This plugin automatically detects a domain name change, and updates all the WordPress tables in the database to reflect this change.
Features
- Easily migrate a WordPress site from one domain to another
- Migrate www.domain.com and domain.com at once
- Migrate http and https links at once
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This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
Requirements
- The PHP CURL extension, usually installed on Un*x, Mac and Windows environments. See "Installing CURL on Linux" below for more help.
- Capability for your server to communicate with the outside work (or more specifically, to communicate with our servers)
Installing the Plugin
(using the Wordpress Admin Console)
- From your dashboard, click on "Plugins" in the left sidebar
- Add a new plugin
- Search for "Automatic Domain Changer"
- Install "Automatic Domain Changer"
- Once Installed, if you want to manually change your domain, go to Tools > Domain Change
- If your domain changes, a notice will appear at the top of the admin screen with a link to the domain changing tool
(manually via FTP)
- Delete any existing 'auto-domain-change' folder from the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory
- Upload the 'auto-domain-change' folder to the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory
- Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
- Once Installed, if you want to manually change your domain, go to Tools > Domain Change
- If your domain changes, a notice will appear at the top of the admin screen with a link to the domain changing tool
Making your blog/site address automatically reflect your server's name
Add the following to your wp-config.php file:
define('WP_HOME', 'http://' . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']);
define('WP_SITEURL', 'http://' . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']);
See
http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#WordPress_address_.28URL.29 for more information.