Comments on: WordPress Migration

By: Steven Cook

Steven Cook — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:34:29 +0000

FYI, on my site the HTML5 ( http://petesaia.github.com/Peach/ ) solution didn’t find all my serialized data lengths but Stewart’s solution worked like a charm:

http://interconnectit.com/124/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/

Thanks

By: Fournier

Fournier — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:12:44 +0000

Hi,

I watched your very interesting video and would like to use the tool you present.
I am not very used to that sort of things so I would like to be sure of something as I don’t see any manual and I apologize if my question looks stupid.

Should I place the index.html file onto the root of my sever before running it ?

By: Lincoln Lemos

Lincoln Lemos — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:01:46 +0000

I use the:
http://interconnectit.com/124/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/

and this work now…

By: Lincoln Lemos

Lincoln Lemos — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:47:43 +0000

@Dimas

I have domain data on my post meta…
I do all steps, but still not working.

I generate the code on http://farinspace.github.com/wp-migrate-gen/?oh=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A8888%2Fmonet&nh=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.monetporcelanatos.com.br%2Fv1&ss=1&dp=1&sp=&s=Submit

I run the code on my sql, later this i use the plugin search and replace for change the domain names…

Later then i use the plugin, all meta post data it’s gone.

By: Dimas

Dimas — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:49:24 +0000

@Pete, very nice I like it … works well and takes care of the serialized data lengths!

By: Pete Saia

Pete Saia — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:32:00 +0000

Here is a client side HTML5 solution which makes the database conversion instantly.

http://petesaia.com/work/peach/

By: Dimas

Dimas — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:32:55 +0000

If you've watched the video above I go into meta data corruption a bit, so there are some dangers ... however if you do not have domain/hostname data in your post meta you should be fine ... Important: The data corruption is not noticeable by merely looking at the data in the database, it is only evident when you are looking at the data through the UI, wordpress (php) can not read the corrupted serialized meta data, so the meta data shows up as blank values in the UI. A comment above has made a suggestion for script that may solve this problem, but I have not tested it myself.

By: zignorp

zignorp — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:22:49 +0000

Hey Dimas,
I just switched my site, tried to switch from dev.xxx.org to http://www.xxx.org, but my server didn’t like that (bluehost) so I did the replace with the shorter domain name and am testing, everything seems fine, all my metabox data is preserved, and there’s lots of it. (I didn’t store the domain there). Is there a danger of things getting corrupted later?

By: Kevin Leary

Kevin Leary — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:42:34 +0000

I can vouch for the interconnectit.com script working. I use it to preserve sidebar widget and other WP options during a migration from localhost development to staging.

By: Dimas

Dimas — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:44:43 +0000

@Stewart, I was thinking for writing a quick search and replace routine myself … thanks for the link, I will check it out