How to restore wordpress website?

  • saar121

    (@saar121)


    9 years, 10 months ago

    Hello!
    I saved my whole wp site in a zip file. There are all the media and all the plugins (visual composer etc..) inside, and now i just want to restore it.
    i put it inside my localhost and the website is runs fine, there are all the plugins but no data inside and no media inside this site. It’s just like a fresh wordpress with fresh plugins.
    How can i restore all the data and media that was there?

    I have to say that if i get inside the folders i do find all the media, so it’s 100% there

    Please help me! i Have to find all the pages i made with visual composer 😉

    Have a good day!

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

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    9 years, 10 months ago

    Did you backup the database as well? That’s where all the site content and plugin settings are.

    Thread Starter saar121

    (@saar121)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    no 🙁
    what a shame..

    Thread Starter saar121

    (@saar121)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    I just found it! but when I’m trying to import it into phpmy admin it says ” You attempted to load file with unsupported compression (application/zip). Either support for it is not implemented or disabled by your configuration.”

    and I’m sure the file is ok, it’s weight is 7mb and phpmyadmin allow only up to 2 mb so i compresses it and it’s now 415kb, so i don’t understand what i did wrong..

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

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    9 years, 10 months ago

    what’s the name of the file?

    Thread Starter saar121

    (@saar121)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    word.sql.zip

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

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    9 years, 10 months ago

    Sounds like your phpmyadmin is not configured to accept .zip files, but since this is on localhost, you can do it from the command line

    mysql -u root -p database-into-which-to-load < word.sql

    Thread Starter saar121

    (@saar121)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    what do you mean by “the command line”?
    you mean that i need to put it in Terminal app in mac?
    how does it know from where to take the zip file? where should i put the file?

    Sorry I’m a noob!
    Thanks so much for helping!

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

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    9 years, 10 months ago

    OK, I assumed you were using a real server. (Note to self: Never assume.)

    HOW are you running this on localhost?

    Thread Starter saar121

    (@saar121)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    ok, I’m using it with macintosh app Ampss so it’s basically runs on my computer, not on a real server. is that makes sensE?

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

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    9 years, 10 months ago

    Yes, but I’m not familiar with that. You should talk to its tech support team about how to access mySQL from the command line.

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