wordpress 3.2.1 move to new domain instructions

craptakular · 18 Jul 2011 at 22:39

Hi people,

Can anyone suggest some idiot friendly, simple to follow and complete guides to moving the latest wordpress onto a new domain and new hosting?

uniQ · 19 Jul 2011 at 00:20

http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Moving_WordPress_to_a_New_Server

craptakular · 19 Jul 2011 at 11:47

That just refers to moving domain. I can't find clear and simple instructions on how to change domain and move hosting.

gord · 19 Jul 2011 at 12:02

If I were going to move my Wordpress installations I would do it the old fashioned way.

A) Download all my files and do a complete file check for the old domain string to make sure any silly absolute URL references are caught.

B) Export my database SQL data using PHPmyadmin and do the same string check to change all old domain references over to the new domain.

Then I'd just upload the files to the new hosting and import the DB and check the WP config file before loading it up for the first time.

edit: The hosting really shouldn't confuse things at all. All the hosting does is provide the space for your files.

Izi · 19 Jul 2011 at 12:14

Oxy said:
Hi people,

Can anyone suggest some idiot friendly, simple to follow and complete guides to moving the latest wordpress onto a new domain and new hosting?

1) Backup all files and restore on new hosts.
2) Check your wp-config.php file settings - make sure new DB user/password is correct for your new host

For the change of domain:
3) Open the table called wp_options and change all occurrences of your old domain with your new domain. There are two fields where the domain is referenced in this table, make sure you do both.

Deleted member 77746 · 19 Jul 2011 at 12:28

It's not too hard just backup, restore and check DB as above.

craptakular · 19 Jul 2011 at 16:01

so the url is only referenced twice in wp_options?

How do I query this and at which end on the old domain or the new one?

gord · 19 Jul 2011 at 16:04

Should be, but remember if people have entered absolute URLs for content elsewhere in posts/pages etc then you will have to fix all of those manually. Or if you use my string check method you can cover all your bases.

craptakular · 19 Jul 2011 at 16:26

What is this string check?

gord · 19 Jul 2011 at 16:41

Just a simple string match check. You're looking for your old domain and replacing it with your new one. So if you are moving from flerb.com to pants.net you search for "flerb.com" and replace with "pants.net".. simples!

Eye seven · 19 Jul 2011 at 17:37

I had to check if it was possible to move to pants.net. The domain looks like it could be for sale. Great example!

Deleted member 77746 · 19 Jul 2011 at 17:53

Gord just go through your database for any old setting strings like site name e.t.c as already stated.

gord · 19 Jul 2011 at 18:01

iDroid84 said:
Gord just go through your database for any old setting strings like site name e.t.c as already stated.

What?!

uniQ · 19 Jul 2011 at 18:02

Oxy said:
That just refers to moving domain. I can't find clear and simple instructions on how to change domain and move hosting.

It tells you exactly what you need to do to move your site to a new server, same or different domains instructions are all on the page I linked.

You're just over complicating it if you think there is more to do.

WordPress said:
1.) Download a copy of the main wordpress files from your OLD blog to your hard drive and edit wp-config.php to suit the new server.

2.) Go back to your OLD blog and go to Administration > Settings > General and change the url (both of them) to that of your new site.

3.) Again, download your database (but keep the old one just in case), upload this new database and the copy of the wordpress core files with the edited wp-config.php to your new server.

Thats it!

Deleted member 77746 · 19 Jul 2011 at 18:10

gord said:
What?!

oops I meant oxy.

3dcandy · 20 Jul 2011 at 10:34

you can export posts etc. through Wordpress...
When I did this recently, I exported posts/attachments etc. then downloaded a backup of the database using a plugin, setup new site, imported posts/etc. then reimported the media...job done.