Database lost

  • drpcfix

    (@drpcfix)


    5 years ago

    I recently had my wordpress website migrated to a new server and the idiot who did this neglected to move the sql database. Is there a backup copy of the sql database stored somewhere within the folders? It looks to me like there might be one in the wp-snapshots folder — if so can someone point me in the right direction.

    I spent many days putting the site together and am really distraught!

    The old server was taken down which is how I found out that the database was missing as once it was removed my site ceased to work — yeah, the knucklehead left my migrated site pointing to the old server’s sql!

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    You may have a plugin that stored backups, but it’s not a core WordPress thing so you’d have to have set that up. But look for a file ending with .sql or something like that in that snapshots folder

    I don’t find a plugin named “wp-snapshots” (or anything similar) in the plugin repo, but that file seems to be related to the Duplicator plugin, so I recommend asking at https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/duplicator/#new-post so the plugin’s developers and support community can help you with this.

    Oops! It’s quite unfortunate he forgot to migrate the database.
    Can you find any .sql file inside the snapshot folder?

    It’s worth mentioning that even though the server was shut down, in most cases your previous host still has your website files/database. This should be a last resort of course.

    Let me know if you see any .sql file in the snapshot folder so we can move forward.

    Thread Starter drpcfix

    (@drpcfix)

    yes, there is a .sql file in the snapshot folder and it’s dated about a month ago which seems promising

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    Try importing that file into your database using PHPMYADMIN.

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