Assuming my current WordPress prefix was “wp_” and I wanted to change it to “banana_”, then I would do the following…
Take a backup of your database and file system. Remember, if you screw up and trash your blog you will thank yourself for the extra time you spent doing this!
Amend the “$table_prefix” setting in the “wp-config.php” file.
$table_prefix = 'banana_'; // Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!
Rename all the tables, swapping the “wp_” prefix with “banana_”. For example, the following statement would rename the “wp_comments” table to “banana_comments”.
RENAME TABLE wp_comments TO banana_comments
Perform the following updates.
UPDATE banana_options SET option_name = 'banana_user_roles' WHERE option_name = 'wp_user_roles' UPDATE banana_usermeta SET meta_key = 'banana_capabilities' WHERE meta_key = 'wp_capabilities' UPDATE banana_usermeta SET meta_key = 'banana_user_level' WHERE meta_key = 'wp_user_level' UPDATE banana_usermeta SET meta_key = 'banana_autosave_draft_ids' WHERE meta_key = 'wp_autosave_draft_ids'
If you don’t do these updates, the blog will work, but when you try to access the admin site you will be greeted with a message saying,
You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.
That’s it!
Cheers
Tim…