Plugins & Theme Tutorials, WordPress Tutorials

Quick Content Creation for New Sites with the Theme Unit Test

by Craig Grella November 17^th, 2012 2 Responses

WordPress makes it easy to export content from one site and then import it into another. This is done through the import/export setting, which you can find in the TOOLS menu in your WordPress admin dashboard.

But before you can import or export all that fancy data, you need to create those new posts and pages. Designers and developers know what a chore it can be to constantly create content just for the purposes of testing the site before it goes live. The developers or WordPress know this too, which is why they created the Theme Unit Test.

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Dissecting the WordPress 5 Minute Install (Part 2)

by Kerry Carron July 7^th, 2012 Leave a comment

The Famous WordPress 5-Minute Install:
Creating Databases
“With our famous 5-minute installation, setting up WordPress for the first time is simple.”
~ WordPress.org

This is the second article in the Dissecting the WordPress 5 Minute Install article series. The first segment of the series can be read by visiting:

WordPress 5 Minute Install: Before You Begin

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Plugins

Reset Your WordPress Database with One Click

by Sarah Gooding October 4^th, 2011 14 Responses

A new plugin is available from the WordPress repository that will reinitialize your WordPress database to its default settings in one click. WordPress Database Reset securely resets your database and deletes everything except the admin user.

This can be especially useful if you are testing out a bunch of plugins and themes and just want to reset your test environment to clear out the options table along with everything else. It saves you from having to re-install WordPress to clean it all out. Download WordPress Database Reset for free from the WordPress plugin repository.

Community, Development

How to Reset Your WordPress Password From the Database

by Sarah Gooding April 26^th, 2011 3 Responses

From time to time you may encounter an unusual situation wherein you need to reset your WordPress password but you no longer (or never did) have access to the email address associated with your account. Perhaps you’ve “inherited” this website with very little information.

Here’s a quick MySQL snippet that will change your password:

1 2	# Reset Password UPDATE wp_users SET user_pass = MD5( 'new_password' ) WHERE user_login = 'your-username';

Instructions for use:
1. Replace the new_password with your new password.

2. Replace your-username with your username.

3. Fire up phpMyAdmin and go to your database.
Open the SQL tab.

Community, Plugins, Tutorials, WordPress Tutorials

Speeding Up Your WordPress Website: 11 Ways to Improve Your Load Time

by Siobhan McKeown April 5^th, 2011 79 Responses

One of the questions that comes up fairly regularly in my weekly WPMU DEV chats is “how can I speed up my WordPress website?” It’s an important question, particularly for businesses who want to scale their website. Of course, the procedures necessary for speeding up your website are going to differ depending on whether you have a site the size of something like WPMU.org or a lamoid little homepage like my own.

Guh! I Don’t Care if My Webpage is Fast! Why Can’t You Just Leave Me Alone?

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8 Tips for Keeping a Squeaky Clean WordPress Database

by Sarah Gooding February 23^rd, 2010 10 Responses

Optimizing your database is a necessary part of WordPress housekeeping. Things can start to pile up in there… post revisions, old spam comments, etc., and your blog can start to get sluggish. We’ve gathered a number of solid tips for getting your database into shape without having to be an expert.

Warning: Back up your database in case you screw up. Yes, people still need to be reminded to do this. I know you’ve heard the horror stories. ;)

Delete Post Revisions and their Meta Data