Sometimes, when moving or installing WordPress blogs, you’ll have a need for some simple scripts to help do simple things. I found a couple of those that helped me out, and I thought I’d share them with you!
Easily install WordPress
This first one I shared on my newsletter a couple of weeks back: EasyWP Installer is a script that helps you quickly install a WordPress if the only thing you have is FTP access. What it does?
It downloads all the WordPress files for you, so you only have to upload this 8kb file, instead of uploading the entire WordPress directory! Especially on somewhat slower connections, this can be a huge timesaver.
Easily backup your database
For the same reason, when you have no other access to your database than through localhost, you’ll want to dump it through a simple script instead of having to install something like phpMySQLadmin. For this purpose, Huang Kai developed a script aptly called mysqldump. In this script, you’d have to enter db name, username, host etc.
I have adapted his script. If you upload it to a WordPress directory, it will auto load the values from the wp-config directory, and allow you an easy way of dumping the database to a MySQL file. Download my version of the script here.
Resetting your administrator password
Something went wrong in your install? Or you lost the admin password to your blog in some other way? Use this emergency script to retrieve it, change it, or even add a new user to the database!
I see you’ve been busy lately !!! Cheers and congratulations and good luck in the future Joost !!
You reminded me with this post that I have a lot of eggs in WordPress baskets and I have not done much with backups. I have relied on my host providers but I understand I can actually backup my database to a local disk and recover the entire WP blog manually after a disaster with the backup. Alreight now – I have to get to work now – thanks for the reminder.
Hmmmm, and here I am fiddling around with localhosts and you reckon it is as simple as Huang Kai’s script? Thanks for the tip Joost!
amazing guys
great performance and tweak tips
Yes, easy backup is a must!
Well, backup in general is a must!
Very usefull scripts..Joost is an authority on wordpress :)
Hi Yoast
I`ve allready install de “all-in-one-seo-pack” for noindexing the tags, categories, admin pages, etc …
I`ve read your “Definitive Guide to High Rankings”, and you said to install the “robots-meta” plugin for noindex.
I`ve a question:
Can i use both plugins? Is there any advantage using both of them? Witch plugin is the better one for noindexing?
Thanks for ansewring …
Yoast – I need some good ftp file manager for uploading/downloading file at FTP locations.
I also recommend using to do fast and easy installs. You get 3 installs free and then if you want to have upgrades or more installs you can pay for the yearly licensing fee. Nothing to install and it works on almost every host. A few hosts are now starting to include it in their control panels for free to their users.