srdegnan

thanks – it turned out the problem was Jetpack comments being enabled. Now off and all is well.

Guys

I’ve just done this in a couple of hours … one host to another and a new domain. It really ain’t that difficult.

1. use the wp-db-backup plugin to get a copy of the database from your OLD host. I took the option of saving it to a local .zip file on my desktop
2. set up wordpress on your NEW host – but don’t bother posting anything. doing this saves faffing around with config files later to point to the right database
3. copy over the 3 main wordpress subdirectories to (wp-content, wp-admin, wp-includes) from one host to the other. If you don’t have direct shell access and would need to go via your local pc, look at this utility https://www.decodephp.com/2007/12/04/web-based-ftp-sync-tool-written-in-php/. I got around 1GB transferred over in 5 mins!
4. expand the zip file of the database you got in step 1 and open it in notepad++ (really, get it, it’s easier). Search and replace your old blog url with your new one. Also, if needed, search and replace your old admin email address with a new one. Now save the file and zip it up again.
5. launch phpadmin on your NEW host. Drop all your wordpress tables. Now go to import and load the edited zip file.
6. wait …
7. now you should be able to go to your blog. More than likely you need to log back in again.
8. Only issues I had where with
a. wp-greet-box … so I deleted it
b. permalinks not working. I fixed this by just selecting the default, saving, then picking my preferred structure again!

That’s it …. around 400 entries and over 1000 images over in less than 2 hours.