How to migrate a WordPress website manually using cPanel

How to migrate a WordPress website manually using cPanel - Full Tutorial

In this video I walk you through how you can manually migrate a WordPress website from one server to another. We’ll run through the exact steps required to get the website up and running in it’s new home, from backups, to uploading the files and editing the database on the new server and finally we’ll look at updating the domain DNS.

There could be several reason that you may want to be able to this, this most common being that a plugin you used may have timed out or maybe you just want to learn how to do this manually. It’s always useful to know and understand how this works.

I hope you find the video useful and please be sure to like and subscribe.

See you on the next one!

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More Resources:

Mac commands for updating hosts file.
sudo nano /etc/hosts

Command for flushing DNS
sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

How to edit a hosts file on Windows:

Testing DNS Status:

Chapters
00:00 - Intro.
00:17 - Bumper.
00:22 - Prerequisites for this tutorial.
00:40 - What we’re going to be doing and why.
00:55 - Making a backup of our WordPress website files.
03:04 - Making a backup of our WordPress database.
04:40 - Uploading the backup to our new hosting account.
06:00 - Uploading the backup of our WordPress database.
07:15 - Configuring the database (if URL change).
09:40 - Identifying which version server files you are seeing.
10:44 - Testing the new site - updating local hosts file.
13:08 - Testing the website migration was successful.
14:28 - Updating domain DNS.
16:09 - Testing DNS status
16:41 - Removing hosts entry.
17:36 - Outro.

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[iamdandavies]

Thanks for watching the video. If you have any questions, just ask and I'd be happy to answer. If there is anything else you'd like me to make a video on, just comment below and I'll be sure to add it to the list of upcoming videos.

[bryanbreslov]

This video is a perfect step-by-step explanation breaking down the whole process.

[marksteven]

Best video on this topic I was lucky to find in the past 48 hours! Thank you

[leafexchange]

One of the best tutorials I have ever seen. So clear, so useful. Thank you.

[Digital_EDGE_Designs]

Super helpful for my first time ever having to do this thank you!!!

[rickbarber]

By far the best cpanel migration video. Super easy to follow along and actually works. Thank You !!!

[MakinWoofles-couf]

Very helpful for moving from individual WHM Cpanel accounts to shared hosting using subdomains. Worked like a charm! Thanks :)

[divineconsultants]

Such a life saver. Thanks so much Dan.

[alexandermelbaus]

Thank you. Your help was a blessing.
Great video.

[ITGadgetStore]

I want to migrate a running site to a new hosting as an addon. On the new hosting, there are already two running websites. So how can I export the file? Do I need to create a separate folder?

[tuesdayjune]

What if I pointed DNS first? but I have a .gz backup file?

[andresgracia]

Dan, i did it step by step but my site just shows up a blank page with INDEX OF / and no content on it. Please help.

[chukwuemekanjoku]

Thanks for making this process easy for me.

However, after upload of my files and database, am getting a 404 server error when I want to view my website, same with my website wordpress admin login page.

What should I do?

[olayinkadotun]

Well done, please if the downloaded html file is over 30Gb, will I be able to import it into my new hosting cpanel? More like hope it won't say their is a dedicated max file size for importing

[Digital_EDGE_Designs]

URL says /404.html When I try to load the site after clearing the dns it won’t load. It’s just stuck loading… please help!

[IwonaRepetowska-ijso]

I have a problem that I can't solve. Please help.

How can I get WordPress recognized by cPanel and Installatron after manually copying the files and database? I followed your tutorial to manually migrate my website, which included all the WordPress files and the connected database—everything. While everything works, my hosting provider uses Installatron, and I don't have access to the WordPress Manager Application. My cPanel doesn't recognize the manually copied WordPress installation, so I can't use cPanel for settings or backups. What should I do? Please help.

[InnocentMunemo]

Hi, I received the error "Error establishing a database connection" when I tried to load the site on the new domain. Please assist on where I went wrong?

[adityoariwibowo]

My new server have several folders under public_html, shall i create the new folder (to contain files from the old server) or i need to add the domain first?

[iammichaelhughes]

my page links and images are not working do I need to edit something in the database for the new domain name. Home page works fine but other pages are 404