WordPress: redirecting to my old public ip

UPDATE Found and Fixed the problem. The thing was that yes all the sources in wordpress database pointed to old public ip xxx.xxx.1.163. Which had to be changed. The things that had to be changed was: In wp_options Change siteurl Change home url In wp_posts replace all the old public ip with new public ip … Read more

how to move another machine or server without dealing with IP

I agree with @robin and tend to use that search & replace tool (interconnectit) for more complex DB’s. For simple installs though, I like to use Peach, since it’s a slightly less involved process. I’ll often start off trying Peach, and then move to interconnectit’s tool if there are any issues with the transfer (I’ve … Read more

Limit action in comment according to IP

That hook won’t do it. It is a filter. You can alter the IP data but unless you are willing to kill (die; or exit; or wp_die()) the whole script you aren’t going to be able to stop the comment posting. I tested by hooking return false; to the filter. Nothing. You can kill comment … Read more

What is “anycast” and how is it helpful?

Anycast is networking technique where the same IP prefix is advertised from multiple locations. The network then decides which location to route a user request to, based on routing protocol costs and possibly the ‘health’ of the advertising servers. There are several benefits to anycast. First, in steady state, users of an anycast service (DNS … Read more

DNS – Change WordPress Site Name?

You need to update all the places in the database that are using the original location. you can use the following tool to do so. There are others but I have found this one to be easy. Just remember to remove the files after you are done with it. I would run this in it’s … Read more