\/<\/p>\n
And then just do the import\/restore as normal;<\/p>\n
\r\nmysql -u newmysqluser -p newdatabase_to_import_to < old_database.sql\r\n<\/pre>\nSimples! I really have no idea why it is made to be so complicated on other hosting sites or platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Have you noticed, there is all kinds of advise on the internet about the best way to move WordPress websites? There is literally a myriad of ways to achieve this. One of the methods I read on wp.com was: Changing … Continue reading