Copy main MS site to clean MS install as main site
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I don’t know what I’m doing, so I don’t know how to search for answers.
Problem: I have a MultiSite that I want to transfer to a different host, site by site. Probably by using export/import plugin. Not backups.
FIRST: I need to know how to duplicate or export/import the main site only, ideally with themes and plugins.There are plugins that deal with the subsites, or the entire network, but the main site alone seems to require special attention.
Why tranfer site by site and not the entire MS network as a whole?
1). My current host server has serious issues, it keeps timing out. Current host Tech Support can’t create a usable backup to tranfer: all backups created have been corrupted. New host tech support couldn’t do it either. Even when trying to tranfer a minimal backup of 5GB.
(Example: server times out after updating 6 plugins. I have to update in batches.)2). I want to transfer files into a new, fresh, clean, WP MS install.
– my current MultiSite is bloated. I don’t know why exactly. Current full backup is +20GB, but I only actually use 5 GB of files according to tech support. There’s a lot of excess baggage I don’t need or want.
– I’ve probably messed up the integrity of the WordPress structure with plugins, etc.Any input is valued. I’m not a tech literate person, only in very basic measure. I can follow instructions or hand it over to tech support.
Thank you
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