{"id":21416,"date":"2019-01-16T15:46:43","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T15:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/?p=21416"},"modified":"2025-12-05T15:02:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T13:02:57","slug":"site-migration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/site-migration\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Migrate Your WordPress Site With Elementor"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"21416\" class=\"elementor elementor-21416\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a62691 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a62691\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-72ce24b\" data-id=\"72ce24b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-630430d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"630430d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In this post, you&#8217;re going to learn how to migrate WordPress and your Elementor content to a new host and\/or a new domain name.<\/p><p>This tutorial will help you if you&#8217;re:<\/p><ul><li>Changing hosts while keeping the same domain name.<\/li><li>Changing your site&#8217;s domain name while also changing hosts.<\/li><li>Moving a site from your local or development server to a live server.<\/li><\/ul><p>To help you find the solution that&#8217;s right for you, I&#8217;ll give you tutorials for two different methods:<\/p><ul><li><strong>The Duplicator plugin<\/strong> &#8211; this free plugin makes the entire process easy and is a great option for most situations.<\/li><li><b>Manual migration<\/b> &#8211; you can move things manually, it will just take a little elbow grease and attention to detail.<\/li><\/ul><p>Ready to start migrating? I&#8217;ll begin with an in-depth tutorial for migrating your site with the Duplicator plugin. Then, I&#8217;ll cover a more high-level look at the steps you need to take to do it manually.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f74f6ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f74f6ec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48d821a\" data-id=\"48d821a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-304dd7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"304dd7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to Migrate WordPress With the Duplicator Plugin: Step-By-Step<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59a3c4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59a3c4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The nice thing about using <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/duplicator\/\">the Duplicator plugin<\/a> is that, in addition to moving your site&#8217;s files and database for you, Duplicator can also handle general database serialization issues and can replace URLs in your site&#8217;s database (if you need to change your site&#8217;s domain name as part of the process).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf8516a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bf8516a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9238b35\" data-id=\"9238b35\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d7e868 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d7e868\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 0: Some Preliminary Housekeeping<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a16e539 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a16e539\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Before getting started, you&#8217;ll want to get some basic housekeeping out of the way.<\/p><p>First, <strong>always take a full backup of your site before migration<\/strong>. Moving your site involves working with some delicate areas, so you always want to have a backup just in case.<\/p><p>Second, if you&#8217;re moving your site to a new domain name, you&#8217;ll want to make sure that you&#8217;ve <strong>already changed the new domain&#8217;s nameservers to point to the host to which you&#8217;re migrating your site<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Third, make sure that you <strong>have the hosting credentials for the host to which you want to migrate your site<\/strong>. You&#8217;ll need to be able to upload files to your server and create a new database.<\/p><p>Finally, go ahead and <strong>install and activate <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/duplicator\/\"><strong>the free Duplicator plugin<\/strong><\/a> on the site that you want to migrate.<\/p><p>Now, let&#8217;s get started.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ac904e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ac904e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b557c84\" data-id=\"b557c84\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a24b807 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a24b807\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 1: Create a New Duplicator Package<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ef471f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ef471f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Once you&#8217;ve installed and activated the free Duplicator plugin, you need to create a &#8220;Package&#8221;, which is basically a portable copy of your entire site.<\/p><p>To create a package, go to the <strong>Duplicator<\/strong> tab in your WordPress dashboard and choose <strong>Create New<\/strong>:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-007a2af elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"007a2af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/migrate-wordpress-1-r4q73453679y3q0z0qzt3z0yims41rornh1j4c40as.png\" title=\"migrate-wordpress-1\" alt=\"migrate-wordpress-1\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c61696 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c61696\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On the next screen, you can leave the values as the defaults. Just click the <strong>Next<\/strong> button:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c9dcf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3c9dcf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/migrate-wordpress-2-r4q6wpumnsip39bhdhg7n350z8b6nxaj3t7kjjlg06.png\" title=\"migrate-wordpress-2\" alt=\"migrate-wordpress-2\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52ecc51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52ecc51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Duplicator will then scan your site for potential issues and should <em>hopefully<\/em> come back with all &#8220;Good&#8221;. If it does find potential issues, you can expand the accordion tab to learn more.<\/p><p><em>One potential issue is the size of your site. If your site is especially large (&#8220;2GB+ on most budget hosts &amp; 10GB+ on higher end hosts&#8221;, according to the Duplicator team), you might need to purchase <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/snapcreek.com\/\"><em>Duplicator Pro<\/em><\/a><em> because it&#8217;s better suited for large sites.