Comments on: Clean Up WordPress Database

By: hotel di yogyakarta

hotel di yogyakarta — Tue, 25 May 2010 10:11:52 +0000

be aware, if your DB is broken, just install wp DB backup plugin…

or, you can sign in into phpmyadmin in cpanel

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:56:28 +0000

Yeah it IS over a year old and free for you to read. Would you like me to purge older posts for you too?

By: smith mountain lake

smith mountain lake — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:34:43 +0000

Been having problems with WordPress lately and looking up solutions brought me here. I’ll try to do the steps you enumerated but I don’t know if this’ll work for the latest version – this entry IS over a year old.

By: Umer Hayat

Umer Hayat — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:32:45 +0000

Yes,
Thanks for the update.
I had few questions as Free Xbox 360 had, but after your explanation.
They solved…:)
Thanks for your help.

By: Sommerset

Sommerset — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:17:37 +0000

This info will help me alot..Thanks..
This is such a nice site too..

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:30:44 +0000

I suggest not to use or copy all the old files and just the wp-contnet folder for two reasons. The wp-config.php file specifies what database to use so if you copy that file into the new blog… well it will try to use the old database and that is what we are trying to get rid of.

Another is just to make sure all the files are not corrupt. What I described in this post is similar to reformatting your computer. I know I used to do it with Windows 98 about every six months, not not so much now but the computer just got all bloated with crap and would run slow or cause blue screens… Well its faster to backup your files and then just reinstall than it is to chase down and fix all the demons causing the problems.

Same with WordPress, I would compare the database to the computer registry and the WordPress files to the Windows directory, and the wp-content folder to My Documents. Over time the database can get bloated and files corrupted. Best to start fresh with both, but remember the wp-content folder holds your plugins and more importantly your theme. If you have any custom themes you want to protect and reuse the wp-content folder.

By: Free Xbox 360

Free Xbox 360 — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:00:49 +0000

why not just copy and paste all the files in the WP directory?

Also, loving the new layout!

By: John @ Curious Cat Investing Blog

John @ Curious Cat Investing Blog — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:29:18 +0000

Thanks for the advice and the warning.