Update Wordpress URL in MySQL

A quick and old-fashioned way to update the URL from your WordPress website to a new one.

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, 'domain.com', 'newdomain.com');
UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = replace(option_value, 'http://domain.com', 'http://newdomain.com') WHERE option_name = 'home' OR option_name = 'siteurl';
UPDATE wp_posts SET guid = replace(guid, 'http://domain.com','http://newdomain.com');
UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = replace(post_content, 'http://domain.com', 'http://newdomain.com');
UPDATE wp_postmeta SET meta_value = replace(meta_value, 'http://domain.com', 'http://newdomain.com');

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