The first step is to take SSH connection to the server.
Warning!
This will remove all the content, themes and plugins from your website. Be sure to take a fresh backup before continuing with wp-backup.
Emptying the Whole Site to Its Starting Point
You can empty the site (whether production or shadow/staging environment) to its base state with a clean WordPress installation by following the steps below. Note that the final commands vary slightly depending on whether the site has a .sql.orig database file saved.
Execute the following commands one by one:
rm -rf /data/wordpress
cp -r /usr/share/seravo/wordpress /data
cd /data/wordpress
wp db reset
wp cache flush
If the site has a database copy in the /data/db/ folder, which is identifiable by the .sql.orig extension, you can utilize it for restoration. The database name is example_a1b2c3 in this example.
First, check (for example, with the ls command) if the .sql.orig file is found on the site:
ls /data/db/
example_a1b2c3.sql example_a1b2c3.sql.orig
Option 1: File is Found
If the .sql.orig file is found, execute the following commands one by one:
wp-db-load /data/db/example_a1b2c3.sql.orig
wp-purge-cache
Option 2: File is Not Found
If you did not find the .sql.orig file, you can execute the following commands one by one:
wp core install --prompt
wp-purge-cache
In this option, you must manually provide all the information requested by the wp core install --prompt command during the process.
Test Site Functionality
Reload the site in your browser (Ctrl/Cmd+F5). The browser should then open a clean WordPress site with the default theme!
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