Transfer to new host – images in database?

Your database holds data… no actual images… just the location to images.

Is it possible your old host still has a backup of the wp-content directory?

ahhh…never thought of that! will get on it asap!
thanks josh!

Also, you have to use special tools to replace ‘serialized’ URLs and paths in the database when moving a site.

Here is an article with the steps I use to migrate (copy) a site: https://wordpress.mcdspot.com/2012/08/22/migrating-a-wordpress-site-step-by-step/

If you don’t have access to the old site, but still have an unchanged copy of the database, you can load it and use this tool: https://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/