If you have problems to log even into your blog, edit wp-config.php: Add these two lines to your wp-config.php, where “example.com” is the NEW location of your site. define(‘WP_HOME’,’http://example.com’); define(‘WP_SITEURL’,’http://example.com’); This will at least make it useable again (but won’t fix links inside post and page content, see Ticket #4003). . Additionally you can add … Read more
First off, check if the theme is available in wordpress.org themes: http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ If it’s not, find the name of the theme developer and contact them. Many developers of wordpress.com themes are happy for people to use their themes on self-hosted WordPress blogs. The developer’s name and contact details can be found by looking at style.css. … Read more
Unless there is a core WordPress import filter available for your CMS ( see http://codex.wordpress.org/Importing_Content ) or a plugin for a CMS not covered by core WP ( see http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=import ), or a Google search for your database schema doesn’t reveal anything, you need to roll your own importer. The best way is to write … Read more
Assuming your wp-config.php is already in place and in order: Step 1. Mysqldump your development database Step 2. Replace all instances of development.domain.com to production.domain.com^^ Step 3. Login to MySQL, run a SOURCE command to import data e.g. source /path/to/file ^^ How to replace all instances of old domain with new: (1) Copy the script … Read more
My experience with blank home page. Sometimes when you are migrating your page you can get blank home page. I found the problem with the home page not displaying from the base URL. it was because there was a default.html file in the root directory. The old hosting server must had set the order to … Read more
here is an idea, first add lid to query_vars: add_filter(‘query_vars’, ‘lid_query_vars’); function lid_query_vars($vars) { // add lid to the valid list of variables $new_vars = array(‘lid’); $vars = $new_vars + $vars; return $vars; } then use parse_request hook to create your redirect add_action(‘parse_request’, ‘lid_parse_request’); function lid_parse_request($wp) { // only process requests with “lid” if (array_key_exists(‘lid’, … Read more
WP-CLI methods for get_current_blog_id, get_blog_details or $wpdb->prefix
Mostly a dupe: Why is my database import losing text widget data? Doing a search and replace on an sql dump breaks URLs in the serialized data of widgets and theme options. See the link above for better ways to change URLs when moving WP sites. Use Database Search and Replace Script in PHP | … Read more
I recommend handling the 301 redirect in your web server rather than in WordPress. mod_rewrite or RedirectMatch will be much more efficient than spinning up WordPress to deliver a Location: header. <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName busted-cheap-url.com # mod_alias RedirectMatch permanent (.*) http://great-new-url.com$1 # OR mod_rewrite RewriteEngine on RewriteRule (.*) http://great-new-url.com$1 [R=301] </VirtualHost> There are several methods … Read more
As others have already mentioned, this can be a long process. But it can also be relatively straightforward, and I’ve done this to migrate other non-WP sites to WordPress in the past. Export your site First things first, you’ll need to export your site from Tumblr into a format WordPress can work with. There are … Read more