Old URLs remain after migration

  • Resolved NL_Derek

    (@nl_derek)


    4 years, 9 months ago

    Let me start by saying that I don’t know if this is a WPvivid problem, but it seems to have started after a migrate using WPvivid. If the problem is elsewhere I shall search further, but I need to eliminate WPvivid (which is otherwise an excellent plugin) as cause.

    I run a site www.binnenstadduurzaam.nl and have a test site test.corryderek.nl which I use for … er … testing (binnenstadduurzaam.nl and corryderek.nl are the same site). In general I keep both sites identical.

    Recently I made major changes on the test site and on 2 november used WPvivid to copy it to the www site. All seemed to be OK (I had made backups just in case) so I relaxed. A couple of minor updates went OK, then I started to notice problems with CSS settings (but could not pin anything down, and they were not crippling).

    Then (2 december) I needed to add a PDF file; I added it to the test site and that went well, so I added it to the www site and got a “not found” message. Investigation showed that uploading media files to the www site stored them in the uploads subdirectory of the test site. I hand-edited the relevant link on the www site to point to the test site, but this is only a workaround and I need a permanent solution. (If anyone wants to investigate it’s at the bottom of https://www.binnenstadduurzaam.nl/projecten/zonnepaneel/ and https://test.corryderek.nl/projecten/zonnepaneel/ )

    Is it possible that, during the migrate, the old URL test.corryderek.nl was imported but not replaced by http://www.binnenstadduurzaam.nl in some file deep in WP’s bowels? (This might also explain why some CSS does not work.) Has anybody else migrated from test.mysite.com to www.mysite.com without problems?

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  • Plugin Support tonyrobins

    (@tonyrobins)

    4 years, 9 months ago

    Hello @nl_derek

    Thanks for reaching out to us.

    Seems you use Elementor on the sites, in that case, please try to regenerate it’s CSS after migration as suggested by Elementor, to make absolutely sure that everything is functioning properly.

    To do that, go to Elementor > Tools > Regenerate CSS.

    Also, when performing migration, it is recommended to temporarily deactivate all redirect, firewall and cache plugins on both sites to rule out possible problems.

    All the best,

    Thread Starter NL_Derek

    (@nl_derek)

    4 years, 9 months ago

    Thanks for your reaction Tony. I have regenerated the CSS but the problem is still present. Uploads go to the wrong location. As far as I know I have no redirect or cache plugins.

    Plugin Support tonyrobins

    (@tonyrobins)

    4 years, 9 months ago

    After doing some tests, we found that when the ‘upload_path’ in the options table of the source site database is set to an absolute path for example, …/test/wp-content/uploads, the problem will occur after migration.

    By default, this value should always be null in WordPress so it will automatically match the upload_path of the destination site during the migration, so it is recommended to clear this value on the source site before performing migration.

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