My first thought was the BackupBuddy plugin from iThemes. The downside is that it is very definitely not free. Actually, the code is all GPLv2, but you can’t get it unless someone who has paid for it (like myself) gave it to you (which I’m not offering to do for ethical reasons). However, the basics … Read more
Add the following to wp_config.php: define( ‘WP_DEBUG’, true ); Reset the Plugins folder Revert to the default Theme (currently Twenty Eleven), using a similar method to the Plugin-reset step (just be sure that the only Theme available in /wp-content/themes/ is twenty-eleven) If your site is restored, great! If not, you likely have some sort of … Read more
Can you include WP-CLI in your script? Then it could be as easy as: wp core config –dbname=wordpress_default –locale=”<your locale>” –dbuser=sqluser –dbpass=sqlpass –quiet wp core install –url=local.wordpress.dev –quiet –title=”Local WordPress Dev” –admin_name=admin –admin_email=”[email protected]” –admin_password=”password” Docs for wp core config and wp core install
I had the same problem but it occured while importing the theme-unit-test-data.xml along with its attachments. I am using WP 3.8.1. It’s a WordPress issue so editing the php.ini has no effect. WP uses a hardcoded value (60 secs) for http_request_timeout of WP_Http in class-http.php. To solve it, place this code in functions.php of your … Read more
Did you follow these docs?: http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress You can leave all your files in /wordpress/ and simply make WordPress appear to be in root. See http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory#Using_a_pre-existing_subdirectory_install If /html/website is really web root, you don’t use that string in any configurations, you use mydomain.com.
First ensure the normal browser install works. If not, here’s a really good article on that: How to Fix the Error Establishing a Database Connection in WordPress. Next thing to note is that your database may not be hosted on localhost. Then try to create the wp-config.php using 127.0.0.1 or 127.0.0.1:8889 (for MAMP for example) … Read more
Quick and dirty: Go to the theme editor and echo ABSPATH in a comment of header.php.
There is extensive question/answers for moving from development to produciton in general Easily Move a WordPress Install from Development to Production? However for your specific question best plugin that I know is commercial BackupBuddy. It packs whole site (including WP itself) and can restore it to different URL.
register_activation_hook() is only called when the user activates the plugin. It is not called after a plugin upgrade. The preferred method of handling upgrades is using register_activation_hook() to store the current version in the wp_options table and then checking it on each admin page load.
I normally just map my hosts file to the correct IP. This would work if you were only wanting to work on a site from your box only. Only benefit to this option, as opposed to others, is that you wouldn’t need to change any of your WordPress settings to go live.