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Move WP multisite to dev or test site¶

With Wordpress multi-site, there are several extra steps involved in moving a site around.

• Follow all the steps from Set up a New Website. At this point you will have an "Error Establishing Database Connection" error when you try to connect.
• Run wp search-replace https://oldsite.name https://newsite.name.
• If for whatever reason wp-cli doesn't work (e.g. this bug) you can use a web-based tool:
  • Download the interconnectit Search-Replace-DB to the Wordpress root: @git clone https://github.com/interconnectit/Search-Replace-DB.git@
  • open http://hcn.local/Search-Replace-DB in your browser.
  • Replace "https://oldsite.name" with "https://newsite.name".
  • When finished, press the "Delete Me" button - this script is a major security risk!
• If this is a new site, make sure these lines are set appropriately in wp-config.php:

define('WP_HOME','http://hcn.local');
define('WP_SITEURL','http://hcn.local');
define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', false);
define('RELOCATE',true);