Title: Resetting everything to default?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Resetting everything to default?

 *  [dafunks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dafunks/)
 * (@dafunks)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/resetting-everything-to-default/)
 * Hi, I have a SQL DB which I think is 2.2 or 2.1 and I now wish to get the posts
   and import them to my new blog which is 2.3.1. I have setup a new wordpress and
   set it up to get the sql db from my old one and I thought I could import the 
   files this way but as the settings are all setup for the old theme i used and
   all the plug-ins I keep getting errors.
 * Is there a easy to just get all the basic settings so I can do a export and then
   my problem is fixed.
 * I would normally just switch the db but I have been running my new blog for a
   few months now and just wish to import the posts of my old blog to stop all my
   Google search errors i keep getting.

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/resetting-everything-to-default/#post-671222)
 * You cannot do that in that way. You can import/export DBs only in between **same
   versions**.
    So, you either upgrade your old blog and do the backup/restore after
   that, or you install the same version at the new location and do the upgrade 
   after the import.
 *  Thread Starter [dafunks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dafunks/)
 * (@dafunks)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/resetting-everything-to-default/#post-671332)
 * Ok. How would i upgrade the database? I used the upgrade.php but it still is 
   not working.
 * I think its because I had plugins installed and now it is searching for them 
   but as tehy are not there i get errors.
 *  [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/)
 * (@gangleri)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/resetting-everything-to-default/#post-671341)
 * Download the new version of WP, upload the whole thing and _then _use install.
   php. All this of course on your old installation. After this you make a new export
   and then importing in the new installation (also 2.3.1 of course) should be no
   problem.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/resetting-everything-to-default/#post-671344)
 * _Download the new version of WP, upload the whole thing and then use install.
   php. All this of course on your old installation. _
 * **That’s completely wrong!**
    Do that ONLY if you want all your blog wiped out!!!
   Gangleri, try that on your won blog… just don’t complain if you wake up with 
   an empty blog.
 * For an upgrade you run the upgrade.php, NEVER the install.php.
 *  Thread Starter [dafunks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dafunks/)
 * (@dafunks)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/resetting-everything-to-default/#post-671349)
 * I used the upgrade.php but it never worked for some reason.
 * i get this error:
 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started
   at /home/website/public_html/test123/wp-config.php:47) in /home/website/public_html/
   test123/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 391
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/resetting-everything-to-default/#post-671352)
 * _public\_html/test123/wp-config.php:47)_
 * If you have searched the Codex you could figure out that you have an empty/blank
   line in your config file on line #47.

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