This extension re-numbers posts in discussions on demand.
Why you might need this extension:
- You manually imported data into your forum and need to create the number values
- You want to clean existing data with a lot of missing numbers between posts and don't care about the permalinks
I strongly recommend you test the command on a backup first before running it on your live data!
composer require migratetoflarum/renumber-posts
The extension is implemented as a command line utility.
Enable the extension in Flarum admin panel, then open a terminal and cd into the Flarum folder.
Running the command without any parameter will perform a dry run (does not update anything):
php flarum migratetoflarum:renumber
You can enable or disable various calculations with command options.
For example, to only add numbers to posts without number:
php flarum migratetoflarum:renumber --partial --missing
To number every post of every discussion chronologically:
php flarum migratetoflarum:renumber --all
To re-number only discussions where duplicate post numbers were found
php flarum migratetoflarum:renumber --fix-duplicates
To get a list of all available options, run:
php flarum help migratetoflarum:renumber
When you are done with the update, you can safely remove the extension. It does not need to stay installed.
composer remove migratetoflarum/renumber-posts
The initial version of this extension was sponsored by @Wadera