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Migrating WordPress from DreamHost to Azure WordPress Resource via UpdraftPlus “wp_options table does not exist…” error

We downloaded a database back up via UpdraftPlus from the Azure WordPress. And the problem became pretty clear. Take a look at the Storage Engine and Collation of the create query: CREATE TABLE `wp_options` ( `option_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `option_name` varchar(191) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT ”, `option_value` longtext COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL, … Read more

Access files at new location using old file paths

I believe I’ve found the solution. I add the following RewriteRule ^example_directory/files/(.*) new_directory/$1 to my WordPress .htaccess rules like so: RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^example_directory/files/(.*) new_directory/$1 RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] I couldn’t get it working before and I think the key was moving the … Read more

how do i find out why links point to my old domain

Don’t worry about changing the guid, you’ll be fine if you never update that field. The main places you’ll need to update are in the post_content column of wp_posts (for links and images), and in the wp_options table (for widget data). Before you do any database replacing, though, read through this thread: How to: Easily … Read more

After finishing building a site on localhost, how do I transfer everything to a client’s server?

See Moving WordPress « WordPress Codex and Backing Up Your Database « WordPress Codex and How to Move WordPress Blog to New Domain or Location » My Digital Life and possibly Giving WordPress Its Own Directory « WordPress Codex Deleted this added link as it advocates using a texteditor to change URLs in the dump; … Read more

Move value from one meta key to another

I hope I understand the question correctly . When you move a post , the meta keys and values associated with it should remain with the post itself, like all post meta (including the attachments , custom-image etc..) – so there should be no problem to keep the values. Normally ,The only thing that SHOULD … Read more

Switched hosts to one with cPanel. To transfer my blog should I do the WP install or just be uploading my old WP directory & database?

You can try the manual transfer, first copy all your tables on your new database. Then you need to update the wp-config.php file in order for it to be able to connect. In case you have the rewriting enabled, you may also need to update the htaccess file (if the rewritebase is different, it’s not … Read more

Can’t Access Subdirectory

Comment out the following by adding hash tags before it #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/images/ #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/images #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*images(.*) and see if that helps.

WAMP to XAMPP WordPress transfer

The easiest thing by FAR is going to be to fire up MAMP again, create a MySQL dump of the database from phpmyadmin, and then import that into your new XAMP database through phpmyadmin. If you can’t do that, it might still be doable, but will be more work and confusing… I never got it … Read more

Migrating Multisite – Database error, missing wp_blogs table

Finally I have been able of import the database succesfully. Because my path is localhost/projects/example and no only localhost, after doing the replace with the plugin I have to manually change some tables path. On wp_blogs and wp_site tables I have: Domain = localhost/projects/example Path = / I have to change to: Domain = localhost … Read more

Moving a WordPress site from one folder to another (one domain, one server)

Here are the step-by-step instructions to move your WordPress site to a new location on the same server: Create the new location using one of these two options: If you will be moving your WordPress core files to a new directory, create the new directory. (in my case , i made a folder named ‘kombat’ … Read more

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