Useful WordPress Queries

Jul 222012

Change Site & Home URLUPDATE wp_options SET option_value = replace(option_value, 'http://www.oldsiteurl.com', 'http://www.newsiteurl.com') WHERE option_name = 'home' OR option_name = 'siteurl';

Reset PasswordUPDATE wp_users SET user_pass = MD5( 'new_password' ) WHERE user_login = 'your-username';

Change URL in Content

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE (post_content, 'http://www.oldsiteurl.com', 'http://www.newsiteurl.com');

Change GUID

UPDATE wp_posts SET guid = REPLACE (guid, 'http://www.oldsiteurl.com', 'http://www.newsiteurl.com');

Update Post Meta

UPDATE wp_postmeta SET meta_value = REPLACE (meta_value, 'http://www.oldsiteurl.com','http://www.newsiteurl.com');

Delete Revisions

DELETE a,b,c FROM wp_posts a

LEFT JOIN wp_term_relationships b ON (a.ID = b.object_id)

LEFT JOIN wp_postmeta c ON (a.ID = c.post_id)

WHERE a.post_type = 'revision'

Delete ‘Spam’ Comments

DELETE FROM wp_comments WHERE comment_approved = 'spam';

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