Moving Wordpress Site To Completely New Domain

10 years ago

One thing you can do is define your site url's in the wp-config.php file by adding the following to it:

Code:

define('WP_SITEURL', 'http://www.yoursite.com'); 
define('WP_HOME', 'http://www.yoursite.com');

It won't take care of all the image paths, but it take care of alot.

Another thing you can do is, once the site is on the new domain, use a "Search and Replace" plugin, which you can replace the old sites url's with the new one's. Works very well.

I do the above all the time, works perfectly.

Just my two cents.

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joe ferdinando

10 years ago

I found that Backup creator is one of the best for this. I started with the $7 single license and updated to the developer license!

Its simple to use and has features like backup to local computer, email, amazon s3 and cloud.

I have and use wp Twin, Backup Buddy, Backup breeze, and a few more. But I have to tell you that Backup creator became my favorite tool!

Duplicator is FREE and does a decent job. You can test it. But again Backup creator is my favorite cloning tool!

Originally Posted by Campbell24

I need to be able to move wordpress sites to new domains. This is not really for SEO purposes just for something else that I'm doing.

I'm familiar with moving my wordpress files to a new host, and importing the database. I do this all the time manually with no problems.

But I've been searching and posting everywhere in forums and can't find the answer to this simple question.

Is there a way to move your wordpress site onto a new domain and have it appear exactly as the old site, but with all of the images hosted on the new domain, and links to inner pages on the new domain? (Also: have your domain.com/wp-admin link take you to login to the new site, not the old one)

In the past I have moved some sites to new domains but I always have problems that I can't completely fix- the image URLs are still hosted on the old domain, all of the inner page links are pointing to the old domain, the wp-admin login points to the old domain, etc.

I've seen people say "just buy BackupBuddy" and I am definitely willing to buy something to help me do this quickly on a lot of sites, but i just don't see what backup buddy actually does for this particular purpose- it basically just downloads your database and wordpress files, as you can do manually. One thing I have tried is going through the database file and replacing the old domain name with the new one and then uploading the database file to the new site- but that doesn't really work for some reason and still doesn't do what I want. I think getting the images to be hosted on the new site may be the hardest part of this.

I'm sure somebody knows the answer to this.

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gerardojv

10 years ago

All of the suggestions above are great and correct, however because Wordpress posts the full URL of the site within posts, pages, and through out the site like:

HTML Code:

http://www.mydomain.com/wp-content/uploads/12/10/someimage.jpg

and not something dynamic like:

HTML Code:

/wp-content/uploads/12/10/someimage.jpg

it really doesnt matter what method you use, your images will always end up being broken.

I forget the name of the plugin but theres one out there called "base url", it allows you to use something like:

HTML Code:

[base_url]/wp-content/uploads/12/04/image.jpg

And basically will dynamically put whatever you have under your URL in your settings into that [base_url]. This way whenever you move it, everything is automatically updated. You can even use it within other areas of the site as well.

G

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topnichewebsites

10 years ago

You can get backup buddy and have no problems as I been using it for a long time. If you need any help give me a scream

Note: a lot of cloners have issues with GD and BlueHost - there away around that though

Mike

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Istvan Horvath

10 years ago

Is there a way to move your wordpress site onto a new domain and have it appear exactly as the old site, but with all of the images hosted on the new domain, and links to inner pages on the new domain? (Also: have your domain.com/wp-admin link take you to login to the new site, not the old one)

There is a free plugin on the wp.org site - Search and Replace. Download, install use it...

It helps exactly with the issue you described: it goes into the database and finds and replaces all the instances of
old-example.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/mypic.jpg
with
new-example.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/mypic.jpg

The way you do it (although it is clearly described in the instructions): you tell the plugin to search, for example for

Code:

http://example.com/

and to replace it with

Code:

http://thenewdomain.com/

It will change all or some of the instances (depending on your settings) and will leave the rest of the URLs unchanged.

I used it a lot, when moving sites; e.g. from my dev server to client site etc.

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sandragaff 10 years ago

I always use Duplicator it is a free plugin and very easy to use.

You always end up with an exact replica of your site.

No broken images, you don't have to go an modify any other settings

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- mindworp 10 years ago
  
  We also use the free Duplicator Plugin, just install, replicate, download Zip & Installer file, upload to new server, run the install script and everything is done for you.
  
  Exact replication with all data, plugins, images etc, we use this for moving from off-line development server to remote hosts & more......
  
  Hope that this helps someone out......
  
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Anton Yulianto

10 years ago

you can use Duplicator it is a free plugin..

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mutant9

10 years ago

I think duplicator should work, you can also try backing up your website using WP2D (WordPress to Dropbox) plugin and then use the backup on your new domain.

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watsonovedades

10 years ago

remember to backup all the wordpress you create from now on

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SJL

10 years ago

There's a simple solution... Notepad

(yes I'm serious)

Get the database.sql export file
Open it in Notepad
Open "Edit > Replace"
"Find what" is your old site. For example "oldsite.com"
-Note: Don't include http:// or www.
"Replace with" is your new site. For example "newsite.net"
Click "Replace All"
Save the file
Import it to your new database

And you are done

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christogonus

10 years ago

Originally Posted by SJL

There's a simple solution... Notepad

(yes I'm serious)

Get the database.sql export file
Open it in Notepad
Open "Edit > Replace"
"Find what" is your old site. For example "oldsite.com"
-Note: Don't include http:// or www.
"Replace with" is your new site. For example "newsite.net"
Click "Replace All"
Save the file
Import it to your new database

And you are done

I have always made use of this method and I have never been disappointed. My own procedure goes thus:

I do not see any need for backup on the old site because I do not tamper with anything. To avoid "stories that touch the hearth", I make use of the "File Manager Legacy" instead of the "file manager".

1. On the new domain, install wordpress
2. on the old domain, zip the "wp-content" folder and download it to your computer
3. on the old website, extract database through "PHP MyAdmin"
4. Use "Notepad + +" to open the extracted database, then use the "find and replace" to locate the old url and replace it with the new url
5. rename the wp-content on the new host and upload the downloaded zip wp-content and extract
6. on the new hosting, drop the database and upload the edited sql file.

NOTE:
You can also search for "home/OldCpanelUsername" in the sql file. If you find any result, replace OldCpanelUsername with the NewCpanelUsername.

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SJL 10 years ago

Originally Posted by christogonus

1. On the new domain, install wordpress
...
6. on the new hosting, drop the database and upload the edited sql file.

Note that this only works, if your old sites WordPress is the same version as the one you installed. :rolleyes:
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sbucciarel

Banned 10 years ago

I use Duplicator. It's free and makes the adjustments in urls automatically

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spearce000

10 years ago

Another vote for Duplicator. I used it for the first time yesterday and it saved me a LOT of time and hassle.

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copilu0

10 years ago

I've used in the past Backup Creator and it works. With just a few clicks you'll have the new site created.

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psahalot

10 years ago

I have used blogvault.net and InfiniteWP
both of these tools work great.
Other than that you can also go for ManageWP as it comes with a site clone tool that helps you move site from one host/domain to a different one.

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sbucciarel

Banned 10 years ago

Just get the free Search and Replace wordpress plugin and it will replace the old urls with the new urls.

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davidaclark

10 years ago

Originally Posted by Campbell24

I need to be able to move wordpress sites to new domains. This is not really for SEO purposes just for something else that I'm doing.

I'm sure somebody knows the answer to this.

I find WPTwin is excellent for this. You can back-up a complete WordPress blog in a few minutes and restore it to another website quickly and easily. It is not cheap but is well worth the money as it can be used as a regular blog back-up whenever you wish.

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