I occasionally want to reset my WordPress installation back to default--both the database and files. What is the most efficient way to do so?
I know there are viable plugins to reset the database. But are there automated methods to reset the files to default as well? Or do I need to simply delete everything and re-upload all the WordPress files?
If you only want to empty the site of its content (posts, comments, terms, and meta) then there's a wp-cli command for that:
$ wp site empty
Use the the --uploads parameter to delete all files in the uploads folder and --yes to skip the conformation.
Warning: Remember to backup before testing!
See the wp-cli docs for more information:
You can use git and a script:
#!/bin/bash
# check out a revision
git checkout master
# Force-add the wordpress config to the index so it
# isn't removed in the next step (add any other
# .gitignore'd files you want to keep to the end of
# this)
git add -f config/wp-config.php
# remove any files/directories not in the index
git clean -fdx
# removes files added to index in step 2 from the
# index (but doesn't remove them from the disk)
git reset
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