Transfer from MAMP to Bluehost

This is something Bluehost can help you with. I found this great support blog on Bluehost. Chat or email with Bluehost for your questions about setting up your WordPress site.

Import to bluehost all the elements of your local wordpress including the database and try to connect normally on your wp admin page…

P.S : Don’t install a new wordpress script but upload the old elements on your WWW folder (local)

You can:

Install a migration plugin that will take care this for you.
There are many free and paid migration plugin on the internet.
BackupBuddy(paid)

You can install new wordpress theme in your bluehost. Put your theme there.
Export your local database as sql. open the exported sql file then replace all occuring match of your local url to the desired url. example: https://localhost => https://example.com .

Import it on the server, don’t use the 5-min install instead rename the wp-config-sample.php to wp-config then manual fill the database credentials. Check if it works if not ask for assistance. You better try it yourself if you want to learn your way around wordpress ??

I second the recommendation on Backup Buddy. Even if you only ever transfer a site once and just use it for backups it is worth it’s weight in gold and time you save using this awesome easy tool. Moved a site today for the first time from one host to another – smooth like butter! It just works! ??