Search and Replace in Windows XAMPP site

you have the new database selected, then run some sql updates and replacement commands on the tables notably, wp_options, wp_posts, wp_postmeta. UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = replace(option_value, ‘https://livesite.com’, ‘http://localhost/sitename’) WHERE option_name=”home” OR option_name=”siteurl”; UPDATE wp_posts SET guid = replace(guid, ‘https://livesite.com’,’http://localhost/sitename’); UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = replace(post_content, ‘https://livesite.com’, ‘http://localhost/sitename’); UPDATE wp_postmeta SET meta_value = replace(meta_value, ‘https://livesite.com’, … Read more

WP-CLI plugin delete command fails silently

I think you’re right and this could be a permissions related issue. First of all I wouldn’t recommend chanching all the WordPress directory permissions, only the wp-content directory and not to 777, instead permissions should be 755. Probably you can’t change permissions on your FTP client because you’re not the owner of those files, more … Read more

Windows-hosted new site shows no preview: “Future home of something quite cool.” message is displayed

Probably the root directory of your web hosting is not where your WordPress blog is, so you’re seeing the default file from your web host. You’ll probably find that content in an index.php or index.html in the root of your web hosting. You may have installed your WordPress in a directory inside the root instead … Read more