Comment déplacer WordPress d’un serveur local vers un site en direct (2 méthodes)

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1. sam

   Isn’t it better to use a duplicator plugin instead of taking all this trouble as described in here
   or here
   I think using the duplicator is a easier. Feel free to add or correct me.

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   • WPBeginner Support

     Yes, we have mentioned using Duplicator or BackupBuddy as the easier ways to do this in the article.

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2. Louise

   Thanks so much for an excellent article – very straight forward and easy to understand.

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3. fadilah

   hi, i’m getting a problem with my permalink, my permalink is still pointed to my localhost something like fadil.dev so when i add a post/page, the permalink is pointed to my fadil.dev/?p=ID it should be pointed to fadil.com (my real domain) and not fadil.dev (my local domain) .. where i can find the configuration ? help me .. thankyou

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     Fadilah: did you try instructions in step 7.

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     • fadilah

       my article/page works fine on the front-end, but the permalink on wp-admin when i added a new post/page appeared wrong , you can see my printscreen http://prntscr.com/2cfznc .. it should be terazam.com not terazam.dev

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       • WPBeginner Support

         yes it does look like you have not set your home and site URL.

     • fadilah

       no, i didn’t try the 7th step, but this is my problem http://prntscr.com/2cfznc

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       • WPBeginner Support

         Seems like you didn’t change your site and home URLs either. Please follow all the steps mentioned above and your problem should get resolved.

       • fadilah

         i had changed my siteurl according to your instruction at 5th step before i asked this problem and my front-end issue was solved, thankyou … but it seems that when i changed the siteurl on wp_options table there was no effect with permalink on my wp-admin

       • fadilah

         SOLVED

         i found the config on Administration > Settings > General and you will find the « Site Address URL » and i changed it into the correct value. so Wordpress Address and Site Address are different. i found it on wp documentation http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

         thankyou for your help have a nice day

4. prox

   nice tutorial i was thinking to do and found your website luckily and also i would like to ask two thing

   1. what’s this footer advertisement option is it a plugin ?

   2 what’s the plugin your using for newsletter i saw when i enter to your site there’s nice pop up banner that saying do you want to lean about WordPress and then enter your email address

   please share if you don’t mind

   thank you

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   • WPBeginner Support

     Yes the message in the floating footer bar on our website is a plugin that we use to add sticky floating footer bar on our website.

     As for the newsletter we use OptinMonster to create optin form lightbox popup that you noticed.

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5. Nathan

   Great help, thanks!

   One question, if I buy a theme, can I use it on both my local and live site even though they are different installations and thus have different WordPress id’s?

   I am building my first live site but I have set up a local to play with the designs and construct the content.

   Thanks.

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     Nathan, this is a theme licensing question and the themeshop you purchased it from would be better able to answer this. However, we don’t see any harm in that.

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6. Deepo

   wonderful tutorial. complexity made simple

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7. Matt

   Hi. Firstly I’d like to thank you, this process was easy to understand and errorless on your end!

   My one hang-up was at the very end. I put in the SQL code in order to fix some linking errors, but must not have put the right local host because some small inconsistencies were not fixed. I have been using MAMP and accessing my site by going to « localhost:8888 » Is this what I should put in that Step 7 code, or is there a different path?

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   • WPBeginner Support

     Matt first you need to make sure that inside your wp_posts table you are using localhost:8888 inside post content. If yes, then use this in the step 7. If you are seeing all your links as localhost, then use localhost.

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8. Dayomaks

   All instructions works fine, thanks, i am so glad, but the issue i am having now is importing my database…while trying to import my database to a live server i got these errors below:

   Error
   SQL query:

   —
   — Database: `soundmode`
   —
   — ——————————————————–
   —
   — Table structure for table `xs_commentmeta`
   —
   CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `xs_commentmeta` (

   `meta_id` BIGINT( 20 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT ,
   `comment_id` BIGINT( 20 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT ‘0’,
   `meta_key` VARCHAR( 255 ) DEFAULT NULL ,
   `meta_value` LONGTEXT,
   PRIMARY KEY ( `meta_id` ) ,
   KEY `comment_id` ( `comment_id` ) ,
   KEY `meta_key` ( `meta_key` )
   ) ENGINE = INNODB DEFAULT CHARSET = utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT =1;

   MySQL said: Documentation

   #1046 – No database selected

   ANY ASSISTANCE ON THERE?

