DNS switch (A record) to new IP; is site URL only necessary change?

  • Cheers,

    We are moving our old site to a new WordPress installation on a new host. The new site is hosted on an IP through Dreamhost here: https://67.205.25.52/. This WordPress site currently has it’s site URL set to that IP address instead of a domain. The database and WP files are hosted and stored on a Dreamhost directory.

    Our old site, kidpower.org, is currently hosted by a separate company with all of our email, etc., with the A record kidpower.org directing to the IP address hosted by that company.

    Referencing (https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/dns-change-installed-using-ip-address-now-need-to-use-domain-name?replies=4) I wanted to confirm that changing the site URL in the WordPress backend (or the database) is the only change we need to make after creating the new A record.

    Once we redirect the new A record for kidpower.org to https://67.205.25.52/, will changing the site URL in WordPress to https://kidpower.org make that change final?

    We removed all static linking in the site so all internal links are dynamically updated.

    In general, is going about a web transfer in this method a good practice? It is possible clients in the future will need to move hosts, and I want to ensure that there is as little downtime as possible.

    Thanks!

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  • Hi,

    First you should configure the domain name (not IP) in the new WordPress installation. To access and test that the website is working use the Windows Host File.

    Once you confirm all is working, change the A record to point to the new IP.

    Like this you will not have any downtime.

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