Delete Website Permanently. Reinstall on another server.

Oh in that case if the domain is staying the same then you don’t need to edit the database. Leave it as is. Unfortunately I’ll be busy with personal things but I’ll check back as regularly as I can and I’ll subscribe to the post for notifications if you post back so don’t worry! ??

OH!! I did not know about that an email request was solicitation. Thanks for this info.

Daniel – thank you for keeping track. One question: you wrote that I won’t need to edit the DB. Did you mean “Tables” or “database”?

When I move the website, I was going to create a new database at the new server with different info, then change the wp-config.php file to match. I will still do this, right?

sd

No problem. Yes sorry for the confusion. You still create the new database and import your SQL export into it but you don’t need to change any values inside it. I only added that in in case you were using a new domain name.

So basically follow my instructions but disregard the following line, ignore it: –

Change the domain/url location in the options table of your new database that you crated during this process to match the domain you’ll be using to access the new site.

Phew!! Okay – got it.

I feel confident about this now.

Thank you, Daniel – thank you. And have a magnificent day.

The client just request we do the transfer before the weekend. I proposed transferring the website tonight. Stay tuned!

SD ??

Haha no worries I’ll check back if a get an email about a new post to this topic and help if needed. It should be pretty easy and straight forward. Like I said, you can do it over and over again if you have a backup. Just delete and start again if anything goes wrong. Good luck! ??

?? I’ll need the luck!

Transfer timing is confirmed for Friday morning, Toronto time. Will post of success or a desperate plea for help.

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Hi Daniel, Hi leejosepho,

The client moved the transfer timing to this morning and IT WENT WITHOUT A HITCH!!!!!

Thanks to you both for your expertise and for helping to the level of detail I needed to understand the logic of the process (hows and whys).

All done. All great. Brilliant!

Thank you.
sd ??

Excellent, and it was great to have Daniel adding clarifications and helping to assure things!

Enjoy.

No problem, was a pleasure to help out. Was a team effort for sure!

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FOR USERS LOOKING FOR A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO MOVING A WEBSITE FROM ONE SERVER TO A NEW SERVER, PLEASE USE THESE INSTRUCTIONS.

1. Download (by FTP or cPanel download) a copy of ALL of the wordpress files from your OLD server to your hard drive.

2. Login to your old server, go to phpMyAdmin. Select the database that your WordPress website works from. In the top menu of your page, choose EXPORT. Export to an SQL file and save this to your hard drive.

Please note: Compress it to a .sql.zip file and save this to your hard drive (reason: on some servers, only a zipped file is accepted when uploading, in Step #4, below).

3a. IF YOUR URL WILL NOT CHANGE, skip Step 3b.
3b. IF YOUR URL WILL CHANGE, go into the dashboard of the WP website. Go to Administration > Settings > General and change the URL (both of them) to that of your new URL.

4. Login to your NEW server and create your new database. Steps to follow:
? Go to mySQL
? Create/name new database (make a note of the exact db name used)
? Create/name new user account (make a note of the exact user name used)
? Add the user to the database you just created (make a note of the exact name used) and give that user “All Privileges”
? Go to myPHPadmin, select the newly created database and, from the menu on the page, choose IMPORT. Import the SQL (or .sql.zip) database export from your OLD server to the NEW server and ensure all your content is there.

5. Find the wp-config.php file in your WordPress download (from Step 1). In a text editing software, update this wp-config.php with the new database, user and password names you created in Step 4. Save the file.

6. By FTP, access your new server. Now, FTP all WordPress files (everything, along with the updated wp-config.php file.

7. Go to your website (www.yoursite.com) and make sure your website appears online. If you copied everything, as it was on your old server, all should appear exactly as it did. If you did not copy/FTP everything (like images), then correct the new site where necessary.

8. If all is in working order, delete the website and database from your OLD server, if you wish.

That’s it!