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   • WPBeginner Support

     Check your database name, username, and password to make sure that you are using the correct settings to connect to your live site’s database.

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9. Christie Bellah

   This worked great, thanks! In the past I had installed WordPress in the new hosting, dropped database tables, imported, etc. – this is so much faster and simpler.

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10. Stefano

    First of all, thanks for the tutorial – invaluable and well written.

    Unfortunately, I managed to get stuck anyway.
    I uploaded everything via filezilla and phpmyadmin, and when i try to go to my domain it doesn’t show up any error. But nothing else, either.

    Just a blank page – which is weird, because by typing /wp-admin at the end of the url i DO have access to the wordpress control panel, and every page seems to be all right.

    Sorry to bother, but I really have no clue about what’s happening..
    Thanks in advance!

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    • Stefano

      Solved!
      Apparently, it had some issues with the theme loading.
      I couldn’t use the children theme i had worked on, but luckily I had changed just a couple of thing, so no big deal..

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    • WPBeginner Support

      Stefano, did you follow the step 5? It seems like you have not changed site URL

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      • Stefano

        I did, and in fact the url worked (even if it showed just a blank page).
        I still have no clue about what happened, but setting up the theme again solved it.
        Lucky shot =P

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11. javed choudahry

    Hi
    Sir

    Thanku so much .This website is very good for wordpress learn and very help full .

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12. sesan

    please am having an error from step 4
    SQL query:

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    — Database: `wordpress`
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    CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `wordpress` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;

    MySQL said: Documentation
    #1044 – Access denied for user ‘Admin7393’@’%’ to database ‘wordpress’

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    • WPBeginner Support

      Sesan, the export file prepared by phpmyadmin to import into your live site database, contains a line to check if a database exists if not then it tries to create it. To resolve this issue, you need to extract the zip archive you created. Inside it you will find a file with .sql extension. Open this file in a text editor like Notepad and then delete these lines

      CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `wordpress` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;

      Below this line you will see another line like this

      USE `wordpress`;

      Replace wordpress with the name of the database you are trying to import into.

      Save your changes and put the sql file back into a zip archive (if it is too big, other wise you can also import it as it is).

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      • sesan

        men you guys are d bomb it worked thank youuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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13. Tyler

    Hi, thanks for the tutorial!

    I’m struggling with Step 2. Your tutorial shows several files/folders being uploaded whereas I only have wordpress.sql.gz from Step 1. I can’t seem to extract the file using any software but can open using a text editor.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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    • WPBeginner Support

      In the second step, you do not need to upload your phpMyAdmin export file (wordpress.sql.gz in your case). You need to upload your WordPress files which are located in htdocs or www folder of your localhost

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      • Tyler

        Thanks for the fast reply!

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14. Mario

    do I need a cpanel to do this procedure? I am using a plugin to backup and export databases already, unfortunately the host provider that the client is using does not have a cpanel.

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      Mario, if your client’s web host does not have cPanel or phpMyAdmin, then you can try one of the methods described in our beginner’s guide on how to restore WordPress from Backup.

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15. Rhomy Prama Dhieka (Web Designer)

    thanks for sharing.
    it help me alot migrating my wp website.
    would you mind if i translte this to my language, then i will put ur credit there ?
    thanks.

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16. Adelio Fioritto

    Everything perfect, just update http://www.yourlivesite.com to http://www.yourlivesite.com/ in db query

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17. ryan

    hi, i am using stablehost and have used them before with WP websites. I followed all your steps and I am getting a parked page from my hosting provider…

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      There can be several reasons for that. First make sure that you have installed WordPress in the root directory of your website. If you did then make a backup of your .htaccess file and delete the one from root directory of your website. If that doesn’t work, then find the default parked page files there might be an index.html file on your web server delete that file (Do Not delete index.php). If none of these help then contact your hosting provider.

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18. Alex

    Thanks!

    I did a search for the ‘‹’ character in the extracted .sql file, but got an alert saying: The string ‘‹’ was not found.

    I don’t know if this matters, but I noticed that my local phpMyadmin version is 5.5.3, while my host’s phpMyadmin version is 3.5.8.2.

