I successfully changed domain name by following the detailed instructions on the forum. (thanks )
However, when I log in to WordPress, even though I already I changed the domain set in the WP-Discourse settings, and it says connected but the existing/old post are still showing the forum post address using the old domain.
How/where can I update old posts to use the new domain name?
Note: If I click “Update Discourse topic” and resave the post, then the URL is updated correctly for the existing post. However, I would like not to have to manually re-save 100+ posts. Hopefully, there’s an easier way?
You can automate this process. I think the links that are pointing to the old Discourse domain that you are referring to are the links to Discourse topics that appear underneath WordPress posts. These links are set by the post’s discourse_permalink post_meta field. You could try manually updating that field for one of your posts to confirm that solves the issue:
The main thing to be aware of is that you need to use a remapping plugin that is able to update post custom fields. I think both of the plugins I linked to can do that. I’d also look for a plugin that lets you perform a dry run before performing the actual remapping. The second plugin that I linked to says it supports that.
Be sure to save a fresh backup of your WordPress database before running the remap. It would also be good to try manually updating the discourse_permalink field for just one post to confirm that solves the issue for you.
To see the custom fields section, you probably need to click “preferences” from the editor’s sidebar, then select Panels, then enable custom fields:
I’m fairly confident that just running the remap will solve the issue for you though. This would just be an additional check to confirm that it solves the issue.
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