How to Transfer Website Easily. Transferring or Migrating a website is quite difficult sometimes.
Without a developer or someone’s help, it is a more difficult and risky task. No worries! I am here to help you with your worries about website transfer or migration.
I will be sharing some methods including tools that will help you to easily migrate or transfer your complete website without any problem or data loss. Please feel free to share your problem and solution how you work and which is easier.
How you can Transfer Website
There are many ways to transfer, move or migrate a website. The best and easy way is to use Plugins. It is the easiest method because everything is much easier and no need for any skill or professionalism. It’s just a simple task with some clicks.
How to move or Migrate your WordPress Website
We always want to be updated and keep our website fast. But sometimes we need to change the server or hosting for various reasons. So here are the solution.
To Move or transfer your WordPress website you can simply use a plugin called “All-in-One WP Migration” This plugin will help you to transfer your site from one account to another account easily.
Here are the steps you need to follow:
- Installation Part
- Go to your WordPress dashboard
- Now click on Plugins from the left menu
- Click Add New
- Now from the upper-right search box search “All-in-One WP Migration” By ServMask.
- Click Install Now
- Click Active
Processing Part
- From the left menu click on All-in-One WP Migration
- Now click on Export (as you need to make a backup)
- Click on File (Many options available you can choose others if you want)
- After clicking it will take some time to prepare your files and show “Download”
- Click Download and it will start downloading
Now go to another server or account where you want to upload the site.
- Follow the same but here you need to select “Import“
- It will ask you to overwrite click ok and the site will overwrite the previous site if there are any.
- Your work is done. Now check you have transferred your complete website.
Congratulations!
Do you know how you can back up Restore and Transfer Website easily?
Well as of now you understood how you can easily move and transfer websites or even back up your own file to your pc, drive, or anywhere, but do you know that you can easily keep a backup from your WordPress admin panel and restore whenever you want?
Suppose for some reason your files or theme got corrupted or just because of a plugin update your site spiled or got damaged the what will you do? here is the solution for your website backup.
Simply install a plugin named “UpdraftPlus” and whenever you want to update any plugin just make sure you keep a backup from the plugin and then update your files or plugin. if anything happens just restore the backup from the plugin backup section and you can keep backups whenever you need.
Clone and Transfer Website
To clone and move a complete WordPress website to another server or cPanel, follow these simple steps:
Backup the website: Use a plugin such as UpdraftPlus or Duplicator to back up your entire WordPress website, including the files and database.
Download the backup: Once the backup is complete, download the backup package to your computer.
Upload the backup to the new server: Use an FTP client such as FileZilla to upload the backup package to the new server or cPanel.
Import the backup: Use the Import functionality of the Duplicator plugin or the Restore functionality of the UpdraftPlus plugin to import the backup to the new server.
Update the URLs: Use the Search and Replace plugin or update the site URL and home options in the database to update the URLs of the website to match the new server’s URL.
Update the database credentials: Update the database credentials in the wp-config.php file to match the new server’s database credentials.
Test the website: After updating the URLs and database credentials, test the website to make sure everything is working correctly.
With these easy steps, you can clone and move a complete WordPress website to another server or cPanel. If you encounter any issues, you can consult the documentation of the plugins or seek assistance from a WordPress developer.
What if you need to upload a bigger database to Transfer Website?
If you’re trying to upload a large database to your new server or cPanel, you may run into the issue of exceeding the maximum upload size limit set by your server. To overcome this, you can use the following methods:
Increase the upload size limit: You can increase the upload size limit in your server’s PHP configuration file (php.ini). Look for the upload_max_filesize and post_max_size options and increase their values to a higher number. Keep in mind that this may not work on all servers, as some hosting providers do not allow you to change these values.
Import the database through phpMyAdmin: If you’re unable to increase the upload size limit, you can import the database through the phpMyAdmin interface. To do this, log in to your cPanel and look for the phpMyAdmin icon. Once you’re in phpMyAdmin, select the database you want to import the data into and click on the Import tab. Choose the database backup file and click the Go button.
Use the command line: If you’re comfortable with using the command line, you can import the database backup using the mysql command. You’ll need to have access to the command line on your server or have SSH access to your server. Once you have access, log in to the server and navigate to the directory where the database backup file is located. Then, run the following command to import the database:
mysql -u [username] -p [database_name] < [database_backup_file].sql
Replace [username] with your MySQL username, [database_name] with the name of the database you want to import the data into, and [database_backup_file].sql with the name of the database backup file.
These are the main methods for uploading a large database to your new server or cPanel. Choose the method that works best for you, and you should be able to successfully upload and import your database.
It’s so simple. If any questions do let me know, I will be happy to help you! You can contact me as well whenever you want.
