Mert Yaz?c?o?lu

This means a lot, thank you for stopping by to show your appreciation!

Thanks to you, I will take a look and update it at the earliest chance!

• This reply was modified 7 years ago by Mert Yaz?c?o?lu.

As always, I’m glad to see another happy user and it’s really important that a first-timer can easily use the plugin.

Thanks for sharing your experience, much appreciated! ??

Thanks for your nice words, much appreciated! ??

Also, thanks for using WordPress Move and dropping by to share your experience!

Always nice to see a happy user ??

Thanks for using WordPress Move and dropping by to share your experience!

Happy to see another happy user ??

Thanks for using WordPress Move and dropping by to share your experience!

I am sincerely sorry that things did not work out well for you. However, proper use of WordPress Move does not lead to breaking of the original site. I see some people are having trouble finding the documentation or claiming the instructions are not clear enough. I agree and I plan to rewrite the documentation from the scratch.

It actually does move the files. If it did not give any errors during the migration, regarding transferring files, then probably your files reside somewhere in your new server. The reason why they are not where they should be is because of the incorrect Remote Backup Path provided which is a confusing piece of setting indeed.

Thanks for your feedback, much appreciated!

It actually does move the files. If it did not give any errors during the migration, regarding transferring files, then probably your files reside somewhere in your new server. The reason why they are not where they should be is because of the incorrect Remote Backup Path you provided for which I cannot blame you, it is an insanely confusing setting ??

Thanks for your feedback, much appreciated!

It does not say anything like that. It says:

If you wish to do one or more of the following…

? Complete migrating to this server.
? Restore backup files listed under the Current Backups section of the Backup Manager.

Here is a screenshot.

You need to click the Begin button under the Restore box, when you open the Migration Assistant, not the one under the Migrate box.

There is. At the end of this page: https://www.mertyazicioglu.com/projects/wordpress-move/

You can download WordPress Move from WordPress Plugin Directory or fork/watch it on GitHub. Online documentation is also available.

Not only the documentation is available online, the plugin itself comes with the documentation. It is under the docs directory.

Let me try once more:

1. You start migration on your old host.
2. Transfer the backup files manually, if the FTP connection failed.
3. Open the Migration Assistant on your new host and select the Restore option.
4. Click the button to complete the migration.

There is no password entrance involved on the new host.

Old host sends them to the new host. Not the other way around. After successfully transferring your backup files to your new host, you should open Migration Assistant and select the Restore option.

Did you read the documentation provided with the plugin?

There is absolutely nothing to do with the FTP details of your current server (old server/ the server you are migrating from). You need to fill in that page with the FTP details of your new server (server you are migrating to).

Not sure about the way that File Manager on cPanel works, so the safest bet would be to open up an FTP session on the target host (new server) to locate that info.

To put it simply: You are providing the FTP details of your new server on the WordPress Move Settings page of your current installation.. That way your current installation will be able to connect your new server.

I’m aware of the fact that Remote Backup Path is really confusing, even for the people with some technical knowledge. However, it is a piece of information that depends on the way your server is set up, the way your FTP account is set up etc, so it is not possible to guess what it might be. The easiest way to find it out is the method I suggested in my previous post.

If it got even more confusing, use the second method I mentioned, which is to trick WordPress Move and transfer backup files manually.

You are establishing an FTP connection the server you are migrating to, so those are the FTP details of your new server.

Open your FTP client and connect to your new server. Navigate to /wp-content/plugins/wordpress-move/backup/. Somewhere on your FTP client, there must be a text box showing the full path to where you are, like, /public_html/wp/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-move/backup/. That is exactly what you need to enter to the Remote Backup Path field.