Comments on: WordPress Plugin: Update URLs

By: aftab alam

aftab alam — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:08:19 +0000

thanks for your QUICK reply.

before using your plugin on my new site, should i download the backup file via export to prevent any accident?

can you pleas check the site under my name to verify what i am saying?

one thing more, my old site also have some inner pingbacks. i think plugin will also change them?

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:01:30 +0000

@aftab alam: Yes, that is exactly what this plugin does.

By: aftab alam

aftab alam — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:54:09 +0000

i am importing the SUBDOMAIN installation to new root domain.

when i import exported file to new domain, it ask about to import the attachments etc. i checked the box to import.

now, the images are imported in to my new content folder, gallery images are working fine. but the larg images added to post manually is also showing but linking back to orignal lacation and also imported to new location.
the plugin can fix this or not?

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:02:06 +0000

Awesome! Thanks for the followup.

By: Gillian

Gillian — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:57:40 +0000

Boy do I feel silly. Yes, of course you were right; I’ve changed URL int the settings and it’s all correct now. Thanks again.

By: Gillian

Gillian — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:32:42 +0000

Thanks for your response! I will look at the url settings.

I had changed the urls within the pages already, using the “Search and Replace” plugin, but Search and Replace didn’t change the navigation urls.

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:18:58 +0000

@Gillian: Looking at your site, it appears that the plugin has worked! Your content urls and permalinks have indeed been updated. (Thumb through your content… Look at the location of the image on http://www.gkerr.com/logical/summary-points/ And other content links have been updated as well…) The only reason your navigation links haven’t changed is because you haven’t changed the url settings. Once you do that, the rest of your site’s urls which are tied to that ‘variable’ will update.

A little more info: Your site is using WP’s wp_list_pages function for the navigation. That function constructs the urls based on the url settings.

By: Gillian

Gillian — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:49:15 +0000

Hmmm – I’ve tried it again, and there are no error messages. It just says, “URLs have been updated.” The old URL is http://www.gkerr.com/logical/ and the new URL is http://www.logicaloutcomes.net/. If you look at the URLs for the menu items, you can see that none of them use logicaloutcomes.net.

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:57:40 +0000

@Gillian: If there are no error messages, then the plugin should be working… What urls have you used? Perhaps you are not entering the right ones? (ie. http://domain.com is different from http://www.domain.com). Please let me know if you do get it working.

By: Gillian

Gillian — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:02:55 +0000

Hi – I use WordPress 3.1 and this plugin doesn’t work at all; I’m using version 2 and tried twice, but all URLs are unchanged. Any suggestions? Thanks.

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:52:52 +0000

@iamronen: Thanks for your comment. The plugin will be updated shortly and that option will be added.

@David: This plugin should be compatible. I have used it on version 3.0. Either way, the plugin will be officially updated and a new version released. So it will be fully tested with 3.0.

By: iamronen

iamronen — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:24:13 +0000

Dear Friends,

Thank you for the very helpful plugin.

I just wanted to let you know, maybe for future versions, that the plugin does not update links that are inside excerpts.

All Things Good
Ronen

By: David

David — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:30:57 +0000

I have used this in the past and it worked great, but now I have upgraded to Worpress 3.0 and wish I hadn’t. I tried to use the plugin and it did not work at all. Are there any plans to make it compatible with 3.0.

By: lukep

lukep — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:42:17 +0000

Using the Update URL to make changes to my new blog before dns propagated. The plugin worked fine for the first part (switching to the Temp address). However, when trying to update the links again now that dns is resolving, I get a “Permissions” error…

–You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.

By: durian

durian — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 05:10:39 +0000

I already moved my post/comments to my new domain. should I delete the post/comments/files/ in the old domain?

i dont want google see duplicate content in my site

thanks
durian´s last blog ..“Chemo Brain” inside needed.

By: Roger

Roger — Sat, 15 May 2010 06:51:09 +0000

Just wanted to say a big thank you for this plugin. I have just used it while migrating a client’s site to a new domain and it worked easily and perfectly (WordPress 2.9.2). This has been a much easier process than I expected.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 01 May 2010 19:27:00 +0000

Hi, we’re having some serious trouble with your plugin. Right after installing it our site stopped working – really. It just gave a 404 error. I’ve been trying everything, deleting the plugin via FTP, putting it back, editing the different .htaccess files I have, nothing seems to work. Is there any chance you could help us?

I have the idea that POSSIBLY the issue has something to do with the fact that I already have .htaccess files making redirects in my site.

I really have no idea how all this works so I’m a bit at a loss.

Thanks a lot for your consideration,

Andrew

By: boris

boris — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:18:05 +0000

Works GREAT!…Saved me hours of work. Thanks

Boris
boris´s last blog ..Haras de Pirque Character 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon

By: spanish_biker79

spanish_biker79 — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:29:56 +0000

Nice plugin, thanks!

I’m using thumbnails in my posts and for achieving that I need to create a custom field where I enter the “http://old_server/path/file.jpg” URL.

Is it possible for this plugin to change that URL as well? If not, do you know any easy way to change all custom fields for the NEW_SERVER?

Cheers!!!
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By: mosoo

mosoo — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:03:16 +0000

hi,

I’m getting the same error:
You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.
even though I am running the plugin from an admin account.
Any idea what could be causing this?

Thanks,
Cristi
mosoo´s last blog ..paul van dyk @ arene

By: Hans

Hans — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:34:37 +0000

Sorry for the double, but just to clear something up – I’m only moving from one subdirectory to another on my own (shared) server, not from WP site.
Thanks.

By: Hans

Hans — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:32:58 +0000

Hello,
Thanks for work, but I had the same problem as above poster – Error; “You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.”
I’m logged in as admin.
VB update URL v1.0.3
WP v2.9.2
I really hope I can get it working cos I have hundreds, maybe over a thousand links to change!
Thanks.

By: peterp

peterp — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:14:33 +0000

Hi — this did not work for me at all. I was hosted on WordPress.com but wanted more control. So now I migrated all my content and then used your plug in but I was informed that I don’t have the propper authority to migrate those links. Doesn’t make sense to me… I just want to change them on my new site, not the WP.com version, which I plan to shut down as soon as I get thru these migration issues…

argh.
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By: NorthK

NorthK — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:45:15 +0000

Just wanted to say thanks for writing this plugin– it worked great for me on WordPress 2.8.6. Really saved me a lot of time. WordPress should have this built in!

Thanks again,

-NorthK

By: Star Config Web Design

Star Config Web Design — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:11:07 +0000

It is really good plugin for URL. it is really good tool becouse fixes all problems we had with url’s. thank you for suggesting us.

By: John

John — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:21:57 +0000

I tried using this on a blog with WordPress 2.8.6 and it returned a permissions error:

>>You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.

Is there a particular file that needs higher permission level access…?
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By: Barrie

Barrie — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:05:21 +0000

I am getting

You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.

when I try to update urls running the plugin, I have tried deactivating other plugins and tried another admin account, but still cant get it to run.

By: hongmian812

hongmian812 — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:24:16 +0000

Thanks for the powerful plugin,it helps me a lot!
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By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:08:23 +0000

Installed the plugin after using SSH access to move the wordpress website. I changed the URL in general settings and the main URL (wendyclousepaintings.co.uk)and it works but the links on the website still point to the old site. I used the plugin but it did not work.

Can you help?
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By: alex

alex — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:48:49 +0000

You guys just saved me from a world of pain. Thanks a billion for this little one-click wonder.

Seriously, you rock!
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