Hi Guys!
Today we are going to see
how you can reset your WordPress site.
Now let’s say
you have built your site with WordPress,
and for some reason
you want to go back to the default WordPress site.
You can do that by watching this video.
So after watching this video,
you will be able to reset your website
back to how it was before
and then start from scratch,
Okay
So I’m Bryan from Website learners
And let’s reset our WordPress site
First, let’s see how our site looks right now,
Here it is,
Now, this is the site which we are going to reset
To reset this site, we are going to do 2 steps
The First step is to install the reset plugin,
So to install the plugin,
Let’s go to our WordPress dashboard
Now go to plugins
and click ‘Add New’
Now here, search for a plugin called ‘wp reset’
And you will get this plugin,
Now this is the plugin which will help us to reset our site
So to install the plugin,
Let’s click ‘Install’
And then click ‘Activate’
So now, we have successfully installed the plugin
And now if we go to tools,
you can see that a new item called
‘wp reset’ has been added here
Once you’ve installed the plugin,
Next, let’s go to the step 2,
which is to Reset our WordPress site,
Using this plugin
Now once you reset your site,
you will lose all the data on your site.
So it is important to take a backup of your site
before you proceed.
If you want to learn how to backup your site,
you can watch this video.
Now to reset our site,
using this plugin,
Let’s go to ‘Tools’
and click ‘WP Reset’
And it will take you to this page
Now before you reset your site,
if you want to quickly revert back to your current site,
then you can also take a snapshot of this site,
with this plugin.
So to take a Snapshot of your current site,
Just go to ‘snapshots’ tab
And click ‘Create Snapshot’
Now, enter a name for the snapshot
And then click ‘Create Snapshot’
Now as you can see, our snapshot has been created.
Now remember
that this snapshot, is not a replacement for a backup,
It is important to have a separate backup,
to keep your data safe,
before you reset the site.
So, Once you have created the snapshot
We can now reset our site
So to reset our site
Let’s go back to ‘Reset’ Tab
and then, scroll down
to site reset
Now here, Type ‘Reset’
and click ‘Reset Site’
And now if we click ‘Reset WordPress’
You can see that our WordPress site is now, resetting itself…
And it’s done!
Now as soon as you reach this page
Once you click that, your WordPress site will be reset
So now, if we go back to our website
And click ‘Refresh’
You can see that,
Our WordPress site is back to its default state
So this is how you can reset your WordPress Website
And now you can start building your site from scratch.
So now you know how to reset your WordPress website
Now, how do we restore the snapshot, which we took before?
So to restore the snapshot,
Let’s go back to our WordPress dashboard
And then go to ‘Tools’
and click ‘WP Reset’
Now go to ‘Snapshots’
Here you can see the snapshot which we created before
Now to restore the snapshot
Click ‘Actions’
And click ‘Restore Snapshot’
And now if we click ‘Restore Snapshot’
You can see that our snapshot has been restored!
So now, if you go back to your site
You can see that
this is how our site was before
now if we click refresh
you can see that
our website has been restored from the snapshot
So this is how you can restore a snapshot of your site.
That’s it guys
So this is how you can reset your WordPress website.
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Thanks for watching.
I will see you in the next video.
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