localhost move to webhost – change urls and hyperlinks text?

how do I upload or add newly created webpage from my localhost to the newly created WP website in my remote server?

Two different ways(A nd B), your situation will determine which.

A) Do all of your development and edits on your localhost, use FILEZILLA to upload the images and whichever changed files your website needs, and use the plugin DUPLICATOR to create a suitable translation of your localhost database to IMPORT into your hosted site with all of its URLs modified.
I suggest that this approach is only suitable if your updates are rare and limited.

B) Relegate your localhost site to experiments and developments only, you now have two types of website changes:
1) Routine additions and edits, login to your hosted website and do the edits there, you put them out to the world immediately.
2) Experiments, do these on your localhost, keep notes on what you do so that you can more quickly and reliably do them again on the live hosted site.
It may be that on occasions you use DUPLICATOR to transfer the live site to localhost (or the other way around).
This is probably the technique most commonly used.

Thank you very much RossMitchell. You have been so much help to me…My new WordPress site is finished and will be ready for live testing. I will just prepare all my 301 redirects tomorrow. I am pretty sure that I will be needing some more help soon. More power to you…and God bless you.

Hi RossMitchell,
I uploaded the WP website via DUPLICATOR and got this notices:

Warning: ini_set() has been disabled for security reasons in /home/manny/public_html/mysite/installer.php on line 126

Warning: ini_set() has been disabled for security reasons in /home/manny/public_html/mysite/installer.php on line 129

Warning: ini_set() has been disabled for security reasons in /home/manny/public_html/mysite/installer.php on line 130

Warning: ini_set() has been disabled for security reasons in /home/manny/public_html/mysite/installer.php on line 131

Warning: ini_set() has been disabled for security reasons in /home/manny/public_html/mysite/installer.php on line 132
Using Connection String:
Host=localhost; Database=manny_myNewSite; Uid=manny_a_de_lara; Pwd=InGodITrust1914; Port=3306
Server Connected: Success
Database Found: Success

When I hit RUN DEPLOYMENT, I got this Fatal Error notice:

server code: 200
status: OK
response:
Warning: ini_set() has been disabled for security reasons in /home/manny/public_html/mysite/installer.php on line 126

Warning: ini_set() has been disabled for security reasons in /home/manny/public_html/mysite/installer.php on line 129

Warning: ini_set() has been disabled for security reasons in /home/manny/public_html/mysite/installer.php on line 130

Warning: ini_set() has been disabled for security reasons in /home/manny/public_html/mysite/installer.php on line 131

Warning: ini_set() has been disabled for security reasons in /home/manny/public_html/mysite/installer.php on line 132

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 43179185 bytes) in /home/manny/public_html/mysite/installer.php on line 1299

I keep re-trying but to no avail.

As a matter of policy you should NEVER post passwords online, you now have to change the password on every site where you use that password or one like it.

When I googled: “ini_set() has been disabled for security reasons”

I found this reply from 2 years ago:
This is due to the function "ini_set()" being disabled on your web server (or by your web hosting provider). You can safely ignore this warning, which should not show if WP_DEBUG is set to false in the wp_config.php file.

Also may be worth talking to your hosting support.
What happend after you change the debug setting.

I was not successful in using the DUPLICATOR plug in. I deactivated it and deleted from my system. I used CoreLiteFTP Client and had transferred everything successfully. It’s now running as subdomain of my site that it supposed to replaced soon. I also found out that saving the Permalinks only change the URL automatically created by wordpress when the pages were designed and built, however, all internal text links in the pages that are manually coded remains with localhost URL, so they redirect to pages in my localhost. Is there any shortcut to rename those links or I would have to manually code them again in the remote server? Regarding the password, it is password on my database, do you think it could be hacked without logging first to my cpanel to gain access to the database; likewise log in first with my WordPress admin dashboard? Both my Cpanel and WP Admin passwords are not the same with my database password. Please let me know your views.

makes one wonder how wordpress ever became a widely used web platform lol

A) HawaiiLovesArt: “makes one wonder how wordpress ever became a widely used web platform lol”, boy you should see the other ways people try to do it. In my experience nothing matches WordPress for balance of simplicity and versatility, simple things can be done simply, and complex things are still possible, feel free to experiment with other platforms.

B) facai…

Is there any shortcut to rename those links or I would have to manually code them again in the remote server?

Yes there is. Fixing these entries in the database is one of the things that the DUPLICATOR plugin does. This aspect is the primary reason I use DUPLICATOR, I can do everything else it provides easily enough. If you are having trouble running DUPLICATOR then please seek support here on your problems.

As for passwords and security, providing they are different and complex enough, then as a practical matter you have nothing to worry about. Most real attacks exploit vulnerabilities in WordPress code or plugins and themes, or shared server configuration issues. My advice is to use a plugin like “All in one WordPress security” and follow its practical and realistic advice, like:
– use a database table prefix other than “wp_”
– don’t have an administrator login called “admin”

Hello,

You can migrate WordPress in two ways either you can manual transfer which is complex and takes time and care. Secondly you can use automated process using some great plugins where your whole site is transferred in 15 mins with few clicks.

1. Manual website transfer

Here is the step by step complete guide to transfer your wordpress website manually with confidence.
https://wpviz.com/install-wordpress-on-web-server/

2.Automated website transfer using duplicator plugin

This is step by step guide with a video tutorial to transfer in few clicks with duplicator.

https://wpviz.com/copy-website-backup-wordpress-duplicator/

Now choice is yours!

I had this same issue and finally realized something simple: I needed to have the install.php and the big folder in the same dir as where my website would go. THe first time I installed I had to go to localhost/install.php which is a clue. You don’t do that on a live server.
-The directions say in your ‘home’ directory and I took that to mean anywhere under web root. Nope. (I have several sites on that server and initially put a folder next to them to hold the install.php etc. Wrong.)
-I was also confused by the database host field being ‘localhost’. That is ok and correct and did not cause the ‘localhost’ word in my image paths, etc.
I hope this helps someone, too.

• This reply was modified 8 years ago by joeuxdesigner. Reason: more specific