Moving a Wordpress Site

[MelissaFleet]

I have read a lot of articles regarding moving a wordpress site to another domain. It just seems so complicated, and I am going to be so scared of making a mistake. Is there anyone that may be willing (when the time comes a few weeks from now, to assist me with moving it please?

 

[maldridge]

basically, you just need to back up your database using phpmyadmin and then restore it into your new host/domain. Then FTP the files from the old host to the new host and edit the config file to point to the proper database server.

If you run into any trouble, PM me and I'd be happy to help.

 

[Pheno]

A couple of things will determine how difficult this is:

Are you keeping the same server?

Do you have high search rankings at the moment that you want to maintain?

 

[krymson]

its really not that hard. You will have to, though, go through everything with a fine tooth comb in the database and change everything to the new domain name as well as sometimes in the theme template files. Its not hard to move it BUT what you have to do after is pretty time consuming and if you want someone to do it, how much are you asking for the move?

 

[LouTheDesigner]

Site migration for wordpress is relatively easy. Does the new host have cpanel installed so that you can create a new DB in phpMyAdmin? All you need to do is export the old DB from cpanel, which will provide you with a .sql file. Then on your new site's hosting, go to your DB management and import that SQL file.

In your wp-config.php file you'll need to change the following code (underlined):
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define('DB_NAME', 'dbname');

define('DB_USER', 'dbuser');

define('DB_PASSWORD', 'dbpassword');

define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');

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PHP MyAdmin Changes

Once you import the database (database_name.sql)

- Click on 'wp_options' at the left hand side

- Click on 'Browse' tab at top

- Click on edit (pencil icon) for 'siteurl' (first row)

- Change existing URL (http://youroldurl) to new one (e.g. http://yournewurl.com)
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Go to WordPress Admin

- Go to Setting >> General

- Change 'Site address (URL)'. This should be the same as defined in 'siteurl' in PHPMyAdmin.

- Save Changes
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And there you go...

If you give me your hosting login information, I'll do it for $30.

-Lou

 

[Janja]

There are nifty little plug-ins that are called wordpress exporter. Install it on your wordpress site and export it to your desktop. Go to tools in your new wordpress site and import that same file including images, post, pages.
Use your ftp program to download the theme-file and the plug-ins folder and upload it again to your new site via ftp into the right folders.
The only thing, that you will have to re-create from there is what is in the widgets.
Activate the plug-ins and adjust settings if necessary.
That is the way I do it, when building a customer site on a test server. That way it least your working site stays intact.