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Change and Update WordPress URLS in Database When Site is Moved to new Host. After migrating a WordPress site to a new URL either to a live production site or a testing development server, the new URL strings in the mysql database need to be changed and updated in the various mysql database tables.
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UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = replace(option_value, 'http://www.oldurl', 'http://www.newurl') WHERE option_name = 'home' OR option_name = 'siteurl';
UPDATE wp_posts SET guid = replace(guid, 'http://www.oldurl','http://www.newurl');
UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = replace(post_content, 'http://www.oldurl', 'http://www.newurl');
UPDATE wp_postmeta SET meta_value = replace(meta_value,'http://www.oldurl','http://www.newurl');
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