Moving WordPress Site

ok i think i know why im getting everyone confused lol.

when i logon i goto https://www.rydensbasketball.co.uk/login and use my mates logon details.

i pressume i am actually just logging into domain host area that lets me use wordpress ??

No, you are not. You are only logging in at that specific WordPress installation at that particular “domain host area that lets [you] use wordpress”. Some hosts do have other platforms also available using server login for access, but WordPress does not work that way. And so…

In order for you to do what you want to do, you are going to need your friend’s server login credentials where you can make use of cPanel > File Manager and cPanel > phpMyAdmin.

ok brilliant,

i get it now.

so i need my mates login details for the host site so i can transfer all that stuff over to my area on the host site.

Yes…and I hesitantly say a migration plugin could be used in place of that, but about the best support you will get for that will likely be little more than a link from someone saying “Read this.” So unless your friend refuses you, server access is definitely preferable, imo.

edit: Another possible option just came to mind…

If your current host allows multiple domains at one hosting account, you could simply add your new domain there as an Add-On Domain and then make some necessary changes to have your new URL land at the existing installation. The overall work would still be similar, but redirecting current links to the new URL would be simpler and you would have access to that in the future whenever the current domain again became used for whatever else.

cheers mate

appreciate your help