<\/em><\/p><p>Assuming everything looks good, click the <strong>Build<\/strong> button to finish the process and create your site&#8217;s package:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c748b4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c748b4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/migrate-wordpress-3-r4q75khx0mmwf2gmot6qmcqacuom5bfjbmd68ch0qm.png\" title=\"migrate-wordpress-3\" alt=\"migrate-wordpress-3\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d03e01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d03e01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Once the build process finishes, <em>which might take some time for larger sites<\/em>, Duplicator will give you two files to download:<\/p><ul><li>A zip file archive<\/li><li>A PHP file called <strong>installer.php<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>Download these two files to your computer and keep them handy because you&#8217;ll need them in the next steps:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a88f09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2a88f09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/migrate-wordpress-4-r4q75ylhv56797w5eha55r679mr4crzidk5gfhw3d8.png\" title=\"migrate-wordpress-4\" alt=\"migrate-wordpress-4\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-573b2dc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"573b2dc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-325df9c\" data-id=\"325df9c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69d8fc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"69d8fc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 2: Create New Database at New Location<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9313547 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9313547\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Next, you need to create a new, empty database at the host to which you want to migrate WordPress.<\/p><p>If you&#8217;re using a host with cPanel, you can do that from the <strong>MySQL Databases<\/strong> area in cPanel:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ff7c89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0ff7c89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=512,h=200\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/5.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-21447\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=512\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/5.png 512w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/5-300x117.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-058f27e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"058f27e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>First, give your database a name:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d4b49e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d4b49e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/migrate-wordpress-6-r4q6xdclenev5idck9lvvf7jtv3d0cvtj1ipjgmkz2.png\" title=\"migrate-wordpress-6\" alt=\"migrate-wordpress-6\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ca4e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ca4e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Then, after you&#8217;ve created the database, create a new database user\/password and then assign that user to the database that you created:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a127d37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a127d37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/migrate-wordpress-7-r4q6zun9fwt3sgrn2u7fyaoc9gv8blqbjbhu4qy7a2.png\" title=\"migrate-wordpress-7\" alt=\"migrate-wordpress-7\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efb54a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efb54a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Make sure to give the user <strong>All Privileges<\/strong> and keep the database name, database user, and database user password handy because you&#8217;ll need them soon:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da415dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"da415dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/migrate-wordpress-8-r4q6y3o2q0ew6lb4akzft8kggnhmzvsaynsaz7jlj4.png\" title=\"migrate-wordpress-8\" alt=\"migrate-wordpress-8\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1856086 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1856086\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9c9e001\" data-id=\"9c9e001\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83320af elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"83320af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 3: Upload Duplicator Files to New WordPress Location<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f777489 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f777489\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Next, use FTP or cPanel File Manager to upload the two files from Duplicator to the directory where you want your migrated WordPress site to be.<\/p><p>Remember, it should be one zip file and one file named <strong>installer.php<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-746dcff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"746dcff\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aaf0b88\" data-id=\"aaf0b88\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6aea436 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6aea436\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 4: Run Duplicator Installer to Set up Site<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fc28f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4fc28f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Once you&#8217;ve uploaded those two files, you&#8217;re ready to run the installer process to finish your migration.<\/p><p>If you&#8217;re migrating your site to a new domain name, you can just go to <strong>yournewdomain.com\/installer.php<\/strong> (<em>assuming you&#8217;ve already changed that domain&#8217;s nameservers<\/em>).<\/p><p><em>If you&#8217;re keeping the same domain name but just moving your site to a new host, you won&#8217;t be able to do that because your domain&#8217;s nameservers are likely still pointed at your previous host. A nice workaround here is to edit your computer&#8217;s <\/em><strong><em>hosts<\/em><\/strong><em> file. This lets you force your computer to connect your domain to your new host, even before you change your domain&#8217;s nameservers. <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/pagely.com\/kb\/kb\/edit-hosts-file-wordpress\/\"><em>This Pagely article explains how to do it<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p><p>Once you open the <strong>installer.php<\/strong> file, you should see a setup wizard that will take you through the process. Click <strong>Next<\/strong> to get started:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1b9510 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b1b9510\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/migrate-wordpress-9-r4q76k7s8bzso90qw8mk93psxhsk9tdc4j5mgv01cq.png\" title=\"migrate-wordpress-9\" alt=\"migrate-wordpress-9\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb82d37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb82d37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After a short wait, while Duplicator extracts your site&#8217;s files, you&#8217;ll be prompted to enter the database credentials that you created in Step 2. After entering the credentials, click <strong>Test Database<\/strong> to make sure that they work:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-431cef3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"431cef3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=512,h=339\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/10.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-21456\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=512\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/10.png 512w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/10-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c3c954 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c3c954\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If everything looks good, you&#8217;ll be able to click <strong>Next<\/strong> to continue:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ddf5f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3ddf5f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/migrate-wordpress-11-r4q72dtluu9x2n37afm965o1vudu28sa7urxol70re.png\" title=\"migrate-wordpress-11\" alt=\"migrate-wordpress-11\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abcc081 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abcc081\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After Duplicator imports your database, it will give you the option to <strong>Update Data<\/strong>. This is an important consideration because it lets you update the URLs in your WordPress site&#8217;s database to reflect any changes to your domain name.