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Created December 24, 2014 00:56
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WordPress SQL Queries
// UPDATE POST CONTENT
UPDATE wp_posts SET `post_content`
= REPLACE (`post_content`,
'OriginalText',
'ReplacedText');
// CHANGE POSTS TO PAGES
UPDATE wp_posts SET post_type = 'page' WHERE post_type = 'post'
// CHANGE PAGES TO POSTS
UPDATE wp_posts SET post_type = 'post' WHERE post_type = 'page'
// DISABLE/ENABLE PLUGINS
UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = 'a:0:{}' WHERE option_name = 'active_plugins';
// CHANGE DEFAULT ADMIN USENAME
UPDATE wp_users SET user_login = 'NewUserName' WHERE user_login = 'Admin';
//RESET WORDPRESS PASSWORD
UPDATE `wordpress`.`wp_users` SET `user_pass` = MD5('PASSWORD') WHERE `wp_users`.`user_login` =`admin` LIMIT 1;
// REMOVE SHORTCODES
UPDATE wp_post SET post_content = replace(post_content, '[shortcode]', '' ) ;
// DELETE POST META
DELETE FROM wp_postmeta WHERE meta_key = 'metakey';
// BATCH DELETE SPAM COMMENTS
DELETE FROM wp_comments WHERE wp_comments.comment_approved = 'spam';
// DISABLE COMMENTS ON OLD POSTS
UPDATE wp_posts SET comment_status = 'closed' WHERE post_date < '2014-12-01' AND post_status = 'publish';
// BATCH DELETE POST REVISIONS
DELETE FROM wp_posts WHERE post_type = "revision";
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