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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  • 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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    • 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
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  • 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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  • 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.
  • 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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    Moving a Wordpress Blog

    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.