How to copy a WP website to new domain name?

use the plugin “wp all in one”, this will migrate your website, other way is to do it manually, copy all files, make a copy or your database and do the inverse on the new server. wp all in one make everything for you, even changing on the database the urls, manually you need to … Read more

Using database in new instalation

Enable debugging so that you can spot problems. Alter the database connection information in wp-config.php // ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** // /** The name of the database for WordPress */ define( ‘DB_NAME’, ‘database_name_here’ ); /** MySQL database username */ define( ‘DB_USER’, ‘username_here’ ); /** MySQL … Read more

Backup wordpress installation on shared hosting

DNS establishes which IP address domain is pointing to. Load balancers are used precisely because it work like that and there needs to be single point of entry before load can be spread or redirected to multiple servers. Simply put shared hosting is not engineered or marketed for high reliability, that is whole other level … Read more

Duplicated WordPress Site STILL Linked to Old Site

Turns out I was the culprit after all. I searched through all my files for domain1.com and sure enough on lines 7/8 of wp-config.php, I found these lines (which I completely forgot about): define( ‘WP_CONTENT_URL’, ‘http://domain1.com/customlogin’ ); define( ‘WP_CONTENT_DIR’, ‘/user/domain1.com/customlogin’ );

Can I roll back WP Install but keep my newer database?

To roll back your WordPress version you will need to download the version of WordPress you want to roll back to and also use FTP client. Firstly, it is important to never copy over your ‘wp-content’ directory or the ‘wp-config.php’ file. Using your FTP client connect to your website server and locate the directory with … Read more

back up fully Customized WordPress theme [closed]

Best practice to backup whole theme and data, first you need to export the XML file. Login to WordPress Dashboard > Tools > Export Every theme save their options differently, You can use third party plugin which favors your theme to export the settings.