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** Take care to include media uploads (`[WP_ROOT]/wp-content/uploads/`) | ** Take care to include media uploads (`[WP_ROOT]/wp-content/uploads/`) | ||
* Export the staging WordPress database. | * Export the staging WordPress database. | ||
** Make certain the client has stopped updating the content of the site. | |||
** PhpMyAdmin on local machine. | ** PhpMyAdmin on local machine. | ||
** ''My_WP_Database'' > '''Export''' > ''Default settings'' > ''save as .SQL file'' | ** ''My_WP_Database'' > '''Export''' > ''Default settings'' > ''save as .SQL file'' | ||
Revision as of 21:27, 11 February 2013
Overview
Documentation of necessary steps for uploading a WordPress site.
Workflow
- Upload the WordPress files
- The optimal way is to put the WordPress directory in a tarball, upload, and extract. This requires SSH on the remote server.
- Take care to include media uploads (
[WP_ROOT]/wp-content/uploads/)
- Export the staging WordPress database.
- Make certain the client has stopped updating the content of the site.
- PhpMyAdmin on local machine.
- My_WP_Database > Export > Default settings > save as .SQL file
- Import the staging WordPress database.