I need help and suggestions on how to update an old WP 3.2.1 site. It has nearly 2,000 blog posts and about 1.5GB of content, and the sql database file is 31.5MB.
As usual there is no backup. The site owners have been blogging on it for years and were not concerned about whether the site would go down. Fortunately, the site seems to running fine.
I want to make a copy of the site before I update it, but I am having issues. I cannot backup the site with Duplicator or XCloner. The site is hosted at DreamHost and the PHP version has been updated to PHP 5.3.
My plan is to install a copy of the site on my MacBook Pro with MAMP. I have downloaded all the files and database from Dreamhost, but cannot get the site up and running on the Mac. I have followed several online tutorials and have successfully run several SQL test scripts, but I keep getting white screens.
I don’t think the problem is my MacBook as I have successfully installed large sites on it in the past.
My goal is to just get a copy of the site up and running so I can update the core WP, themes and plugins. (It should also be noted that this site uses very few plugins – Akismet, WP-Cache, Disable WordPress Core Updates and Plugin Updates(Dumb, I know!).
Does anyone have any suggestions about how I can duplicate this site?
– – – Steve