philipdowner/WPMigrate

Wrong naming - there is no migration taking place in this script

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BUGHUNTER commented

As I understand the script is just replacing values in the wordpress database - there is no "migration" taking place anywhere - so this is kind of a misnomer.

migration is not just about replacing database values - it is a process of updating files and data and moving them around, also you want to be able to ROLLBACK on a migration error and certainly it makes sense to have versioning for beeing able to select to which state you want to revert. Please read about migration before using this term in a script that actually is just a web interface for a simple data replacement script. BTW you could do this with sed.

philipdowner commented

Hi @BUGHUNTER,

You're correct that this script doesn't provide a migration in the fullest sense of the word. However that's the beauty of developing open-source software. I get to choose the name! I've hosted the project on GitHub to allow any other programmer to fork the project and make his/her own updates. I'd love to see your take on some of the features you mentioned.

However, for my needs it does the trick quite nicely!