Migrating an Existing WordPress Site To Truehost

Migrating your site to another live site maybe a hassle, especially when lacking the knowhow of how to do it. There is always a need of testing the site before moving your files and databases ,theme and plugins as well as configuring your domain and htaccess settings.

 

 

The following procedures explains how to migrate your wordpress to a new site;

1. Compress your files( configuration files,plugins,applications and themes) into a zip folder

Login to cpanel-file manager-directory-home directory-show hidden files-check-click go. Next go to public html-click compress-zip archive-compress files. Upload to public-html.zip file top home directory of cpanel. Login again after the download- click public-html.zip file -click extract files. This saves all the files to publi-html.zip folder.

2. use your cpanel php-MyAdmin to move MySQL database. In Wp-config.php file check to see your database name is correct in Define(DB-NAME).

Next go to database section-click on phpMyAdmin- on left click the name from wp-config.php file-export-click quick in the list-choose SQL then click go. Save the file on your computer as wordpress.sql for easy identification. Use FTP to upload the file to your home directory.

3. login to Cpanel -navigate to databases-click MySQL databases-click new database-create. Go back-add user (with the username you created) in the list of database-click add.

4. Import the database.

Login to database-click phpMyAdmin,-click database name created-click import on the file intended -browse-select the file-open-click go

5. Open the file to update it in a text editor. Replace the names in short forms to full forms for instance-DEFINE(‘DB-USER to Database-user’);

6. Finally configure the custom settings in php.ini and .htaccess and domain in case you want to use a different name. Make sure the servers are custom.

 

After this process your site is said to have migrated successfully.