WP Reset quickly resets the site'southward database to the default installation values without modifying any files. It deletes all customizations and content, or just chosen parts like theme settings. WP Reset is fast and safe to use thank you to the built-in snapshots which provide i-click restore functionality. It has multiple fail-rubber mechanisms and then yous tin never accidentally lose data. WP Reset is extremely helpful for plugin and theme developers. Information technology speeds up testing & debugging by providing a quick way to reset settings and re-test code. It's the merely WP development tool for not-developers that enables advanced reset.

For support delight use the official forum, and if you need more data visit wpreset.com and be sure to cheque out the roadmap for the list of upcoming features.

Admission WP Reset admin page via the "Tools" menu.

Please read advisedly before proceeding to empathise what WP Reset does, and retrieve to always create a snapshot

Resetting will delete:

  • all posts, pages, custom mail types, comments, media entries, users
  • all default WP database tables
  • all custom database tables that have the same prefix table prefix as the ane defined in wp-config.php and used by default tables

Resetting will not delete or modify:

  • media files – they remain in the wp-uploads binder untouched just volition no longer be listed under Media in admin
  • no files are touched; plugins, themes, uploads – everything stays
  • site title, WordPress address, site address, site linguistic communication and search engine visibility settings
  • currently logged in user will be restored with the current username and password

What happens when I click the Reset button?

  • remember to ever create a snapshot get-go or a full fill-in
  • you volition have to ostend the activity one more time considering there is NO Undo
  • everything volition be reset; run into bullets above for details
  • site title, WordPress address, site accost, site language, search engine visibility settings as well as the electric current user will be restored
  • you volition exist logged out, automatically logged in and taken to the admin dashboard
  • WP Reset plugin will be reactivated if that option is chosen in the mail service-reset options

Undoing a reset

Before doing a reset, create a snapshot. The push is located right adjacent to the reset push button and it takes less than ten seconds to create a snapshot. Later reset is done, if you need to disengage it simply restore the snapshot and that's information technology.

WP-CLI support

WP Reset comes with total WP-CLI support. Help on our WP-CLI commands is available via wp help reset. Past default the commands accept to be confirmed merely you can use the --aye option to skip confirmation. Instead of the active user, the first user with admin privileges constitute in the database will be restored after reset. Please be careful when using WP Reset with WP-CLI – every bit with using the GUI always brand a snapshot or backup starting time.

Currently supported WP-CLI commands:

  • wp reset reset
  • wp reset version
  • wp reset delete
  • wp reset snapshots

Database Snapshots

Database snapshot is a copy of all WP database tables, standard and custom ones, saved in the currently used database (as gear up past wp-config.php). Files are not saved or included in snapshots in whatsoever mode.
Snapshots are primarily a development tool. Although they tin can be used for backups (and downloaded as gzipped SQL dumps), we propose finding a more suitable tool for doing backups of alive sites. Use snapshots to observe out what changes a plugin made to your database – what custom tables were created, modified, deleted or what changes were fabricated to site's settings. Or use it to rapidly restore the development surroundings later testing database related changes.
Restoring a snapshot does non affect other snapshots, or WP Reset settings. Snapshots can be compared to electric current database tables, restored (by overwriting current tables), exported advertising gzipped SQL dumps, or deleted. Creating a snapshot on an average WordPress installation takes i-2 seconds.

Multisite (WP-MU) Back up

WP Reset has all the same to exist completely tested with multisite! Please exist careful when using it with multisite enabled. We don't recommend to resetting the main site. Sub-sites should be OK. We're working on making WP Reset fully compatible with WP-MU. Till and so delight be careful. Thank you for understanding.

Fractional Reset Tools

  • Delete transients – deletes all transient related database entries. Including expired and not-expired transients, and orphaned timeout entries.
  • Delete uploads – delete all files and folder in the /uploads/ binder.
  • Delete plugins – deletes all plugins except WP Reset which remains active.
  • Reset theme options – resets all options for all themes that utilize the WP theme mods API.
  • Delete themes – deletes all themes.
  • Empty or delete custom tables – empties (truncates) or deletes (drops) all custom database tables.
  • Delete .htaccess file – deletes the .htaccess file. If y'all need to edit .htaccess without FTP utilize our complimentary WP Htaccess Editor plugin.

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Follow the usual routine;

  1. Open WordPress admin, go to Plugins, click Add New
  2. Enter "wp reset" in search and hitting Enter
  3. Plugin will bear witness upward as the commencement on the list (look for our black&blood-red round logo), click "Install Now"
  4. Actuate & open plugin'southward settings folio located under the Tools bill of fare

Or if needed, upload manually;

  1. Download the latest stable version from from downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-reset.latest-stable.zip
  2. Unzip it and upload to /wp-content/plugins/
  3. Open WordPress admin – Plugins and click "Activate" adjacent to "WP Reset"
  4. Open plugin'south admin page located under the Tools carte

Does WP Reset make backups?

Automatically no, it does not. Just we have "download backup" links besides every tool in the plugin so brand sure yous download a backup before running them. Backups only contain the database, no files!

How can I log in after resetting?

Use the same username and countersign you used while doing the reset. Merely one user will exist restored subsequently resetting. The one you used at that time.

