domain move

  • Resolved roeiboot

    (@roeiboot)


    15 years, 1 month ago

    i moved my blog from domainx to domainz, all i did was download the entire WP folder, upload to the new domain (exact same server), changed settings in setup and it seems to be running..

    1. was this an incorrect way to do this ?
    2. all i see is all image paths still point to old domain.

    tks in advance.

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  • The official way to move a WP site:
    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Moving_WordPress

    To get your image paths pointing to the new domain you have to run some database queries. First back up your database. Then

    To update WordPress options with the new blog location, use the following SQL command:

    UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = replace(option_value, 'https://www.old-domain.com', 'https://www.new-domain.com') WHERE option_name = 'home' OR option_name = 'siteurl';

    After that you will need to fix URLs of the WordPress posts and pages, which translated from post slug, and stored in database wp_posts table as guid field. The URL values in this field are stored as absolute URLs instead of relative URLs, so it needs to be changed with the following SQL query:

    UPDATE wp_posts SET guid = replace(guid, 'https://www.old-domain.com','https://www.new-domain.com');

    If you have linked internally within blog posts or pages with absolute URLs, these links will point to wrong locations after you move the blog location. Use the following SQL commands to fix all internal links to own blog in all WordPress posts and pages:

    UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = replace(post_content, 'https://www.old-domain.com', 'https://www.new-domain.com');

    Browse through WordPress blog to check if everything is okay. You also need to re-login to WP Administration as authentication cookie has now became invalid due to different domain.

    If you need a tutorial on using phpMyAdmin see this page
    https://tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/

    Might use this plugin to search and replace instances of old domain with new… https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/search-and-replace/

    Then update your Permalinks.

    Thread Starter roeiboot

    (@roeiboot)

    thanks, that worked….

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