    Another note is that I had all my WordPress files already up on my public_html directory (which is your step 2) BEFORE exporting my local WordPress database (which is your step 1). I’m not sure if it makes a difference.

    I’ll try starting over with step 1, as you suggested, and if I get the same error then I may try the Duplicator plugin that you mentioned.

    Alex

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19. PatoPanichelli

    You really helped me. This step by step is awesome, I had no problems migrating from MAMP to a live site. Thanks

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20. Alex

    Thanks for the tutorial!

    Everything’s gone well until I get to the end of step 4. When I press the Go button at the bottom of the page, instead of having phpMyadmin import my WordPress database I get an error message that reads as follows:

    #1064 – You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘‹’ at line 1

    Can you let me know what you think may be causing this?

    Alex

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    • WPBeginner Support

      Alex, it seems like the database file you are trying to import has a character ‘‹’ which is not supposed to be there. You have two options to fix that, first option is go back to your localhost/phpmyadmin and export your local database again and then try to import it again. If the same error occurs again, then extract your database gzip file using 7zip program. Open the .sql file in a text editor like notepad and look at the first line. Also take a look at our database management using phpMyAdmin guide to learn more.

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    • Anna

      Make sure you clicked on the database name on the lefthand side that you’d like to import to. Make sure that is highlighted and then try again. (phpMyAdmin version 4.0.8).

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21. qs

    I get this error when I import datebase into live site. How do i solve it?

    Error
    SQL query:

    /*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;

    /*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;

    /*!40101 SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION */;

    /*!40101 SET NAMES utf8 */;

    —
    — Database: `wordpress`
    —
    CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `wordpress` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci;

    MySQL said:

    #1044 – Access denied for user ‘bossaballsg’@’10.%’ to database ‘wordpress’

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      Try checking MySQL user privileges to make sure that the database user can perform these operations.

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      • Chathuranga

        Hi,

        Hope your DB name is « wordpress »

        Change the,
        – Database: `wordpress`
        –
        CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `wordpress` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci;

        change « wordpress » to your live DB name. It’s at your sql file.

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      • qs

        I checked and all the privileges are already set to « yes ».

        is it because of the « latin1_swedish_ci » collation in my database? because the rest of the tables are all in « utf8_general_ci »

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      • qs

        I checked and all the privileges are already set to « yes ».

        is it because of the « latin1_swedish_ci » collation in my database? because the rest of the tables are all in « utf8_general_ci »

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22. fab

    hi there,
    totally newbie here. hope you can help with this error message during step 4:
    Error
    SQL query:

    —
    — Database: `information_schema`CREATE DATABASE `information_schema` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
    MySQL said:

    #1044 – Access denied for user ‘renta730’@’localhost’ to database ‘information_schema’

    When setting this user I allowed all privileges to the database previously created (named « inicial »).
    Any thoughts?

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    • WPBeginner Support

      You are not supposed to install WordPress in the database information_schema. Create a new database for your WordPress site, and continue from the step 4.

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23. neha

    Hi,Nice tute,but can u plz tell how to change database name and password etc from wordpress from live server?

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      To change database username and password connect to your live website using an FTP client. Find wp-config.php file and edit it. You will see your database name, database username, and host information. Change it to the database information for your live site.

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      • Kerry O'Connor

        I’ve tried every variation of my ‘host url’ in the wp.config file and uploaded it every time, no avail, still getting ‘Error Establishing db..’

        Where before it was ‘localhost’, now it should be ‘mywebsite.com’, is that right?

        thanks

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        • WPBeginner Support

          For MySQL hostname, localhost works fine for most user. However, if you don’t know your database host, then you can ask your web hosting provider.

24. Manish Patel

    Good Explanation.We can easily setup from this tutorial.Nice Post.I have helpful it.

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25. Mohammadreza

    Best ever, I really appreciate your clear explanation. you’ve got your new follower for sure

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26. Changdeo Mhaske

    Thank You,

    would only make sense if this is a new site. If it is an existing site, then you would have to constantly comment out the hosts file in order to access the live site.

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27. Justin Esparza

    Thank you very much for this clear concise how-to. It helped immensely. You have a new follower.

