Strange characters after Wordpress Upgrade (2.7)

admin — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:53:56 +0000

If you see strange characters in your post content (â€œIâ€™, Â, etc…) after a Wordpress upgrade your will need to modify the following line in your wp-config.php

Original:

define(’DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8′);

Updated:

define(’DB_CHARSET’, ”);

That’s it!

Migrating a Wordpress Blog / URL update

admin — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:03:23 +0000

Ever migrated a Wordpress blog and ended up using a new domain name? You won’t be able to get in wp-admin due to the fact that WordPress redirects based on 2 values in the wp_options table. Below are the update queries you can run to update the URL in the MySQL database. You need access to phpMyAdmin, the MySQL prompt or you can execute it via PHP.

mysql> USE databasename;

mysql> update wp_options set option_value = ‘http://jw0rd.net’ where option_name = ‘home’ or option_name = ’siteurl’;
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.04 sec)
Rows matched: 2 Changed: 2 Warnings: 0

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Strange characters after Wordpress Upgrade (2.7)

Migrating a Wordpress Blog / URL update