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
use the plugin “wp all in one”, this will migrate your website, other way is to do it manually, copy all files, make a copy or your database and do the inverse on the new server. wp all in one make everything for you, even changing on the database the urls, manually you need to … Read more
How to continuously developing a WP site that is already deployed in production without damaging it during development
Enable debugging so that you can spot problems. Alter the database connection information in wp-config.php // ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** // /** The name of the database for WordPress */ define( ‘DB_NAME’, ‘database_name_here’ ); /** MySQL database username */ define( ‘DB_USER’, ‘username_here’ ); /** MySQL … Read more
At first you need to have a local webserver with php and mysql to run the site locally (e.g. XAMPP). Then you have to download all your WordPress files and copy them into the source folder of your local webserver (e.g. xampp/htdocs). The next step is to copy your database. To do this, you have … Read more
You are on right track buddy. Now do this. 3. Install plugin called regen thumbnails . Run regen thumbnail. It will take few minutes but after finishing process, you will have all the images in the media library. This plugin basically regenerate all the thumbnail in the media library for all the sizes. Becuase you … Read more
As MikeNGarrett said, you need to look inside your rar file to see what’s inside. This is basic procedure. Go to your public folder (htdocs for xampp), and create a directory(yourprojectfolder). Extract your rar file inside it. if you can see folders like wp-content, wp-includes and files like wp.config.php etc.. then you’ve done first part. … Read more
It’s never a good idea to run an old version of WordPress, so I would recommend finding the source of the issues above all else. Old versions receive no security updates and have no long-term support, so by rolling back you’re leaving yourself extremely vulnerable to security issues that have since been fixed. To fix … Read more
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