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WP-CLI DB migrate instructions
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Instructions for using WP-CLI to migrate a WordPress DB

Export current (local) DB
wp db export db.sql
Copy file from local to server (may need to amend server path if not in html folder)

The example below is for local to remote, simply swap these 2 around for remote to local

scp -r db.sql www-data@IP_ADDRESS:/var/www/html
SSH onto box (should be same connection details as above)
ssh www-data@IP_ADDRESS
Run the WP CLI DB importer
wp db import db.sql
Use --dry-run first to check that changes will be OK in DB
wp search-replace old-site-url.co.uk new-site-url.co.uk --dry-run
wp search-replace old-site-url.co.uk new-site-url.co.uk
Delete imported DB file
rm db.sql
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