Comments on: Easiest & Quickest way ever to move a WordPress blog from one host to another!

By: Rahul

Rahul — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:02:46 +0000

Very nice tutorial. I spend hours to find the solution and you make it looks easy to do.
Thanks for helping us.

By: Aberdeen

Aberdeen — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 22:57:06 +0000

What a great guide,I have a wordpress site,this is a goldmine for saving alot time and hassle.Thought I’d have basically rebuild the site,many thanks for this.

By: TechPatel

TechPatel — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:35:03 +0000

thanks for sharing this info. found it really valuable.

By: osama

osama — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 05:58:16 +0000

What about using full backup / restore function in Cpanel to move wordpress from old to new host of course if the both web hosts have Cpanel ( mostly have )

Does anyone try this method ?

By: Ken Xu

Ken Xu — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:34:21 +0000

Clever! I’ve bookmarked this post for my future reference. :)

You can also have a zero downtime if during DNS Propagation if you know the tricks. Just don’t close your old host yet, make sure both old and new host has the same files and filepath (including database), and do your nameserver changes on your registrar to your new host without closing your old account first (which you can do it later when it has been fully propagated). The switch from old -> new host will be done seamlessly.

But make sure don’t post anything on your blog on the Propagation date to prevent losing your new posts. :)

By: Trish

Trish — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:00:16 +0000

Err not easy, don’t even know what SSH means and the link left me no wiser. I need to move 2 self hosted blogs to new hosts soon and am worried that I will lose all of my work. Willing to pay a reasonable amount for help.

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By: Nirmal

Nirmal — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:14:30 +0000

The post is a good one, I’ll try when moving to VPS.

By: PC

PC — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:57:31 +0000

The other post has helped me move my blog to new host. This looks as much better way. Will experiment on some ones blog. Thanks for the info.

By: mayank

mayank — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:00:28 +0000

@Nirmal : I know it’s slightly techie and that’s the reason I wanted to cover the techiest part of this tutorial in details. What do you think , was i able to do a good job ? Or do you think it needs improvement in some ways?