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All In One SEO settings missing after WPMU migration

Not sure if this topic belongs here, but it is related to the SEO Pack plugin …

I just migrated a 3 yr. old WP blog to WPMU. The site ran the standard AIOSEO plugin. After migration and activating the sitemaps/seo pack, all my SEO settings are missing from every post. [sigh]

I have plenty of db dumps. Is there any way to restore these settings via MyAdmin or other method?

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:58:25
  • Andrew
    • Champion of Loops

    Hiya,

    The version of the AIO SEO plugin available via this site has most of the settings/options disabled to make it less complicated for end users. If you need all of the bells and whistles then it’s best to use the full version.

    Thanks,

    Andrew

  • jcnjr
    • WP Core Meltdown

    Thanks. This version works just fine for me. In fact, I prefer it. I’m just wondering if there’s any way I can restore all the data into the SEO option fields (title, description, keywords) that I had prior to the migration.

    Any thoughts?

  • jcnjr
    • WP Core Meltdown

    I edited various WP db exports and imported them into the new WPMU database via PHP MyAdmin. But I don’t know exactly where these SEO plugin setting live in the database. If only I could get a little assistance writing a query to repopulate the fields in the new install… [hint, hint] :wink:

    FYI: I read various topics regarding difficulties migrating wp_options from WP to wp_1_options in WPMU, so I did not import that table. Could that be where the SEO data disappeared to? And if so, is there a way to only import that information?

    Going back and manually adding all the titles, keywords, and descriptions for three years of posts could prove to be detrimental to my health. Many thanks for your input!

  • Andrew
    • Champion of Loops

    Hiya,

    If only I could get a little assistance writing a query to repopulate the fields in the new install… [hint, hint] :wink:

    I’m afraid that’s a bit beyond what we can assist with here. You may want to consider hiring a developer to handle this for you though.

    Could that be where the SEO data disappeared to?

    I’m not sure where that data is stored to be honest. I would assume the postmeta table but it’s definitely possible that it’s in the options table.

    Thanks,

    Andrew

  • jcnjr
    • WP Core Meltdown

    Update: I removed the premium AIOSEO php file and folder from the mu-plugins directory and activated the original plugin in the plugins folder. This restored all the settings in the SEO fields for every post. This is a good thing.

    Will the simple-sitemaps plugin continue to generate sitemaps without the other components of the premium pack? If so, how can I verify the sitemaps are getting generated?

    Thanks!

  • Andrew
    • Champion of Loops

    Will the simple-sitemaps plugin continue to generate sitemaps without the other components of the premium pack?

    Yep :slight_smile:

    If so, how can I verify the sitemaps are getting generated?

    The sitemaps should be at blog.domain.tld/sitemap.xml

    Thanks,

    Andrew