Volition any files be deleted or modified when I reset the site?

No. All files are left untouched if y'all do a full reset. However, there are tool like "delete themes" that do delete files.

Volition I have to reconfigure wp-config.php?

Absolutely non. No reconfiguration is needed. No files are modified.

Do y'all back up WP-CLI?

We certain do! Only type "wp reset" in your beat to run across the list of bachelor commands and options.

How long does it take for the reset performance to complete?

On well-nigh installations a second or 2. If you have a huge amounts of data in tables then upward to ten seconds.

Amazing plugin does what it says and saves you a tone of issues!!!

Information technology was really piece of cake to create a snapshot of the current site and reset the site to start fresh. A super useful plugin that makes this easy!

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"WP Reset – Nigh Advanced Reset Tool for WordPress" is open source software. The following people take contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

  • WebFactory

v1.95

  • 2022/01/06
  • security fixes
  • fixed a CLI bug
  • added ad for our WP Force SSL plugin

v1.93

  • 2021/08/01
  • reactivate plugins gear up

v1.92

  • 2021/07/28
  • more fixes for the password consequence when resetting on WP v.8

v1.91

  • 2021/07/24
  • fixed countersign issue when resetting on WP v.eight

v1.90

  • 2021/06/01
  • security fixes
  • cleaned up unused code

v1.86

  • 2021/02/20
  • stock-still a small only nasty translation bug that prevented some users from resetting

v1.85

  • 2021/01/30
  • code clean-up

v1.84

  • 2021/01/21
  • added quick links push button
  • fixed some tooltips
  • removed support for WP Webhooks

v1.82

  • 2020/ten/27
  • removed auto activation for PRO version

v1.81

  • 2020/x/07
  • started adding better tooltips to all objects
  • added promo campaign for WP 301 Redirects

v1.80

  • 2020/04/17
  • new tool: Purge Cache
  • new tool: Delete Local Data
  • stock-still "Delete all plugins" tool
  • other pocket-sized bug fixes
  • started selling WP Reset PRO
  • 200,000 installs hit on 2020-03-07 with 1,560,000 downloads

v1.77

  • 2019/12/25
  • minor problems fixes

v1.75

  • 2019/eleven/12
  • bug fixes
  • more GUI improvements
  • updates for WP v5.3
  • removed the one-click fill-in tool in favor of snapshots – less confusing & same stop effect
  • 2 huge bug fixes thanks to @markwill
  • one,241,470 downloads

v1.70

  • 2019/09/27
  • bug fixes
  • completely new GUI
  • added .htaccess file to protect snapshots and backups folder
  • added 1-click backup feature

v1.65

  • 2019/07/15
  • issues fixes

v1.60

  • 2019/04/15
  • bug fixes
  • new tool: Reset theme options
  • added Product Chase banner
  • added deportment (hooks) to all tools and snapshot actions; all action names start with "wp-reset-"
  • removed features survey
  • announced plugin & theme collections

v1.55

  • 2019/03/25
  • 100k users hit on 2019/01/15 with 560,300 downloads; 34 days for +10k & 71k downloads
  • bug fixes
  • support for WP Webhooks
  • added features survey

v1.50

  • 2019/01/08
  • new tool: delete .htaccess file
  • new WP-CLI command: wp reset delete htaccess
  • 90k users hit on 2018/12/12 with 489,100 downloads; 27 days for +10k & 58k downloads

v1.45

  • 2018/11/27
  • new tool: truncate or drop custom DB tables
  • truncate / drop tables tool added to WP-CLI
  • all snapshot tools added to WP-CLI
  • 80k users hit on 2018/eleven/xv with 430,800 downloads; 30 days for +10k & 57k downloads

v1.40

  • 2018/10/24
  • new tool: DB Snapshots
  • rewrote code documentation for about functions
  • some parts of Snapshots demand refactoring
  • 70k users hit on 2018/10/16 with 373,300 downloads; 30 days for +10k & 50k downloads

v1.35

  • 2018/09/18
  • sponsorship by IP Geolocation
  • 60k users hit on 2018/09/16 with 323,300 downloads; 35 days for +10k
  • added all tools to WP-CLI
  • new tool: delete all files in uploads binder

v1.thirty

  • 2018/08/27
  • more code clean-upwards
  • added new reset params to WP-CLI
  • big GUI changes
  • started adding various tools; delete transients, delete all plugins, delete all themes
  • we striking fifty,000 installations on 2018/08/11 with 274,000 downloads

v1.25

  • 2018/07/xxx
  • code clean-up
  • mail-reset options – reactivate plugin, themes & WP Reset
  • added WP-MU alert till we make WP Reset fully compatible with information technology
  • Tidy Repo detect
  • added option to plummet boxes
  • modified rating observe

v1.xx

  • 2018/07/09
  • we hit 40k installations on 2018/06/26
  • WP-CLI back up via "wp reset" command
  • new logo
  • ask for rating notice
  • GUI improvements
  • code clean up
  • preparations for further development and new features

v1.10

  • 2018/05/09
  • WebFactory took over development
  • numerous issues fixes and improvements
  • 30,000 installations; 199,000 downloads

v1.0

  • 2016/05/16
  • Initial release