What I do On receipt of WordPress files and Db install in my localhost directory (I use EasyPHP Dev server) I then install Db and change wp-config.php to connect to local db etc. Then copy .htacces to htaccess.back Edit .htaccess to point at local dir structure (in this case find “~porterp6” and replace with “wordpress2” … Read more
WP-CLI has a bunch of helpful commands, including some to perform basic database operations. However, it’s not its job to create new users in MySQL and grant them permissions on a newly created database. So that part of your script can’t really be replaced with WP-CLI. You’re still in luck though. The wp core command … Read more
That would be an extremely tricky approach to the problem I think. If your end goal is the replacement of one template with another (a migration), then a more standard approach would be to install an new WordPress instance on a different URL. Perhaps using http://new.example.com (a subdomain). This is then your “development”, or “staging” … Read more
You should use php 7.4. So verify first it is installed : brew install [email protected] Then with valet : valet use [email protected] then valet restart
After reading this, I realized that the problem was that I needed to take the contents out of the “wordpress” folder, paste them in parallel to the “wordpress” folder, and delete the “wordpress” folder. Everything works fine now. Thankyou all.
You can use the following code to dump the HTTP Api response, will help you figure out the cause of error. function dump_http_api_response($response, $type=””, $transport=null ) { if ( $type == “response” ) var_dump ( $response ); } add_action(‘http_api_debug’, ‘dump_http_api_response’, 1, 3); Example Output: object(WP_Error)#15 (2) { [“errors”]=> array(1) { [“http_request_failed”]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(41) … Read more
WordPress already has this available under Tools > Export. You can export all of your posts, comments, authors, etc. into an XML file which you can them Import into a new (or not new) installation. I believe this has been part of the core since WordPress 2.1.
If you’re manually installing a plugin, you need to disable and delete the old version. However, WordPress does allow you to update your plugin programatically. If your plugin is hosted on the WordPress.org repository, it will prompt the users to install updates for you. You’ve likely seen this with Akismet and other plugins already. If … Read more
The top of your Plugin’s main PHP file must contain a standard Plugin information header. This header lets WordPress recognize that your Plugin exists, add it to the Plugin management screen so it can be activated, load it, and run its functions; without the header, your Plugin will never be activated and will never run. … Read more
You can’t. WordPress tracks the recently active plugins for a while, but there is no history of deleted plugins. You could install a logger and track this information in a special place for the future.