wordpress table prefix change
Change
table prefix
1. Download all the wordpress site
files and database(.sql) file
2. Open wp-config.php file and change
the current database credentials and change the $table_prefix name.
3. Upload all the tables from .sql file
to new database. Now select all the tables and right click and change table
prefix name(rename).
4. Change 2 tables value, assume your
old prefix was ‘wp_’
UPDATE
`wp_dart_usermeta` SET `meta_key` = REPLACE( `meta_key`, 'wp_', 'wp_dart_' ); UPDATE `wp_dart_options`
SET `option_name` = 'wp_dart_user_roles' WHERE `option_name` =
'wp_user_roles'; |
5. Now change 2 values more, go to
‘_options’ table of your new database and change the ‘siteurl’ and ‘home’ url
by new value.
6. You can also set new password if you
forgot old ones for wp-admin, for that go to ‘_users’ table and pass the new
md5 hash key. For generating md5 hash use this website: https://www.md5hashgenerator.com/