WP Reset Pro- Format WordPress Site

Why Reset WordPress to Default
There’s a few reasons you might reset your WordPress site to its default settings. Let’s take a closer look at them below.

You’ve Been Practicing Building a Website
Say you’ve been building out a new site but you’re not happy with the customizations. Maybe the branding’s off or the load time is ridiculously slow and you’d rather just start over than undo all the customizations you’ve made. Or maybe you’ve just been building out a site for practice as you learn more about WordPress. In either case, you can reset WordPress to quickly and easily start from scratch.

You’re Repurposing the Site
Let’s say you’re overhauling a client’s website or your own for a complete website redesign. You’ve already created and tested a new website using a staging site and are now ready to push it live. In that case, you might be better off resetting WordPress.

You’ve Been Hacked
Or maybe you’ve been hacked and there’s now junky code or spam in your plugin files, theme files, or posts and pages. Instead of combing through the back and front end of your site, you might prefer a reset.

Those are just a few reasons you might want to reset WordPress. However, pressing the reset button is not always the best solution. Let’s walk through some situations when not to reset WordPress.

When Not to Reset Your WordPress Site
There’s also a few reasons why you might not want to reset your WordPress site to its default settings. Let’s take a closer look at them below.

You Want to Redesign Part of Your Site
If you want to completely overhaul a website, then resetting WordPress makes sense. But if you want to redesign part of your site, then a reset doesn’t.

Let’s say you just want to replace your theme. In that case, you still want to keep your content, plugins, and settings — not completely start over from scratch. For this situation, and most redesigns, you’ll want to optimize your existing content, set up some redirects, and update your XML sitemap rather than reset WordPress.