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Charles Lau dot Com: How To Transfer WordPress From One Server To Another

  • Liesl · 8 months ago
    Hi Charles, I have a question. What if I want to have a different domain when switching hosts? Would this method still work? If not, what would I need to do to transfer all my WordPress stuff?
  • J.R. · 2 years ago
    Thanks Charles, I'm in the process right now and it's great to get good information like this.
  • Charles · 8 months ago
    Thanks J.R. for your visit. It's my pleasure to help. :)
  • Charles · 2 years ago
    You are most welcome! Thanks for dropping by too.. :)
  • donalyza · 1 year ago
    Hi just a quick question. When I transfer my site to another webhost, are all my settings that I have in WordPress dashboard will retain? Like do I have to change them all one by one. For instance, i'm using adsense deluxe plugin, do I have to paste all my codes again?
  • Costa · 11 months ago
    Hi,

    I changed servers, but I don't want to import everything to the new server. I just want my old posts. can you advise on the most simple method?

    Thanks.
  • Charles · 11 months ago
    Hi Costa, nice to meet you.
    It's pretty complicated if you want to import only your posts. That's because you have to look into the actual tables in your database. I may not tried it myself yet. But you can try exporting only xxx_posts and xxx_comments and try if it works.
    I do believe there must have some tools out there that can assist you in bringing your posts over. You may want to try the plugin in this url
    http://technosailor.com/2006/07/05/wordpress-to...

    Cheers!
  • Costa · 11 months ago
    Thanks! will check out the recommended plugin.
  • Charles · 11 months ago
    See ya, Costa! :)
  • Eric · 10 months ago
    Just wanted to thank you for a great post on moving Wordpress! Short, sweet, and it WORKS! Thanks very much.

    eric
  • Charles Lau · 10 months ago
    Thanks Eric! :) Nice to see ya.
  • Traveler · 10 months ago
    thanks for this tutorial.. really helpful
  • Adrian · 8 months ago
    Thank you very much for this tutorial. I will change a wordpress blog soon - it does sound very easy to do.
  • Charles · 7 months ago
    Hi Liesl! Sorry, found your comment in the spam section. Yes it works in different domains. :)
  • Stephen · 5 months ago
    I saw a similar question in the comments, but didn't see an answer. If I follow the steps you mentioned, do I need to re-install all my plug-ins? I have over 10 being used on my site now and want to know if I have to re-install at the new host as well as reconfigure them? One in particular is NextGen. I have over 300 photographs and 20 galleries. I want to get around having to re-install NextGen if possible.

    Thanks for the help.
  • Charles Lau · 5 months ago
    Hi Stephen. Wordpress database is actually as simple as we thought.

    I've done it myself that we only need to import the sql dump from the old site. However, i did it without reading any manual.. Hence, it's still better to know that there's a risk to take when u try this.

    All i did was to copy the whole database to the new site. Then i amend the database accordingly to reflect the correct server setting. Then, i copy all the files to the new server, taking note of the config file to reflect the correct database setting. Done! :)
  • Nabeel · 3 months ago
    for those who get issues when transferring from domain to another, and having redirects or page layout issues, check out the step 4 on this page:

    http://tech.nabtron.com/how-to-transfer-wordpre...