WordPress Change Domain Script 🔄

About 📝

A bash script to change WordPress domain names safely and efficiently across your database.

• Author 👨‍💻
• Percio Andrade
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: Zendev : https://zendev.com.br

Features ⭐

• Automatic WordPress database credential detection 🔍
• Optional database backup creation 💾
• Multi-table domain updates 🔄
• HTTP/HTTPS URL handling 🔒
• Remote version checking 🔄

Requirements 📋

• MySQL/MariaDB client 🗄️
• WordPress installation with wp-config.php ⚙️
• Database credentials with UPDATE privileges 🔑

./change_domain.sh [-s|--skip] [-n|--noversion]

Options 🛠️

• -n, --noversion Skip version check against remote source
• -s, --skip Skip database backup creation
• -h, --help Display help message

Example Usage 💡

Basic usage

./change_domain.sh

# Skip database backup
./change_domain.sh --skip

# Skip version check
./change_domain.sh --noversion

# Show help
./change_domain.sh --help

Tables Updated 📊

• wp_options (siteurl and home)
• wp_posts (guid and post_content)
• wp_postmeta (meta_value)

Safety Features 🛡️

• Creates database backup before changes
• Confirms domain changes with user
• Validates database credentials
• Handles both HTTP and HTTPS URLs

Notes 📌

• Ensure you have the necessary permissions to run the script as root.
• Make sure all required commands are installed on your system.
• Always backup your database before running
• Ensure proper database permissions
• Run from WordPress root directory

License 📄

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.0