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28. Satyanarayana

    Hi Dude.
    Actually i followed the process as you explaned above is very nice and clear.
    but i was getting the error « page not found ». when i click on link in a website
    i am changing my files from main server to localserver
    Can you please help

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29. Carol

    New to WP and completely lost. But I managed my first migration thanks to this article.
    Thank you! Thank you!

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30. Steve

    As a beginner, I found this article very helpful, but couldn’t get my site up live after developing locally. Everything was fine until Step 6. I did see the Error Establishing Database Connection error, and then edited the wp-config.php file. However, my site became a blank screen at that stage and I haven’t been able to change it.

    I continued on and went to my WordPress admin panel, and checked Settings » General. They still showed the localhost web address so I changed it to my site url. This is when things turned ugly. I was automatically logged out of Wordpress and can’t get back in. In fact, when I ask Wordpress to email me a new password to log in, its sends a localhost URL that takes me to a sign-on page with a message that reads « Sorry, that key does not appear to be valid. » I have no idea what caused that.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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    • WPBeginner Support

      Open your database in phpMyAdmin as mentioned in Step 5 and make sure that in wp_options table, your site url and home url options point to your live website.

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      • Steve

        Thanks for your suggestion. I double-checked and yes I had completed that step. Both have the correct URL

        Part of my confusion is that I now have two databases for this website. I originally had one accessible through a URL that starts with the number of an IP Address/phpmyadmin. Then I have the one I created in Step 3, which I did through my hosting company’s e-panel. They have different passwords and names. But I’ve tried both combinations in the wp-config file and still get the blank screen. Which one of these databases should I be using? They seem to have identical content.

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    • Patrick

      Sparky!
      Your step-by-step guide was spot on. I am a mac user, and after MAMP, I am live now. Thanks a lot. It worked perfectly for me.
      Hat docked!

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31. Vishal Kumar

    I have done migration form live site to localhost successfully. But I noticed that Comment facility is not there after this. I have also checked all the option in ‘Setting->Discussion’ page. Everything is cheked but Commenting option and Leave comment box is not visible anywhere in the localhost. Please give me any suggestion for this because I am new in wordpress I am a Zend framework developer basically.

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      Did you check comments template? Ity is usually comments.php file in your theme.

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32. NARESH

    Instead of moving the wordpress site, I would like to fresh install wordpress using fantastico or hostgator’s quick install, so will I be able to do like this too just by exporting and importing databases and uploading the themefiles? or this is the only way we can do it?

    I don’t know why. my local machine wordpress loads very slow than one, whichever is installed on live server using fantastico or quick install.

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    • WPBeginner Support

      Naresh yes you can import your posts and comments using import/export tools in WordPress, then you can upload theme and other files using FTP. There are multiple ways to do things you need to choose one that works best for you.

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33. Siddharth Khare

    Best Explanation Ever. I was able to set up in a mere 5-10 mins

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    • Editorial Staff

      Thanks Siddharth.

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34. Mark Jones

    Do all of these instructions remain the same if there’s already an older, existing, non-wordpress page built where you want to move your wordpress page? For instance, rebuilding an existing site as a wordpress site, then switching over.

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    • Editorial Staff

      Yes because in theory, you will be overriding everything that is there.

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35. Erwin

    Best way (IMO) to change the URL in the database is via the Search and Replace tool of Interconnect it > http://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/

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    • Editorial Staff

      Thanks for leaving a comment Erwin. Yes, some others have recommended that tool as well in the comments.

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36. Abrishca

    It’s easy to forget just how much work a good plugin really does for us – I personally use the Duplicator plugin to transfer new websites from my development server to the client’s domain and you can see how much time this plugin (and Backup Buddy) can save you.

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    • Editorial Staff

      Totally agreed with you there

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37. Praveen

    Hi,
    I am facing problem in changing the database after creating the new database.
    Is there any problem with my hosting service or anything else

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38. Iskandar Dzulkarnain

    thanks, your tutorial is solution for my problem

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39. Anna

    Are you reading my mind?! Just a little while back I sat down at the computer to figure out how to add a Facebook like button to my first website, currently in development. Whala! « How to add a Facebook like button to your posts » was that day’s article. Then I’m wondering how to begin the local to live migration today, and AGAIN, here’s this post! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

    And seriously, thank you very much for the invaluable help you’ve given to a beginner like myself.

