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Moving Day: WordPress Restore & Prime Mover Import

A step-by-step packing list for spinning up a model's site from the backup archive and importing it with Prime Mover. Check each box as you go — the truck won't lie about how far you've got left.

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Phase 1 — Set up the folder & unpack files

Create the model's home on the server and get the site files in place.

Create the model's folder on the server Server

Name the folder after the model — this becomes the live URL, so keep it strict:

  • All lowercase
  • No spaces
  • No special characters (only letters, numbers, hyphens)
# example folder name
model-name

Move default.zip into the new folder Server

Move it from the shared rah2026 folder into the model folder you just created.

# from
/rah2026/default.zip

# to
/model-name/default.zip

Move zip-ext.php into the same folder Server

This little script is what extracts default.zip in the next step — it needs to sit right next to it.

/model-name/zip-ext.php

Run zip-ext.php in the browser Browser

Visit the script directly — it will unzip default.zip in place.

https://mymodelfolio.net/model-name/zip-ext.php

Move files out of WPCS into the folder root Server

The extraction creates a WPCS subfolder. Move everything inside it up one level, into the root of the model folder — the WordPress files should live directly at /model-name/, not /model-name/WPCS/.

💡After this move you can delete the now-empty WPCS folder and default.zip to keep things tidy.
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Phase 2 — Point the site at itself

Update .htaccess and prep a fresh database table for this model.

Edit .htaccess — swap in the real slug Server

Find these two lines and replace model-folder with the actual folder name from Step 1:

RewriteBase /model-name/
RewriteRule . /model-name/index.php [L]

Grab the dummy database file Files

Location:

2026\8-Studio London\MMF\backup\Import Manager

File name:

installation-db-only-2026.sql

Rename the table prefix in the SQL file Find & Replace

Find-and-replace the dummy prefix dummy2026_ with a fresh one for this model.

  • Use the model's initials — keep it short, about 3–5 characters
  • Include the year
  • End with an underscore
# find
dummy2026_

# replace with (example)
modl26_
⚠️Every model needs a unique prefix. Reusing one will collide with an existing site's tables.

Update wp-config.php with the same prefix Server

Open wp-config.php in the model folder and set the table prefix to exactly what you used in Step 8, then save.

$table_prefix = 'modl26_';
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Phase 3 — Import the database

Bring the prepared SQL file into phpMyAdmin — carefully.

Log in to phpMyAdmin Browser

https://mysql.mymodelfolio.net

Enter the database name and password to log in.

Import the prepared SQL file phpMyAdmin

Go to the Import tab and select the installation-db-only-2026.sql file you edited in Step 8.

🔎Double-check, then triple-check: confirm the table prefix in the file is the new one, not the dummy one — so you don't overwrite an existing model's database by mistake.

Confirm the site & login page both load Verify

The front end should now load:

https://mymodelfolio.net/model-name/

And the login page:

https://mymodelfolio.net/model-name/wp-admin
🚧If /wp-admin redirects to the homepage instead of showing a login form, something upstream was missed — usually the table prefix in wp-config.php (Step 9) or the slug in .htaccess (Step 6).
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Phase 4 — Restore with Prime Mover

Bring in the model's real content package and finish up.

Move the Prime Mover package into place Server

Move the full package (the .wprime file with db + files) here:

mymodelfolio.net/model-name/wp-content/uploads/prime-mover-export-files/1

Log in to WordPress & open Prime Mover wp-admin

If everything above went right, you can now log in. Install the Prime Mover plugin if it isn't already active.

Restore the package Prime Mover

Go to Prime Mover → Packages. The package you moved in Step 13 will be listed — click Restore.

Swap in the model's real images & copy Final touch

Once restore completes, all the dummy pages and theme options will be in place. Replace the placeholder images and text as per the provided document.

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Delivered!

The truck's parked, the boxes are unpacked. The model's site is live, restored, and ready for its real content.