Updates all URLs in the database after moving your site from one domain to another.
| Author: | UmanIT (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 3.0.1 |
| WordPress version tested: | 3.5.2 |
| Plugin version: | 1.0 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 13-06-2013 |
| Last updated: | 14-06-2013
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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| Rating, %: | 100 |
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| Total downloads: | 4 312 |
| Active installs: | 300+ |
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This plugin updates all URLs in the database after moving your site from one domain to another. It is useful for switching between development, testing and production stages.
Why this plugin ? WordPress stores absolute URLs in :
- posts (including pages and custom post types), drafts
- excerpts
- medias
- custom fields
- options (including ‘siteurl’ and ‘home’, in wp_options table)
- GUIDs (only for development)
When moving your website to a new domain, all these links will point to your old domain name and become outdated.
Prerequisite
Before moving the website, consider making a backup of the database. Then, once the site has been moved, you will need to manually update ‘siteurl’ in the ‘wp_options’ table, in order to access the WordPress Administration panel.
For further information, see https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL