Install previous WordPress folder into WAMP

  • Hi there,

    I needed to reinstall WAMP the other day, and I only had a copy of the old WordPress folder that was originally installed into the www directory of the previous version of WAMP I had. I know I probably should have made a backup of the original WordPress installation/files, but I totally forgot, and just made a copy of the WordPress folder and put it on my desktop. How can I go about importing the stuff from that folder into my new version of WAMP. I know this is probably going to be tricky. I already put it into the new www directory in my fresh install of WAMP, and when I go to my WordPress dashboard, I can see that at least all of the plugins that I had are there, just not the content. Please tell my I can recover this stuff! Thanks.

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  • Do you still have a copy of the old database?

    Thread Starter jbalazs8178

    (@jbalazs8178)

    I think so, I mean I have a database sql file…

    If you have copy of the wordpress folder from www directory and the database sql file. Then you only need to place the wordpress folder on new installtion www folder,
    create the database with same name as previous and import to sql file through phpmyadmin.
    If all the settings are as in previous installation. You are on the go with you wordpress working.

    Dion

    (@diondesigns)

    It would be even easier to replace the mysql/data directory in the new WAMP installation with the one from the old installation. That simple change will restore MySQL. However, please be aware that everything is restored, including all users and passwords, so you’ll need to remember the old credentials.

    I have another thread just started where I’m trying to install a new WAMP, but use the data and WordPress files from the previous installation which I uninstalled but it left the www and bin folders.

    I’m wondering if I can just drop the data folder from the old 5.6.12 setup into the 5.6.17 setup? I did some of that but it didn’t re-connect to the database. It only gave me the 5-minute install screen. That thread is here.

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