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1. unseenmortal
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Are there any ways to reinstall wordpress like it was installed from the beginning with no plugins and stuff without losing the comments and posts? Will it be safe emptying the wp_options and leave everything filled with information so the wordpress will prompt for a new install?

   Im having problems with my blog recently, it has like 18,000+ posts so the export/import posts wont work with me and its eating all my ram, I'm on a dedicated server with Intel i7 core and 12GB ram. I just want my wordpress options to be fresh so my blog will run smoothly again. Thanks

2. Samuel B
   moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Will it be safe emptying the wp_options and leave everything filled with information so the wordpress will prompt for a new install?

   I sure wouldn't do that.
   If all you want is the comments and posts
   go to current blog
   Admin - Tools - Export
   save file to desktop

   install new blog in another folder
   Admin - Tools - Import
   use file saved on your desktop

   need to move blog now?
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory
   or
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Moving_WordPress_Within_Your_Site

   be sure and set the permalinks
   admin - settings - permalinks

3. unseenmortal
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I tried the export function and like I said I have more than 18,000 posts and each posts have like 5-50 comments on it. If I use the wordpress export, its just timing out and uploading them again will be another problem. I'm looking for a way to wipe out all options on the database via phpMyAdmin and installing a new one w/o losing my current posts, comments, and user information.. Thanks

4. Corininha
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   give it a try
   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-export-for-wp-wpmu/

5. Linda Eg
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hello... I have a problem using the export function in wp (or with the plugin Corininha linked to).

   When i try to export it just loads a new page, with a lot of code... I tried copying it into dreamweaver and saving it in different formats, but nothing works, it just tells me that it is a wrong format.

   Is it supposed to save a file on my computer by it self? Because then there is something wrong with the way my wp exports...

   Please help?
   :)

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