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How to transfer a WordPress blog to a different domain?

I recommend handling the 301 redirect in your web server rather than in WordPress. mod_rewrite or RedirectMatch will be much more efficient than spinning up WordPress to deliver a Location: header. <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName busted-cheap-url.com # mod_alias RedirectMatch permanent (.*) http://great-new-url.com$1 # OR mod_rewrite RewriteEngine on RewriteRule (.*) http://great-new-url.com$1 [R=301] </VirtualHost> There are several methods … Read more

Change site url when moving site to another url?

Those parameters and admin settings change the URLs in the database. The only other way to do that is run SQL queries on the DB in phpmyadmin to change them: UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = replace(option_value, ‘http://olddomain.com’, ‘http://newdomain.com’) WHERE option_name=”home” OR option_name=”siteurl”; UPDATE wp_posts SET guid = replace(guid, ‘http://olddomain.com’,’http://newdomain.com’); UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = replace(post_content, … Read more

Git Deploying – Disabling plugin/theme installation/update on remote?

Set the constant DISALLOW_FILE_MODS to TRUE in your wp-config.php: const DISALLOW_FILE_MODS = TRUE; See the Codex for background information: Setting this constant also disables the Plugin and Theme editor (i.e. you don’t need to set DISALLOW_FILE_MODS and DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT, as on its own DISALLOW_FILE_MODS will have the same effect). It will also prevent installing or uninstalling … Read more

How can I sync WordPress plugin settings between environments?

The reliable two–way sync is simply not something that have happened in WordPress. The typical way is in line with what you are doing — pulling a copy of production database into development environment. Note that this is commonly the one direction it goes. It’s much more problematic to try sync development back to production. … Read more

Deployment strategies for WP-Supercache [closed]

I use WP-SuperCache and since I just use (don’t hack it), then it’s deactivated when I’m on development. I only activate it on production. This might not be quite effective, because you may want to test how caching works on development. However, I found (at least for me) testing in development to be useless since … Read more

Is there a drush equivalent for WordPress yet?

I have been working on a simple and pluggable command line interface. The basic work is done but we now need to start writing more commands (and implement it in plugins). Please feel free to fork and contribute! You can find the code on Github.

WordPress and Git Workflow

I’m one of the developers of WP Migrate DB Pro, and would like to answer @Ennui’s question: “Do you know if the db url replace script it runs takes into account serialized strings?” Yes, it does handle serialized data. In fact, that is the primary reason I developed the free version of the plugin back … Read more

Dev, Stage and Production Deployment for WordPress Sites?

I have a setup I’m pretty proud of, and it works extremely well for my team. General Structure I keep the entire installation under git. All changes, be it a system update, adding/updating a plugin, adding/updating a theme, go through the same workflow. Changes can be rolled back at a moment’s notice. I have a … Read more

Is Git/GitHub a good WordPress deployment solution?

I use git for this and find it works really well. A few suggestions: Add your uploads directory (wp-content/uploads) directory to your .gitignore file. Run a web server and database server on your development system so you can test changes locally before pushing them to production. Keep your database connection settings consistent beween dev and … Read more

How to: Easily Move a WordPress Install from Development to Production?

@Insanity5902: Deployment of a WordPress site from one box to another has been a PITA since day one I started working with WordPress. (Truth-be-told it was a PITA with Drupal for 2 years before I started with WordPress so the problem is certainly not exclusively with WordPress.) It bothered me that every time I needed … Read more

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