transfer content to a new site

1. Copy all files from the old to the new host.
2. Export the database using phpmyadmin.
3. On the new host, import the database using phpmyadmin.
4. As the DB info may have changed, edit wp-config.php to reflect the new settings.

Really, that’s all that’s necessary!

Thank you
But the host and the domain will the same

IF the host and domain remain the same, what do you mean by “transferring to a new site”?

I want to install a new theme and transfer content to a new theme

Oh, in that case all you need do is install a theme. Your content will not be affected. You will probably have to reassign your menus to the theme’s designated menus and may have to move around some widgets.

Dear Steve, thank you very much!!!
I would like to abandon the old theme, because there is a lot of superfluous code.
May be it can help me 301 redirect? Where I have to reassign menus, wp or host? And after installing the theme and reassigning can I delete the old theme?

Thank you

You don’t have to do any 301s. All you’re doing is changing the “skin” on your content. Once you have things the way you like, just delete the old theme from appearances-> themes.

Hey @flikki,

You don’t need to change WordPress core to change your site look. If you worry about old theme can put code outside the theme files (change core files) you can make scan with Integrity Checker plugin.

I hope this helps…

Thank you very much to all!!!

@flikki

All you need to do is install the new theme. All content will not be affected, it will stay the same. The only changes you’ll get is the look of your current site.

If you are not comfortable updating your current site, then you might consider @sterndata recommendation.

Thanks

Well, what you need to do is just install a new theme (that you’ve already been determined) and activate it. Your content will remain the same but you may have to re-arrange the menus and widgets according to the new theme layout. And note that if your previous theme didn’t have any page builder and the new theme does have, you may have to navigate to all the pages and use the page builders short code to get the proper front-end output. And if the old theme had page builder and the new theme doesn’t have, change the page contents using plain text/just rich text not using any short code.

I hope this will help. All other replies above should be followed first.
Cheers!

Thank you all guys!
Dear Steve Stern,
I installed a new theme and I reassigned the menu, widgets. But some notes is absent. I think it because those notes were in portfolio file in my old theme. Any way, I can not find it in my console. Other question, how can I delete a live chat(chat console). There is appears on a new topic always after the opening of the site. This live chat also from the old theme.

Thank you

Your live chat is probably provided by a plugin.

Thank you!!!