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JoshRicha
JoshRicha

Reputation: 311

Where does visual composer store links?

I am trying to target all links with no www. in the database.

https://launchhousing.org.au

and replace with

https://www.launchhousing.org.au

I have used the 'search and replace' plugin which has apparently changed all of the links but somehow Visual Composer seems to still have links without the www. I am using the VC 'Icon Box' and added in the URL field: http://launchhousing.org.au/category/policy-agenda/

Upvotes: 4

Views: 5641

Answers (2)

Tegos
Tegos

Reputation: 422

Visual Composer store links in urlencode format as:
link=\"url:http%3A%2F%2Fsite.com%2Findex.php%2Fmembership-account%2Fmembership-levels%2F|||\"


That's why you can't find.

You need make sql dump of your database and make replacing:
http%3A%2F%2Foldsite.com%2F → http%3A%2F%2Fnewsite.com%2F
I hope this helps. Good luck.

Upvotes: 12

Dan.
Dan.

Reputation: 717

You mean links that are in the page/post content? These will be in the post_content of the wp_posts table, along with the rest of the content. All the VC elements you put into a page/post are just shortcodes.

Though I also have found that plugins, such as WP DB Migrate seem to miss VC stuff in the post_content column.

I always have to manually do an SQL query. You can do this in phpmyadmin:

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, 'launchhousing.org.au', 'www.launchhousing.org.au')

And remember to change 'wp_posts' if your prefix is different.

Upvotes: 0

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