Creating WP Install Before Domain Name

  • Hello; I am planning to create a WP site with a new host, then point an existing domain name over to the new WP site, then close the old site (that is with a different host) once the change has propogated.

    I’m doing it in this order because I want to get the new site all set to go before taking down the old hand-coded site.

    Is this possible? How do I update the new domain information to the WP install once the site is ready to go?

    thank you

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  • Essentially this:

    Changing_The_Site_URL

    Moderator cubecolour

    (@numeeja)

    One way of doing it is to backup the database to a file using WP-DB-Backup, then on your PC, unzip the resulting file & in your text editor do a search & replace on the old domain name to replace every instance with the new domain. Then zip the edited file and using phpmyadmin restore it to either the existing database or a new database.

    I usually import the edited file into a newly created database, then edit the wp-config.php to point to the new database when I am ready to switch over to the new domain.

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