Domain name expired – need to recover website

Hello @lauwri

In the following, I will provide a brief explanation and the steps you must take so that your website can be accessed again:

1. Domain Name: A domain name is like the address of your website on the internet. It’s what people type into their browsers to access your site. For instance, “lauwri.com” was your old domain name. When you change to a new domain, like “yournewdomain.com,” it’s like getting a new address for your site.
2. Hosting: Think of hosting as the space where your website’s files and data are stored. These files include all the content that makes up your website: text, images, videos, and more. Hosting ensures your site is accessible to visitors anytime they enter your domain name into their browsers.

Here’s a simple analogy to help you understand:

Imagine your website as a house:

• The Domain Name is like the address of your house. It tells people how to find your house.
• Hosting is like the land where your house is built. It provides the space to store your house and everything inside it.

When you want to change your domain name, it’s like moving your house to a new location. You need to pack up your belongings (website files and data) and transport them to the new location (new hosting).

In your case:

• Your old domain name (lauwri.com) has “expired,” meaning it’s like moving out of your old address.
• Your new domain name (yournewdomain.com) is your new address, and you want to set up your website there.

To complete this move, you need assistance from your hosting provider. They’ll help you:

1. Access Your Website’s Files: Your hosting provider can help you find your website’s files, which are like the furniture and decorations in your house.
2. Transfer Database: They’ll also help you move your website’s database, which is like the brain of your website, storing all its data and information.

Once everything is moved and set up correctly, visitors can reach your website at the new domain, and your content will be displayed as expected.

I hope this analogy helps clarify the relationship between domain names and hosting. Remember, if you have any questions or need further assistance, don’t hesitate to ask. We’re here to help you navigate through these technical aspects and ensure a successful transition to your new domain.

Follow the instructions here:

Changing The Site URL

Hi, Feeling sad that you dont have the old domain. Now, dont worry if you have following things, you can restore your old site contents on new location.

Things you need : Access to the hosting of old domain, access on the old database. Please dont delete them at any any cost. As long you have the old database and wp-content folder, it will be possible to restore on a new location. If you dont have the cPanel access or whm to get the database, then we cant do anything.

If you cant do it alone, I will be glad to help you via email. Here I tell you the steps in short:

1. First goto phpmyadmin and locate the database. after clicking the database goto Export and download as SQL. Now we have the database in our hand but it cant be properly used right now as it is connected to several plugins & contents. if we try to push it run, it will make error. We also need wp-content folder which holds the plugins, themes inside. Let’s Download it. And another thing needed… the login credentials.
2. Now, we have required things (database file and wp-content folder) on our hand. Now we have to push it on new server, and it should be done properly.
3. Make a new WP installtion on server, we will empty the database content and push old database inside it. Go to new wp sites database, click on it. There you will find about 12 tables, select them all and “drop” them, which will clear all the data inside. We do it because it will help to import old sites data without any confliction.
4. As the database tables are emty, now we will hit ‘import’ to import the olde database. After the database is pushed dont open the wp site right now. Now goto new websites wp-admin folder, delete it and replace with the old ‘wp-admin’ folder. Now we have replaced database and wp-content folder theritically, but there is a problem… Old database is
5. holding older database name!!! to fix it, goto the table ‘xyz_options’ and you will find the first two lines are holding older domains name. Change them to new domain name.
6. Finally, we have cleared all the way except one thing!!! Our new wordpress does not know which prefix were used by the old domain. To correct it, goto wp-config.php and on line near 68 there is sometinhg like $table_prefix = ‘wp9r_’; replace it with imported database prefix.
7. Goto phpmyadmin on new domain, you will find that it will be something like wpdf_commentmeta, wpdf_comments where wpdf_ is the new prefix. put it on the $table_prefix and the job is done.

Thank you very much everyone – super helpful! Do you know whether there’s a way to change the email account associated with my wordpress account? I have tried to change it in the “edit profile” section; I then receive an email to the new email address I want to use for wordpress, with a link to accept the change; I click on the link to accept the change but I am still being asked to use my old email to sign into my wordpress account. Any ideas? Thanks again!

If you like to mess with Database as I did, then I can show a easy way. Goto your phpmyadmin and select database. Then goto _users and you will see the login mail is there. Change it, and change the password too with MD5 mode enabled. hit “go” and you are done.