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I did find one a couple of months ago and removed it, and changed passwords. I did that in the phpmyadmin controls ....
You should never directly work with a database unless you are certain about what you are doing. In web applications like Worpress the data in one table is often interlinked with data from another table. For example that user you deleted may have references in a groups table or whatever WordPress may call it. You should always use the tools provided by the application as it will handle updating all the tables that need to be updated other wise there may be unforeseen consequences.
You should never directly work with a database unless you are certain about what you are doing. In web applications like Worpress the data in one table is often interlinked with data from another table. For example that user you deleted may have references in a groups table or whatever WordPress may call it. You should always use the tools provided by the application as it will handle updating all the tables that need to be updated other wise there may be unforeseen consequences.
Agreed, but I had to do it then because they locked me out. It was the only way to get in and start the cleanup process which, again, I didn’t complete like I should have. This time I was my host who suspended my domain. I haven’t been in to the word press administrator account yet, but that’s on the agenda for today.
You don't need the host to access it as long as you acces to the files and the database. install XAMPP. Pick version with same php version and database version as your host.
You should install to C:\XAMPP , there will folder in there htdocs which is same thing as public_html. phpmyadimin can be accessed from here: http://localhost/phpmyadmin/
Open C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts and add this line changing yourdomain:
127.0.0.1 yourdomain.com
Save the file and in your browser go to your domain, it may not load the files from local version. If so hold ctrl and hit F5 which should clear out the cached DNS entries.
You can work on it locally from there. Upload the files to the server and repopulate the database. Once you are done comment out the line in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts so you can view the live version in the browser. Once again you may have hit ctrl f5 to clear out cached DNS entries.
#127.0.0.1 yourdomain.com
Next time you want to edit locally just uncomment it.
Assuming you have backups of nothing first backup the database. Copy the entire contents of the public_html directory to your computer and then delete everything in the public_html directory. Upload fresh copy of Wordress, be sure to follow any directions from the install instructions about file/folder permissions. From the files you downloaded you want to upload only the necessary files such as images you may have uploaded.
Whenever I try to copy the contents using the bluehost file manager, it won't let me do it. I have download one file at a time. There has to be an easier way that I have yet to find.
Edit: I did find a way to make a tar file backup. Is that good enough?
Whenever I try to copy the contents using the bluehost file manager, it won't let me do it. I have download one file at a time. There has to be an easier way that I have yet to find.
Upload fresh copy of Wordress, be sure to follow any directions from the install instructions about file/folder permissions.
Just to clarify something here, you are not going to go through the install process except for setting the file/folder permissions. Also I cannot reiterate how important it is to make sure you backup the database first. With a copy of the files and backup of the database you can always go back to square one.
Last edited by thecoalman; 06-02-2018 at 04:59 PM..
I think the compression method I mentioned should work given the Bluehost doc I attached, but if you’re going to download an FTP client, one I really like is Filezilla.
I think the compression method I mentioned should work given the Bluehost doc I attached, but if you’re going to download an FTP client, one I really like is Filezilla.
Yes. Right click on it and you should see an unzip or decompress option, not sure what OS you’re using.
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