Backup and restore plugin data

  • Resolved Rics

    (@rics)


    3 years, 5 months ago

    Hello!

    Is there a way to back up the plugin data and then restore it?

    I’m recreating a website from zero in a different URL, but I want to keep the suggestions and votes we have collected so far…

    No problem if it means dealing directly with the database.

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  • Plugin Author Northern Beaches Websites

    (@northernbeacheswebsites)

    3 years, 5 months ago

    Hi @rics,

    Thanks for your enquiry.

    There’s not specific functionality available for this. But I can provide some info around data storage that may assist you. All the plugin settings are stored in the wp_options table, these are prefixed with: idea_push.

    All the ideas are a WordPress custom post type. This means data is stored in wp_posts and wp_postmeta. The custom post type is called idea.

    The plugin also uses custom taxonomies for boards, tags and status so this data is stored in the wp_term* database tables.

    If doing a migration, it would frankly be easiest doing a full migration, and then delete the stuff you don’t need after migration, rather then trying to migrate the data from scratch, even I would find that quite painful, especially when working with the terms. You can also look at the wp_all_export/import plugin as they may assist.

    I hope that helps. Thanks Rics,

    Thread Starter Rics

    (@rics)

    3 years, 5 months ago

    It helped A LOT! 🙂

    I think I will follow your suggestion on migrating…

    Thanks!!!!

    Plugin Author Northern Beaches Websites

    (@northernbeacheswebsites)

    3 years, 5 months ago

    No worries 🙂

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