#migration

5 one-liners with this tag.

Change domain: replace the old domain in the database

$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

destructiveWP-CLI

Change the siteurl and home addresses

$wp option update siteurl 'https://example.com' --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs && wp option update home 'https://example.com' --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs

Copy a directory to another server with tar over SSH

$tar czf - -C /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs . | ssh webuser@neuserver.example.com "tar xzf - -C /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs"

Test a website on a new server before the DNS change

$curl -sSI --resolve example.com:443:203.0.113.10 https://example.com/

harmlessNetwork

Test search and replace in the database

$wp search-replace 'http://example.com' 'https://example.com' --all-tables --dry-run --report-changed-only --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs