I have two websites abc.com and xyz.com. I buy new domain efg.com. Now I want to transfer complete data using plugins from both websites to the new one. These are ecommerce websites. I try to export xml files but it failed everytime
Can anybody tell me how can i do it?
I would look into why the exporting or importing of the xml's failed. Another Approach would be to access the data directly in the database and "diump" it from there using hand written MySQL queries or the PhpMyAdmin interface.
Some typical reasons why the import/export of xmls fails in WordPress:
The same theme and/or plugins aren't being used
The theme and/or plugins aren't exporting all their data.
The former is easy to fix. The solution to the later is to do manual exports of data from the database using MySQL queries or the PhpMyAdmin interface.
Good luck!
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A few months ago I created a staging Wordpress site to implement some changes on my website. The databases run on phpMyAdmin (although I'm not sure if this is relevant). I would like to save the comments (the ones that are already published and the ones I've received recently), so my plan is to save them as it follows:
Save all comments and disallowed IPs from the regular website. I believe this is done by downloading the Commentmeta and Comment databases, although I'm not 100% sure. Are there other relevant databases?
Import those comments to the staging site.
Export the whole staging site (databases and webspace) to the regular website and let it run all the updates.
If this isn't the right way to do it or you know a better / more effective / safer method I'd appreciate to know it.
I'm trying to locate the file in which the Comment Blacklist / Disallowed List of my website is stored. I don't use any comment plugins besides the Subscribe to Comments Reloaded, although I don't think this one would store the data I'm looking for.
I'm fairly new to web developing, but I'm not sure if this file should be on a specific database or on a certain folder of the webspace, so all insights are welcome and much appreciated!
I have a backup of the entire Wordpress folder of one of my old websites but, unfortunately, I forgot to also make a backup of the database for it. It's been years since the website expired so there's no way I can get the SQL file that way, and both Wayback Machine and Google don't seem to have any caches left of it (a tutorial I saw mentioned trying that way).
Is it still possible for me to get the website working for local use?
Yes and no, depending on what you are willing to do.
Is it still possible for me to get the website working for local use? No
If you have no database you will not have access to the Posts, Pages, Users, Options and all of the meta.
Is it still possible for me to get the website working for local use? Yes
If you create all of the database entries again to your satisfaction. You will still have all of the images you can re-upload to recreate the database entries for images. Then just re-create all of the pages and users as needed. Plugins may need to be disabled/reactivated/reinstalled and configured as well as your theme settings.
Try https://web.archive.org/ , you might be in luck there. Without sqldump its not much to do. If you had a cache plugin active, check if you have any snapshots.
Case:
A old website developed with wordpress and run for serveral years.
Now, this wordpress website is giveup and will be re-developed to a new website which is not using wordpress anymore.
Old data i.e. article content, uploaded image file, members' info etc will be migrated to the new website.
Question:
1. Is it any tools for this type of migration?
2. If there is no tool for data transfer and I need to export the content from mysql, where can I get the article content in database?
3. Where can I find the uploaded file?
Data migration is always dependant on two things.
1. If your current framework/CMS can export the data you have, and
2. If the new framework/CMS can import data that you have just exported.
Since both frameworks are different, i.e. WordPress to any other CMS, your new CMS must be able to map the exported XML files. Which means, it must be able to customize the import process to tell what bits of data is Title, Content, Categories etc.
To answer your questions
Is it any tools for this type of migration?
Since you didn't mention what you new framework is, no one can really suggest a tool. Just google for "WordPress to YOUR-NEW-FRAMEWORK migraiton" and you'll get a number of tools. If the new framework is a custom PHP framework then I think you'll have to import the data manually or code an import script for it.
WordPress has a pretty good export tool. Check this page to learn how to export WordPress content.
Where can I find the uploaded file?
The uploaded files are referenced in the exported XML file, so at the time of import anywhere else, they can be fetched and downloaded if you can. Otherwise, you can find them in the uploads directory located at YOUR-SITE-ROOT/wp-content/uploads/
UPDATE:
As you are not targetting any framework/CMS but want to show the data with custom PHP, I'd suggest two methods.
Use the current database that WordPress is using and build your PHP script around it, benefiting from wp_posts and wp_postmeta tables.
A better way to go with this is using the WP REST API. This way, you keep the WordPress installation as is and still use it's data in your custom PHP site. Advantage of this method is that you won't have to bug your mind with scripting around database structures you have less information of.
i am newbie to wordpress.I just created a free blog in Wordpress.I want to know how to create Database in it and use it. Any links to good tutorial will be great.Thanks in advance.
WordPress itself uses a MySQL database to store (among other things) post content and meta, users, info about plugins, etc.
In terms of creating a separate database from the one that's in WordPress itself, the question you're asking itself makes me very hesitant to think that you should. You'd be dealing with passwords, permissions, and a whole range of very easy to screw up settings that probably aren't worth playing with if you're new to WordPress.
If you wanted to use the database in WordPress itself and have the ability to write queries or create tables, you could look at any number of SQL plugins (eg http://wordpress.org/plugins/sql-executioner/ or https://wordpress.org/plugins/elisqlreports/) that would allow you to query tables in the WordPress database.... I don't recall if the existing plugins would allow you to create/modify tables, but phpMyAdmin or terminal would be just fine for that if not.
Since you're new, let me ***strongly*** encourage you not to modify/delete the default tables in WordPress, especially not on a live site.
Best of luck
I've had to migrate many Wordpress web sites from different domains on the same server to different domains on different servers. In few cases, a simple export was sufficient. In many cases, an import failed to load the media correctly and I was forced to use a common work around.
Workaround (for those wondering):
I download from the original site and upload to the new site the uploads folder where my media is stored via FTP. Once this transfer is complete, I use the plugin Add From Server to select each individual image, one directory at a time.
This is the best workaround I've found, but it's hardly efficient. It's incredibly time consuming and stressful on your bandwidth.
If you have any better suggestions, I'm all ears. But primarily, I want to know the "Why" to this question. What causes Wordpress to have such a hard time managing media migration while migrating posts, pages, and users are much less of a headache?
There is an excellent tool that certainly eases Wordpress migration WordPress (and others) Search and Replace Tool. With that tool it's easy to search through the entire database for all occurrences of old domain, and replace that with the name of new domain. After replacement all the pictures and widgets should work properly.
The way I'm moving WordPress:
export and import the database with phpMyAdmin
transfer the files with FTP program like FileZilla
edit the wp-config.php settings for a new domain
search and replace on the database with InterconnectIT Search and
Replace Tool