[wp-hackers] wordpress import. does it really work?

Simon Blackbourn piemanek at gmail.com
Mon Apr 9 16:03:35 UTC 2012


>
>  Sadly, with the hardcoding of the URL (and multiple dependancies) in
> multiple places in database and content; the "pushing" of content from one
> WP install to another on a different domain is far from easy, but it's not
> too complex either (just don't think you can search/replace either thats a
> recipe for a disaster).
>

this php script makes search & replace within your database very
straightforward (even within serialised arrays):
http://interconnectit.com/124/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/

assuming you wish to make an exact copy of your entire site (including
options, users, etc) but just change the domain name, this is a very easy
way to do that.


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