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Need help Moving my wordpress site to a New host

by ajetayo
10 replies
I need a little help, I want to move my wordpress site to a new host, I need a hosting company that can help me move it without extra charges.
#host #moving #site #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
    Is your site a complicated one or a simple one? If it's a relatively simple site, the easiest thing to do is to start by going to tools/export and export the database.

    Then do a fresh install of Wordpress on your new host, install the theme, install any plug-ins you were using and then go to tools/import and import the content.

    Job done.

    If you have any custom widgets or have made changes to the theme, make a note of what they are (and copy the content of any widgets to a Word/notepad/OpenOffice document so you can copy it into the new site)
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  • Profile picture of the author mikeac
    You may want to hire somebody on Fiverr to do the task for you, I had the same problem with moving my blog from one host to another, and rather me risking losing any files I just paid someone on fiverr to do it
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    • Profile picture of the author Chris Mercer
      When I moved to Hostgator, they moved my membership site from the old host free of charge. The service has been great... worth checking out!

      - Mercer
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  • Profile picture of the author peptone
    I agree with Chris about Hostgator.

    I recently wanted to move a Blog from one domain to another in Hostgator and their Support Operative was very helpful. If you want to preserve all your content, I would suggest that you download all your WP files and folders to your PC and then upload them to your new host, using ftp, eg Filezilla.

    You will also need to export your associated SQL database to your PC and then add a new SQL database at your new host, making sure you give it the same name as it had at the old host. You do this in cPanel. There are some videos on YouTube that explain how to do it.

    Make sure you back everything up and if you hit a problem ask Hostgator for help. They have a 24 hr Chat Support line.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    You can do it yourself easily enough.
    http://domainingdiva.com/transfer.pdf
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    • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
      Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

      You can do it yourself easily enough.
      http://domainingdiva.com/transfer.pdf
      I was about to come in here and give this link myself. So I'll just +1 that.
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  • Profile picture of the author micksss
    You can use a plugin called WordPress Move to move everything from your old hosting account to your new hosting account. Or just submit a ticket and ask your new web host to do the transfer for your.
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  • Profile picture of the author peptone
    You might find this link useful:
    Moving WordPress
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    • Profile picture of the author Cataclysm1987
      Hostgator is the only one I know of that offers a free site transfer to new customers.

      Let me know if you find any others in your search.
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