Migrate WP.org blog to another LAMP/VPS Server

I was reading here:

https://www.ads-software.com/documentation/article/moving-wordpress/#keeping-your-domain-name-and-urls

If copy /wp-content folder & export import from Admin dashboard

Tools > export

Is really needed any database copy through?

• If you have a good hands on command shell/terminal, Try using the WP-CLI commands.
  and, here you can find a reference about using the wp-cli:
  https://wp-cli.org/
  
  And, for the commands usage you can find it in the following reference:
  https://developer.www.ads-software.com/cli/commands/
  

If you need easy way, you can use plugins like “duplicator” to move your website without coding:
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/duplicator/

Hello!

Thanks for your reply!

So, this you are referring to above is moving content and Not system files of WP… correct?

Content = Text, Markup, Images, … etc. … correct?

NOT PHP, MySQL system files… correct?

Old PHP 7.4, MySQL previous version, WP 5.x or 6.x

New install, same domain – New PHP 8.2, MySQL 8, WP 6.2

old WP Not working with new PHP 8/MYSQL 8

The Old WP installation is related with LAMP versions and also the installed theme and plugins. so you need to match the old server requirements and move the whole old version with old WP installation.

Before moving the old website (using duplicator), Downgrade your new server to match the old server php to 7.4 ( same as old server)
and, do the same for MYSQL version.

Then, use duplicator to move the website

( Note: duplicator installer does a requirements check and it shows what versions you need to update.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by Ahmed Basioni.

To migrate your WP.org blog to another LAMP/VPS server, you can use the “Tools > Export” feature from your old installation and “Tools > Import” in the new installation.

Regards

Japanese knotweed killers

Thanks for your reply,…!

about export and import in xml file…

needed also copy the /wp-contents/ folder or … and … any other action… ?

worked by

1 – export import xml

2 – and choose to download uploads or uploads manually the folder:

blogXYZ.com\wp-content\uploads\

soon install

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