WordPress White Page with Certain Database

When transferring wordpress site from one server to another

First step is to udate wp-content foder on old site with new site’s wp-content

Then, database ( drop old database, import new database )

finally update wordpress database table with following step.

Login to your phpmyadmin dashboard, choose your database to update and click on sql query runner tab and run following queries one by one

UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = replace(
option_value, 'your old domain address', 'new domain address')
WHERE option_name="home" OR option_name="siteurl";

UPDATE wp_posts SET guid = replace(
guid, 'your old domain address', 'new domain address');

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = replace(
post_content,'your old domain address', 'new domain address');

UPDATE wp_postmeta SET meta_value = replace(meta_value, 'your old domain address', 'new domain address');

example of old domain address: ‘https://olddomain.com

example of new domain address: ‘https://newdomain.com

remember to update database prefix: wp_

update this value to that of old database in wp-config.php file through ftp

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