I cannot access the old website, so cannot clone or migrate (?)

Once the (same) domain name is transferred to the (new) host can I just upload my backup files and do a straight restore?

The sample instructions I have read seem to refer to Migrator, or other scenarios, and I’m getting confused..

Advice appreciated, thanks!

The host is running PHP 7.3.23 and the database is MySQL 5.6.49.

I did clear some files out of the way from my Google Drive (wehere the backups are held) and I tried to do a manual backup. This seemed to restart a few times and then failed. I will try and upload the log file if I can, else I will see how else I can provide it.

Can anyone provide any help on this please?

Firta time using the pugin and sorry if that was asked before but i can′t find clear instructions.

I want to migrate a woocommerce site to another server/company.
what is the best approach to do so?

1.install the plugin on my old server site
2.install a fresh new wordpress on the new server
3 install the plugin in the new server/wp install
4 import my file onto that new fresh install

Is that the correct procedure?

thank you all

I think I understand I need to download WordPress to do this but have now come up with the issue of the Host.

Long story short – am I able to download a host, then wordpress and be able to use/change the website I already have?

Fortunately I had a backup copy of my site and the database. So, I fell back on the simple and fast manual method:
1. Uploaded and extracted my wordpress-backup as a *.zip file using my cPanel’s file manager. Uploading was done in minutes.
2. Created the new database and user in cPanel
3. Imported the database-backup file, using phpMyAdmin (Accessible from cPanel)
4. Edit the wp-config.php (db-name, user and password) in cPanel’s file manager

Done! My site worked again, all done from Cpanel, no FTP needed. Apparently it’s better to upload an exact copy of your site and your database than trying to import a transfer-file in a new WP installation.

Here is the htaccess code in place: (Not sure if this is the issue or not)

<IfModule LiteSpeed>
###LSCACHE START PLUGIN – Do not edit the contents of this block!###
RewriteEngine on
CacheLookup public on

###LSCACHE START RESOURCE###
RewriteRule wp-content/.*/[^/]*(loader|fonts|\.css|\.js)\.php – [E=cache-control:max-age=3600]
###LSCACHE END RESOURCE###
###LSCACHE START FAVICON###
RewriteRule favicon\.ico$ – [E=cache-control:max-age=86400]
###LSCACHE END FAVICON###
###LSCACHE END PLUGIN – Do not edit the contents of this block!###
</IfModule>

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

# compress text, html, javascript, css, xml:
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
AddType x-font/otf .otf
AddType x-font/ttf .ttf
AddType x-font/eot .eot
AddType x-font/woff .woff
AddType image/x-icon .ico
AddType image/png .png

“Not Found

The requested URL /wp-admin/ was not found on this server.”

I did not close my account on the German server yet, only requested the migration of the domain to a new server. The admin site stoped working same time as migration occurred.

What can I do? How can I find my backup?

Thanks, Anna