Post updates directly from database

  • I use a directory plugin which makes a new post type and corresponding database tables. Initially I changed the sample directory data from WP Admin panel. But then I changed post title of one entry directly in database.

    As a result, post title in the database is changed. But the update is neither reflected on main website nor on the admin panel. I used different browsers but only database is updated website is not. I also cleared all cashe memory but no use.

    So what is missing. Just direct change in database sufficient or is there some other step for proper update of the post for website?

    • This topic was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by khuramonline.
    • This topic was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Developing with WordPress topic

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  • @khuramonline I’m not familiar with directory plugins, but the first thing you may want to do is see if your plugin has a support forum and ask the question there since it seems specific to that question.

    Your steps for troubleshooting seem to make sense to me. Caching could certainly be at play. There are various levels of caching such as the database, server and CDN, so all of those would need to be flushed. If you wanted to see if it’s the CDN, you could pass a unique querystring to your webpage, like ?cache_busting_89 which will force the CDN to load a new version of the page. Your hosting company may also have various caching layers you’d want to flush.

    It’s also very possible the plugin stores data in multiple places, so make sure you’re changing the correct value since you modified the database directly. It’s possible there’s post meta (or even a custom table) from the sounds of it that stores information used for the titles.

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