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Change domain: replace the old domain in the database

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wp db export /var/www/vhosts/example.com/before-domain-change.sql --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs && wp search-replace '//old.example.com' '//example.com' --all-tables --skip-columns=guid --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs

Creates a database backup and then replaces every occurrence of the old domain with the new one, regardless of protocol. The leading // matches both http and https links and avoids partial matches inside other words. After the change, set up 301 redirects on the old domain so rankings and backlinks are preserved.

Note: The block editor and some page builders store URLs JSON-escaped as \/\/alt.example.com. For those cases, check a second run with escaped slashes using --dry-run.

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Switch the WordPress database from http to https

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Test search and replace in the database

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Check whether WordPress blocks search engines

$wp option get blog_public --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs
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Read the siteurl and home addresses

$wp option get siteurl --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs && wp option get home --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs
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Regenerate permalinks and rewrite rules

$wp rewrite flush --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs
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