Seeding the database on install

  • Resolved captainhaddock0

    (@captainhaddock0)


    5 years, 11 months ago

    What data should be inserted during a clean install of wordpress-5.4.1?
    I did a clean install, then exported the database to a SQL file.
    Where did the data come from in wp_options –
    I see in the exported SQL –
    INSERT INTO wp_options (option_id, option_name, option_value, autoload) VALUES
    …
    …
    <p>Over the past week, I’ve been thinking a lot about George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. I have been thinking about white supremacy, the injustice that Black women and men are standing up against across
    ….
    …
    etc etc,

    Why is this in a clean database (has the install zip file been got at?) and how do I remove it.
    I do not want this in my live site!

    Thanks in advance

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

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    5 years, 11 months ago

    That comes from https://wordpress.org/news/2020/06/equity-and-the-power-of-community/ which is picked up in the WordPress Events and News feed box on your dashboard. It’s visible only on the back end. If you don’t want to see that metabox, turn it off from “screen options” at the top of the screen.

    Thread Starter captainhaddock0

    (@captainhaddock0)

    5 years, 11 months ago

    Many thanks for the answer (and also for the prompt reply) Steve.

    Cheers.

    Thread Starter captainhaddock0

    (@captainhaddock0)

    5 years, 11 months ago

    Can I ask another question here after I marked the thread as resolved – anyway, here goes…

    Turning off the WordPress Events and News feed box on my dashboard from “screen options” at the top of the screen does indeed stop it being displayed but it also leaves all the data from that blog in MY wp_options table that I do not want.

    How do I remove all those posts / data from the database table completely?

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    5 years, 11 months ago

    It’s cache, I think, and will eventually go away on its own. It causes no problems, so I don’t recommend any database manipulations.

    Thread Starter captainhaddock0

    (@captainhaddock0)

    5 years, 11 months ago

    thanks again Steve.

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