Transferring a WP site to a fresh installation with new domain

  • I have a site with WP 4.2. I have to change the domain name. So I’m planning for a fresh installation with WP 4.5.3 with the new domain, then transfer the old content (posts, pages, comments, author info, uploaded media files) to the new installation. And then a 301 redirection from the old domain to the new one.

    I tried the default wp importer, it can import the post and pages easily, but I’m unable to import the media files (uploaded images) to my fresh installation with it. I can see that the media files are still calling from the old site.

    So, I’m looking for a solution to transfer (export/import) everything properly from my old site to the new one.

    Thanks!

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  • Hi, @wptesting.

    I can see that the media files are still calling from the old site.

    Do you mean links to the images that are embedded within the posts themselves? If so, the import doesn’t go through and change all of those references for you, you’d need to either do that manually or with something like the Search and Replace plugin.

    Thread Starter WPtesting

    (@wptesting)

    Hi @girlieworks

    Thanks for the reply!

    Do you mean links to the images that are embedded within the posts themselves?

    Yes you’re right.

    Is there any other way to import these embedded media files properly? Coz, that WP importer plugin doesn’t do this job quite well.

    Hi again, @wptesting. If the images themselves ended up being added to your Media Library, then the importer did what it was supposed to do. ??

    So, did that actually happen?

    Thread Starter WPtesting

    (@wptesting)

    Hi @girlieworks, Sorry for the late response!

    If the images themselves ended up being added to your Media Library, then the importer did what it was supposed to do. ??

    Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case for me, maybe huge content was the issue.

    Fortunately, I have done it manually buy uploading the uploads folder to the new wp-content dir and then did a search & replace in MySQL. ??

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