Theme Options – localhost to new domain

Hi,
Im having this issue that happens to me each time i work on a website.

On every project i start working locally and once im done i export my Database and search replace all localhost url’s to the website destination url.

than in cpanel i create a database user name and password.

i modify wp-config.

the website works fine all pages working just one thing wont work:
Theme Options wont show

my theme options and widgets wont show up and i have to redo this process from the beginning each time and redo all the settings.
i have read a lot about it:
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Moving_WordPress

but still don’t know what am i doing wrong.

same thing happens when i try to install a site on local host from a backup.

is there a tutorial on how to do this right.

Thanks in advance