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In today’s short tutorial, I’ll be demonstrating how to reset WordPress by wiping the database clean. This will restore WordPress to factory settings, leaving you with a fresh WordPress installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before we kick things off, though: why might you want to learn how to reset WordPress and its main database?<\/strong> If you’ve spent a lot of time, effort, and money building a website, why would you want to scrap it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Two reasons jump out at me. \ud83e\udd98<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udc49 The first reason is, of course, the most obvious. If you’re just starting out with WordPress, chances are, you’ll make a mistake or two along the way. Sometimes, the quickest and easiest resolution is simply hitting the reset button and starting again. With a fresh WordPress installation, you can build your website from scratch<\/a>, the way it should<\/em> have been built the first time around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udc49 The second one is a tactic I employ from time to time. As someone who regularly tests WordPress products, the dashboard on my staging environment seems constantly overrun with unrequired themes and plugins. Rather than spending unnecessary time removing the surplus to requirements, I find it easier to wipe the lot of them \u2013 this also guarantees that I won’t run into any compatibility issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So perhaps you will never need to reset WordPress. However, if you do, this short tutorial will come in handy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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How to reset WordPress using a free plugin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To perform a complete WordPress reset, we’ll be using the WordPress Database Reset<\/em> plugin \u2013 the plugin does exactly what it says on the tin.<\/p>\n\n\n

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