Breaking a wordpress site – PHP file where the general settings are stored???

  • Hey there,

    Today I broke our wordpress site well and truly and am stuck with how to fix it.

    What happened;

    Registered new domain for new product (learningfunetics.com – LF).

    Downloaded entire public_html folder from old site (peepdigital.com – PD).

    Uploaded public_html (PD) to new public_html folder (LF).

    Went into PD dash board and edited Settings > General WordPress and Site URL from the old PD to the new LF domains.

    This is where it all went wrong. Now, I cannot only access the PD site but I cannot even access the dashboard to change it back.

    Where should I look to tackle this issue? I am sure it is not complex but I am not that savvy with wordpress and am stuck.

    Thanks in advance for your help!!!

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    Thread Starter nubnick

    (@nubnick)

    I have read that troubleshoot file prior to posting this. The issue arrises with the fact that I have to access the files via FTP up and download.

    BUT

    I have BOTH a child and a parent theme. Both the ‘functions.php’ files are within their respective folders.

    This is what I put in the child theme functions.php file:

    <?phpupdate_option(‘siteurl’,’https://peepdigital.com&#8217;); update_option(‘home’,’https://peepdigital.com&#8217;);

    /* Insert custom functions here */

    ?>

    This is what I have put in the functions.php file for the parent theme;

    <?phpupdate_option(‘siteurl’,’https://peepdigital.com&#8217;); update_option(‘home’,’https://peepdigital.com&#8217;);

    require_once( TEMPLATEPATH.’/base/theme.php’ );
    require_once( TEMPLATEPATH.’/base/custom/config.php’ );

    $theme = new Theme();
    $theme->init( $theme_config );

    What do I need to change?

    Cheers,
    Nick

    You only need to put the code in the child theme’s functions.php, you shouldn’t really touch the parent’s code at all.

    There doesn’t seem to be a space in between <?php and update_option... on the first line. There should be one. In fact you’re better off with a carriage return. Also make sure you aren’t opening PHP twice in the file, you don’t need a second opening <?php

    When posting code, use the code button to make sure the code formats correctly.

    Thread Starter nubnick

    (@nubnick)

    Ok, I have managed to get back into the dash board and the fields that have the URLs is uneditable and coloured in.

    BUT if I go straight to https://www.peepdigital.com it still directs to learningfunetics.com?

    Does this just take time to reset?

    You now need to remove those update_option lines.

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