How can I migrate to worpress using my last blog’s rss
There is plugin for importing content by RSS file, here’s plugins page – RSS Importer
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Migrating problem – featured images
The_post_thumbnail is a function that “runs” on the “theme” side of things.. not the DB. in short – you need to have a theme that supports post thumbnails . That means , to have it work – you need the SAME theme when migrating to be functional , OR adapt the new one. Open your … Read more
How to change database values on theme update
This will not be the full answer but i think it will greatly help you if you are able to make templates – you will be able to do this: In theme init (when it installs) make function which will make db query to find all post with your post_type and renames post_type to your … Read more
WordPress Network (MU): Copy Main Site to Sub-Site
Unfortunately, this fine plugin (Add Clone Sites for WPMU (batch)) doesn’t do that… From its FAQ: Why can’t I clone the main site? I chose not to because the main site can be slightly different in structure than a new network site. Albeit a little chaotic and difficult to search, there’s very good info about … Read more
WordPress Settings Lost After Site Migration
Folks, I think I solved the problem! I switched the import file from UFT-8 to ANSI encoding, and the site appears to be working fine. I guess moving between Windows and Linux machines, encoding is really important. I’ve never had this problem before, but I will watch out for it in the future.
All pages after level 1 showing 404 after WordPress migration plugin – how to fix?
Go to Dashboard > Settings > Permalink Settings. However it’s set, change it to something else, one of the other formats. I had an issue moving, same symptom as you described, and this fixed it. You can also see this help guide on Go Daddy for help with this issue. (this edit added by another … Read more
preventing the duplicate wp_insert_post
if no match found for tablerecid insert the post, else add post meta if (!preg_match(‘/tablerecid/’, $data[ ‘post_content’ ])){ wp_insert_post } else { add_post_meta }
How do I fully migrate post images from one WordPress site to another?
The XML file you export will include references to the images, including a full URL. If the assets are actually available at that URL when you import the XML file, WordPress will automatically download them and add them to your new site’s media library. This gets tricky if the site you’re importing from isn’t publicly … Read more
migrating local dev site to live site with no downtime
Can you install a new wp next to your existing install? I assume you can. Your only argument is changing the domain would take long. If you do a new install in a subfolder. And when finished just edit your .htaccess file accordingly. It should be close to immediately.
After duplicating site to a sub folder, links send user to original site
In response to @krysiek’s comment above, I simply selected the default permalink setting, saved, then selected correct permalink setting and resaved. Works perfectly.