Moving a Wordpress Blog

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I hope this is the right place to ask for this--

I am wanting to move a old and established Wordpress blog to a new host. Can any one either explain in detail what needs to be done or point me in the direction of detailed instructions.

Thanks a million.

Seb
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  • Profile picture of the author camalus1026
    Originally Posted by Sebulba View Post

    I hope this is the right place to ask for this--

    I am wanting to move a old and established Wordpress blog to a new host. Can any one either explain in detail what needs to be done or point me in the direction of detailed instructions.

    Thanks a million.

    Seb

    Hello,

    If you go into your admin panel and go to the "export" option, this is used to backup all of your content. It should be in either a tool or options area. Just download your backup file and once you have wordpress installed on your other host, you should be able to import it right back in. I forget if it saves your template information, so I would look into that a bit before proceeding. Hope that helps a little.
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    • Profile picture of the author Karen Blundell
      Here is the correct way to do it:

      first make a backup of your database. You should have the WP-backup plugin installed and then you would just go to Tools--> Backup..download the backup file to your computer

      Next go to Tools--> Export
      You will be exporting your posts, pages, and comments in an XML file and downloading it to your computer.

      Next: Download your current wp-content directory. Use FTP or the File Manager in your hosting account. The wp-content directory contains your current theme and plugins, plus any uploads.


      Now once you have a new host, hopefully you have the Fantastico suite of tools
      Do your one-click install but then you want to import your previous database, so you will need to go to PHPMyAdmin. Locate your new WordPress database. Select it and then you will see a list of options at the top of the page. Click Import and you will then be prompted to browse for your file (database file) ..click import...and then you're done there...
      logout of your hosting cpanel

      Now you are going to FTP your old wp-content directory to your new WordPress install...and let it overwrite the one that's there. You can use your hosting account's file manager to accomplish this too if you wish.

      Once that's done you will need to login to your new WordPress blog and activate your theme as well as any plugins that may need to be activated or updated. All your posts, pages, and comments should all be there from your previous blog, but if not you still have your XML file that you exported which you can import by going to Tools--> Import.

      If you have any questions please feel free to pm me or use the form here
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      • Profile picture of the author projek001
        Originally Posted by Karen Blundell View Post

        Here is the correct way to do it:

        first make a backup of your database. You should have the WP-backup plugin installed and then you would just go to Tools--> Backup..download the backup file to your computer

        Next go to Tools--> Export
        You will be exporting your posts, pages, and comments in an XML file and downloading it to your computer.

        Next: Download your current wp-content directory. Use FTP or the File Manager in your hosting account. The wp-content directory contains your current theme and plugins, plus any uploads.


        Now once you have a new host, hopefully you have the Fantastico suite of tools
        Do your one-click install but then you want to import your previous database, so you will need to go to PHPMyAdmin. Locate your new WordPress database. Select it and then you will see a list of options at the top of the page. Click Import and you will then be prompted to browse for your file (database file) ..click import...and then you're done there...
        logout of your hosting cpanel

        Now you are going to FTP your old wp-content directory to your new WordPress install...and let it overwrite the one that's there. You can use your hosting account's file manager to accomplish this too if you wish.

        Once that's done you will need to login to your new WordPress blog and activate your theme as well as any plugins that may need to be activated or updated. All your posts, pages, and comments should all be there from your previous blog, but if not you still have your XML file that you exported which you can import by going to Tools--> Import.

        If you have any questions please feel free to pm me or use the form here
        Contact Karen
        A nice tutorial from karen.
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      • Profile picture of the author puneet
        Originally Posted by Karen Blundell View Post

        Here is the correct way to do it:

        first make a backup of your database. You should have the WP-backup plugin installed and then you would just go to Tools--> Backup..download the backup file to your computer

        Next go to Tools--> Export
        You will be exporting your posts, pages, and comments in an XML file and downloading it to your computer.

        Next: Download your current wp-content directory. Use FTP or the File Manager in your hosting account. The wp-content directory contains your current theme and plugins, plus any uploads.


        Now once you have a new host, hopefully you have the Fantastico suite of tools
        Do your one-click install but then you want to import your previous database, so you will need to go to PHPMyAdmin. Locate your new WordPress database. Select it and then you will see a list of options at the top of the page. Click Import and you will then be prompted to browse for your file (database file) ..click import...and then you're done there...
        logout of your hosting cpanel

        Now you are going to FTP your old wp-content directory to your new WordPress install...and let it overwrite the one that's there. You can use your hosting account's file manager to accomplish this too if you wish.

        Once that's done you will need to login to your new WordPress blog and activate your theme as well as any plugins that may need to be activated or updated. All your posts, pages, and comments should all be there from your previous blog, but if not you still have your XML file that you exported which you can import by going to Tools--> Import.

        If you have any questions please feel free to pm me or use the form here
        Contact Karen
        That is a great tutorial on how to transfer the blog from one host to another. I am going to follow these steps as it is.

        I just have one question Karen - does this whole process include updating the wp-config file with the new database information like database name, username and password as well.

        Please let me know - thanks for the help.
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        • Profile picture of the author Karen Blundell
          Originally Posted by puneet View Post

          That is a great tutorial on how to transfer the blog from one host to another. I am going to follow these steps as it is.

          I just have one question Karen - does this whole process include updating the wp-config file with the new database information like database name, username and password as well.

          Please let me know - thanks for the help.

          Hi Puneet,

          Yes, the Fantastico install takes care of the wp-config file for you so you don't have to touch it at all
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  • Profile picture of the author canelmas
    Well most of the hosting companies transfer for free.. you may ask directly to them! Because they have WHM which enables to transfer your website with entering cpanel info and one click
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  • Profile picture of the author SocialBookmarkPro
    Just a quick note, some web hosting companies have difficulty importing the database if the size is too large. Newer sites do not need to be concerned but larger content rich sites may need to use Myphpadmin.
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  • Profile picture of the author affilorama-portal
    The export option in the wordpress dashboard saves only blog posts, not the template info or plugin info, nor any customizations that you made to your theme.
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