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    • Editorial Staff

      Haha the little birdie told us that you needed this article Glad to be able to help.

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40. Jean

    Nice tutorial, thanks.

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41. riaz ali shah

    great article, the technique i often use for develop wordpress sites for clients, i use dummy text and images for local and then i move my theme only on server.

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42. John Coleman

    This was a great article. Another option to address the broken links issue is to do a find/replace on your .sql file (in a text editor) of the local URL to the production URL before you import it. This is also handy when moving a site to/from a sub-directory, or to push from staging (e.g. http://staging.domain.com) to production (e.g. http://www.domain.com).

    Thanks for putting this out there. I am sure it will help a lot of people.

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43. David

    Could have used this article 20 months ago. The trick I discovered in making the move was to open the database file in a good text editor. From there I did a search & replace maneuver to change localhost to the proper URL. It discovered numerous instances without me tracking down the tables, or worrying if my command syntax was correct.

    There’s a plugin called Broken Link Checker that’s worth running as well after the move.

    There are some web-hosting sites who’s infrastructure keeps everything in your WordPress site as localhost. No need to change anything in your local build. Just copy it over. Will definitely chose one of them next time.

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44. Mark

    2 suggestions to make it easier to move:

    1. When developing locally edit your HOSTS file (c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts) to point your domain name at local server. This avoids having to change the SITE URL and other links/images. Note: this will require config changes to your local web server.

    2. If you have to modify the SITE URL etc, after you have exported the local database and before import, Open the file in notepad and search for all instances of localhost/yourtestsite and replace with http://www.yourlivesite.com

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    • Editorial Staff

      Mark,

      1. would only make sense if this is a new site. If it is an existing site, then you would have to constantly comment out the hosts file in order to access the live site.

      2. Yes that would make sense.

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      • Mark

        Changing the hosts file is something I do quite often and have a shortcut on my desktop giving me quick access.

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45. Gregg

    I also recommend DeskTop Server which I have been using for more then a year. Desktop Server allows you to create a local version of your site and then direct deploy it. Awesome!

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46. Sü Smith

    Great post! I typically just do find and replace on the .sql file with Notepad++ before uploading it to phpmyadmin. This is a nice alternative.

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47. Mike Ott

    Unfortunately this only works for some sites. A lot of wordpress plugins store serialised data in the database (Gravity Forms is one such plugin), and serialised data isn’t portable so doing an SQL dump and importing via PHPMyAdmin won’t work properly because of the string length differences between your local URL and live domain. You can’t even run an SQL query over serialised data.

    The best thing I’ve found to get around this problem is by using the WP Migrate DB plugin (http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-migrate-db/). It handles the serialised data problem flawlessly every time and you won’t have to do half the other things you mentioned in this post.

    Have fun.

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    • Mark

      Just had a light bulb moment! I have run into this issue before, thanks for the heads up Mike and pointer to the plugin,

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    • Augustas

      For replacing paths and URLs I always use « Search and Replace » tool ( http://goo.gl/MCsKl ). It replaces serialized data, and it can be used for other CMSs as well, not only for Wordpress.

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48. estudiowp

    Nice article an well explained steps!

    However, many people will find troubles in their migrations because of the serialized data.

    Some plugins and themes use serialized data, and the replaces in step 5 and step 7 won´t change all the urls and paths that need to be changeed.

    For those steps you could use these tools or plugins:

    · wp migrate db plugin: http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-migrate-db/

    · search and replace tool: http://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/

    I hope this comment will be useful and sorry for my english!

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49. RW

    awesome post! I could have used this with my first local > server migration!

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50. Jean

    Great article – best I’ve read on this subject.

    I moved a site a while back and the only thing I would add is that you might need to re-save the permalinks settings. I had to do this because none of my menu links worked so this was an easy fix (luckily!)

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    • Editorial Staff

      Good suggestion. Added that to the article.

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    • Mike Ott

      If anyone wants to know what that happens, it’s the .htaccess file shows a different RewriteRule between local and live.

      A quick edit to .htaccess fixes the problem or as Jean pointed out, re-saving the permalinks settings will also do the trick as it’s just fixing the RewriteRule.

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