Wordpress Migration
Every so often you need to move a WordPress site to another server, or folder. All it takes is a few steps:
- Backup Database
- Compress wp-content directory
- Download Compressed directory
- Install a new WordPress install at the destination
- Upload compressed file
- Rename wp-content
- uncompress file
- Create a new database
- Import database
- Change the Base URL and Site URL in the database
- Verify the database prefix is correct in the wp-config.php file
- Verify the site works at the new location
- Remove the renamed wp-contents from the server