Recovering lost images in wordpress

Question

We've recently migrated the website from domainname.com/blog (which was running in wordpress) to domainname.com. During the migration process, some of the images loaded using the shopp plugin are not showing up? Can someone help me what should be done?

Answer 1

If the problem is due to old URLs in the database, you should update the database accordingly :) When moving a WordPress database, I usually run queries like these:

update wp_posts set guid = replace(guid, 'domainname.com/blog', 'domainname.com');
update wp_options set option_value = replace(option_value, 'domainname.com/blog', 'domainname.com');

If the shopp plugin stores URLs in another table, you should probably also construct a similar query to update that one as well.

Answer 2

Hopefully, this helps:

1. Make sure that all images in oldwebsite.com/blog/wp-content/uploads are transferred to newwebsite.com/blog/wp-content/uploads.

2. I have had issues with the WordPress Address URL not changing. Go to the wordpress admin, then open Settings -> General. Make sure WordPress Address (URL) and Site Address (URL) match newwebsite.com/blog.