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Backup Site Data from a Bitnami WordPress instance

Bitnami support got back to my support ticket with the following response: Yes, the data that requires persistence can be found in the “/bitnami” folder. Specifically, the “/opt/bitnami/wordpress/wp-config.php” file and the “/opt/bitnami/wordpress/wp-content” directory are symbolically linked to the “/bitnami/wordpress” folder. Similarly, the MariaDB data is symbolically linked to “/bitnami/mariadb”. However, it’s important to note that … Read more

“Failed to import” error . How i fix it

How can I (partially) restore a WordPress website from a SQL file?

This definitely is possible. You won’t be able to get your media back with just the sql file but you can get your content. Assuming this is your content and you have a proper admin account this is fairly easy. Install a fresh version of WordPress (on a web-server or locally). In phpMyAdmin. Delete the … Read more

Oxygen plugin wordpress stuck in loading sequence forever when trying to edit a page [closed]

Upgrading from WordPress 3.8.2 to latest – only files and SQL dump available

If you can get an older version to work with the database (set up the config file to point to your local version of the DB), then you can try exporting it (via Export tool), and importing into another instance of the latest WP install (install a base site with a new DB). If only … Read more

Restore posts, but only posts that exist in my database backup

You can import the old wp_posts table in your current database with different table name, query and loop through it then update the current wp_posts post_content column from the old table where the ID matches. Here’s an example SQL which you can directly do inside phpMyAdmin (this updates everything in single query) UPDATE wp_posts SET … Read more

How to backup my plugin database [closed]

Do Not Back Up? Is there any accepted way to tell backup and clone plugins to skip a certain file? [closed]

restore backup full content or just specific folders

If you only need to restore a specific plugin, then you could just restore that one folder. The only extra item to be concerned about is any database changes made with the different version of plugin. You will want to check the plugin version in your backup and compare to the LIVE version in your … Read more

What’s the cleanest way to transfer WordPress to a new server

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