Moving WP to a new host

  • I’m running WP 2.3.1. I have pretty limited knowledge of web design and I don’t know anything about editing .php files. I read “moving wordpress” document at https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Moving_WordPress, and it says “Note: If you are changing to a new server but same domain, all you need to do is edit wp-config.php and upload everything as it is to your new server.” I looked at my wp-config file and I’m guessing define(‘DB_HOST’ is where I set my host. According to “editing wp-config” document at https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Editing_wp-config.php, DB_HOST value is the same with cpanel hosts.. both my current and new hosts use cpanel.

    So.. what else do I need to do, exactly? Install WP to the new host, and do I need to create a new WP account?

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  • You wont need a new WP account.

    I’m not a cpanel user, but i imagine it has the facility to import a database previously exported from your original cpanel… Just ensure the new host, user, password and database name are correctly referenced in the config file and you should be good to go.

    So really, to re-iterate, moving is a two step process, moving the ‘wordpress’ directory (folder) and all it’s contents and secondly exporting and inporting of the relevant database.

    Hope this helps.

    Thread Starter nontechblogger

    (@nontechblogger)

    So basically, I just export and import the database and that’s it?

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