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    <p>MySQL doesn't have exactly what you're looking for -- yes, there is a <a href="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/string-functions.html#function_replace" rel="nofollow"><code>REPLACE()</code></a> string function, but you can't limit it to a single substitution. As such, you might inadvertently replace other occurrences of this constant that could conceivably appear in your title string.</p> <p>IMHO, the easiest way is to find all titles starting with your constant, and just replace the first one (i.e. at the start of the string):</p> <pre><code>UPDATE wp_posts SET post_title = MID( post_title, LENGTH('Constant ')+1 ) WHERE post_title LIKE 'Constant %' AND post_type = 'post'; </code></pre> <p>You need the <code>+1</code> because MySQL string offsets start at 1, not zero.</p> <p>Personally, I always prefer to run the equivalent SELECT first, just to be certain (too many years of MyISAM without <code>BEGIN WORK</code>):</p> <pre><code>SELECT post_title, MID( post_title, LENGTH('Constant ')+1 ) AS replacedTitle FROM wp_posts WHERE post_title LIKE 'Constant %' AND post_type = 'post'; </code></pre> <p>Alternatively, if you're <em>certain</em> that you always want to remove the first word (i.e. up to and including the first space), then the following statement should work:</p> <pre><code>UPDATE wp_posts SET post_title = MID( post_title, POSITION( ' ' IN post_title )+1 ) WHERE post_type = 'post'; </code></pre> <p>Since <code>POSITION()</code> will return zero if no space is found, this statement will be a no-op (i.e. non-destructive) in the general case.</p>
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    1. COI am assuming I would replace the "posts" and "title" with wordpress equivalents?
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    2. COHow would I go about restricting it to where post_type is equal to "post" SELECT post_title, MID( post_title, LENGTH('Constant ')+1 ) AS replacedTitle FROM wp_posts WHERE post_title LIKE 'Constant %';`
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    3. COI've updated my question with the database information.
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