People know the fact that there is no undo in their life. The mistakes they have committed cannot be rectified by doing undo. In the same way, resetting the database of a WordPress website cannot be undone. There are situations when people have to reset their website. If people want to delete WordPress and reinstall it, it is a tedious task. It is better to reset and for that WP reset plugin is available. People have to install this plugin and use it to reset the website.
How to reset a website with WP Reset Plugin?
Here are the steps which people should follow in order to reset a website.
Install the plugin and activate it
The first thing that the website owner has to do is to install the plugin. He has to take the following steps.
- Go to WordPress Dashboard.
- Go to Plugins and click Add New.
- Search WP Reset plugin and then install it by clicking Install Now.
- Activate the plugin.
Access the WP reset dashboard
Here are the steps to access the WP reset dashboard.
- Go to Tools.
- Click WP Reset to open the dashboard.
Here the owner will see a warning stating that pages, posts, custom posts etc.will be deleted. There will be no effect on media files, themes, plugins, and uploads. Media files will not be available but they will be present on the server.
Go to the Reset button and click it
Reset button can be found in the last when the owner will scroll down the dashboard. The owner will see the section of post reset action and he should go through it beforeclicking the reset button. He can set many things so that they do not reset after clicking the Reset button.The owner need to take the backup of the website and the database because once the reset is complete, the process cannot be undone.
Cleaning the WordPress Files
The reset button brings the database back to its default state but there are many files which are needed to be cleaned. Here are some of the files which the owner has to delete manually.
Deleting the transients
Transients are the options present in WordPress which have expiration time. They are helpful in reducing the stress on the server. They also help in increasing the speed of the website so that it can be loaded easily. Delete All Transients helps in deleting transient entries.
Cleaning upload folder
The owner can click the Delete all files & folders in uploads folder to delete all the content of the upload folder. All the media files will be deleted after clicking this button.
Resetting theme options
The owner can click reset theme options button to bring the website to default theme. The settings related to the current and all the existing themes will be deleted.
Wrapping up
These are the steps which people can use to reset the database to default values. People need to take a backup of the database so that if it is needed again, they can restore it.
