Transfering WordPress sight to new hosting

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Honestly I’m not familiar with this program, and am not sure what is involved with transferring a site domain over that has been designed using wordpress. All I want to do is transfer the website over to a new domain and the original designer is telling me it was not that easy to do.

I have attempted to install WordPress on the backend of my company website but it is telling me there is a problem with a missing Config.php which apparently did not transfer over when I attempted to install WordPress there.

I am trying to put as much information as I know however I am not all that experienced in this anymore so any help im sure will be great appreciated. ??

WordPress is a server application that requires a database (prefers MySQL) and needs PHP to run.

So when you transfer your site to a new server, it’s actually about a 5 part process:
1) Transfer the database to the new server’s database. See WordPress’ export plugin or look for a database migration plugin or tools.
2) Install the WordPress files on the new server including whatever is currently in your wp-contents folder (plugins and themes).
3) Update your wp-config.php file which is WordPress’ configuration file, to reflect the new server environment (including database name and user account and password to access that database).
4) Use a database tool or WordPress plugin to update all the URL’s in the transferred data to reflect the new server environment.

Anyway, make sure to read through this: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Moving_WordPress

It’s really not as difficult as it sounds although it pays to pay close attention. And, before doing anything, make a backup of your database.

You have to UPDATE the config.php with the new host’s database name and password and location etc, then it should work. Also read “How to migrate a wordpress site” .