Change only the site url in image source url

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1. I make it by using str_replace
   http://php.net/str_replace

   $old_src = 'http://domain.com/theme/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image.jpg';
   $old_url = 'http://domain.com/theme/';
   $new_url = 'http://new-domain.com/new-theme/';
   
   $new_src = str_replace($old_url, $new_url, $old_src ).'<br/>';
   echo $new_src;
   

2. The easiest way to make this change is at a database level.

   I do this kind of thing all the time when I deploy a site and I need to change the staging domain (staging.test.com) to the live domain (test.com). Generally, WordPress generally uses the WP_SITEURL set in wp-config.php to determine asset paths but this is not the case for images.

   I use the Search and Replace for WordPress databases script and it’s pretty solid, just replace:

    http://domain.com/theme/
   

   with

    http://new-domain.com/new-theme/
   

   and you should be good to go…

   Alternatively, if you’re not moving a site then you can change specific instances in the database – for this I’d recommend using a tool like Navicat (for OSX) as this can perform search/replace operations on specific tables.

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