What I basically did was the following: Used Domain Mapping plugin in wp-config.php – Changed DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE and NOBLOGREDIRECT to $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’] as per what @toscho suggested in wp-config.php – Added: define(‘DOMAINMAPPING_ALLOWMULTI’, ‘yes’); // Allow sites to have multiple domains define(‘SUNRISE’, ‘on’); // Domain mapping plugin activation mapped relevant sub.domain.com to relevant sub.domain.eu The main site can … Read more
You can either use the SQL query or use the Velvet Blues WordPress plugin. Via SQL UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, ‘localhost/test/’, ‘www.yourlivesite.com/’); This will resolve the broken links and missing images issue.
Most probably, nothing went wrong, you just have to set some things to the new server. Firstly, there are the home and site urls (to be found in the general settings). Then, possible absolute links pointing to the old domain have to be adapted. To change these links, you have to adapt the SQL table. … Read more
WordPress and some themes store configurations and URLs in serialized data, and the Search & Replace plugin does not handle those to correctly change a domain in the database. And don’t use simple SQL change queries in the database via adminer or phpmyadmin. A simple SQL query won’t correctly handle serialized data. See Moving WordPress … Read more
If it’s a new domain, it’s pretty simple: Install WordPress on the NEW domain Copy wp-content/themes and wp-content/plugin from the OLD domain to the NEW domain (using FTP) Activate the Theme on the NEW domain Activate Plugins on the NEW domain Delete generic content (hello world post, about page, etc.) from the NEW domain Export … Read more
Using “cookieless” domain for serving static assets is common recommendation performance tools give. The reasoning being that cookies do nothing at all for such files, but still consume resources. It is, however, not something WP can handle for following reasons: WordPress does not control domain. DNS points domain to specific server’s IP address, where WP … Read more
Are you wanting for the exact same WordPress site to work on two different domain names, where all links and content would use either domain name? If this were the case, you would run into Duplicate Content issues with Google, hurting your SEO pretty badly. That being said, you still would have a very hard … Read more