Doing a search via PHPMyAdmin did not show up any instances of the wrong URL. However, when I searched and replaced using this plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-and-replace/ I found certain URLs were incorrect. Some changes could not be made with the plugin as they were serialized.
Manipulate database of WordPress site with my own scripts
You need to use wp_update_user function to update user info. Please see below code: <?php $user_id = 1; /* It would be dynamic in your case */ $display_name = $_POST[‘display_name’]; $user_id = wp_update_user( array( ‘ID’ => $user_id, ‘display_name’ => $display_name ) ); if ( is_wp_error( $user_id ) ) { // There was an error, probably … Read more
Preventing concurrent update of data
Are families a custom post type? If so, they won’t be included in the default WP search. Try adding this to your theme’s functions.php function lauren_include_post_types_in_search($query) { if(is_search()) { $post_types = get_post_types(array(‘public’ => true, ‘exclude_from_search’ => false), ‘objects’); $searchable_types = array(); if($post_types) { foreach( $post_types as $type) { $searchable_types[] = $type->name; } } $query->set(‘post_type’, $searchable_types); … Read more
There is likely no “cp_job” column like you are thinking. extra data/information about a wordpress post type (it looks like ads is a custom post type here) would be stored as post meta in the database. So you might see something in the wp_post_meta table like: meta_id | post_id | meta_key | meta_value XX | … Read more
There is indeed an options table (wp_options / prefix_options). You can the find full details on that table here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Database_Description#Table:_wp_options Options are meant to be globally accessible (not tied to individual posts), and you only need to know the option name/key. You can access that table and its values with the following functions: <?php $your_option … Read more
This was solved. To close the question, I’ll put Robert’s answer here: He suggested I move the .htaccess file. This wasn’t a problem for me. The problem was the permalink structure. I changed it to the default one and then back again to my permalink setting. It worked. Thanks!
Simple – if you do not want duplicate information then before you insert anything check if such data is already present. Just query for it and see if there is a match. From WP perspective however, you seem to be looking at technique (database table) that you will rarely need in practice. WordPress offers wealth … Read more
A Google of wordpress wxr pulled up this link as the first result: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-to-wxr-issue which suggests to If you paste the following line into your export file after the Language defining line in the section near the topyou should be good to go: <wp:wxr_version>1.1</wp:wxr_version> But I would strongly advise against this approach based on the … Read more