<\/p><p>Duplicator should automatically detect any changes to your domain name and fill in the fields accordingly. However, make sure that the information in the <strong><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/url\/\"   title=\"What is a URL? Structure, Syntax &amp; Best Practices\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"26775\">URL<\/a><\/strong> field matches the domain that you want to use on your newly migrated site:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b63b623 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b63b623\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/migrate-wordpress-12-r4q78ipogwoav06cgl3ky3xdhe53b457e831gm3iqa.png\" title=\"migrate-wordpress-12\" alt=\"migrate-wordpress-12\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17f3d21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17f3d21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Once you&#8217;ve verified that the information is correct, click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Then, you should see a prompt to log in to the admin area for your newly migrated site:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa3f598 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aa3f598\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/migrate-wordpress-13-r4q742x472lk1amgdo106890hw0oykiu496hvkofpw.png\" title=\"migrate-wordpress-13\" alt=\"migrate-wordpress-13\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d52639 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d52639\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After you log in for the first time, Duplicator will automatically delete the migration files and clean everything up.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a19dfe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a19dfe\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78053cd\" data-id=\"78053cd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b6700d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b6700d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 5: Find and Replace Urls in Elementor Content (If Changing Domain)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-506b8b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"506b8b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While Duplicator will handle replacing URLs for most of your site&#8217;s content, you might also need to <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/i-changed-the-url-of-my-website-and-elementor-does-not-work-anymore\/\">replace URLs using Elementor&#8217;s built-in tool<\/a> if you changed your site&#8217;s domain name and your Elementor content isn&#8217;t working after the migration.<\/p><p>To access this tool, go to <strong>Elementor \u2192 Tools. <\/strong>Then, click on the <strong>Replace URL<\/strong> tab.<\/p><p>Enter your old domain name in the box on the left and your new domain name in the box on the right. Then, click <strong>Replace URL<\/strong>:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2633ce6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2633ce6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/migrate-wordpress-13-1-r4q72qzciirxl6k35lb152ci78kz208ixnwqegni3o.png\" title=\"migrate-wordpress-13-1\" alt=\"migrate-wordpress-13-1\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d93201e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d93201e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3bd166e\" data-id=\"3bd166e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-881238d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"881238d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 6: Regenerate Elementor CSS<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cce2481 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cce2481\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At this point, your site should be working. However, to make absolutely sure that everything is functioning properly, you can finish things out by forcing Elementor to regenerate its CSS files.<\/p><p>To do that, go to <strong>Elementor \u2192 Tools<\/strong> and click <strong>Regenerate Files<\/strong>:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8f5c07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a8f5c07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=491\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/migrate-wordpress-14-1024x628.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-21470\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/migrate-wordpress-14-1024x628.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/migrate-wordpress-14-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/migrate-wordpress-14-768x471.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1600\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/migrate-wordpress-14.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8f1bbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8f1bbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And that&#8217;s it! <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You&#8217;ll still want to give your site a thorough test, but it should function exactly as it did before the migration process.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-027bd9f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"027bd9f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7835134\" data-id=\"7835134\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e31d6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9e31d6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How To Migrate WordPress Manually: Step-by-Step<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b156f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b156f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you have an especially large site, or if you just want to do things manually for some reason, it&#8217;s also not that difficult to manually migrate your WordPress site.<\/p><p>For this section, I won&#8217;t go as in-depth because I only recommend that you go this route if you&#8217;re already comfortable with some of the more technical workings of WordPress.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8613256 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8613256\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cfa659a\" data-id=\"cfa659a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8771cb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8771cb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 0: Some Preliminary Housekeeping<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba576b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba576b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Before you start this tutorial, you will want:<\/p><ul><li>A recent backup of your site<\/li><li>FTP and hosting credentials for both your existing site and the host to which you want to migrate your site<\/li><\/ul><p>And if you&#8217;re changing domains, you should also point your new domain&#8217;s nameservers towards the server to which you&#8217;re migrating your site.<\/p><p>Then, here&#8217;s how to migrate WordPress manually.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-03882d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"03882d6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4def9f9\" data-id=\"4def9f9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-334cfef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"334cfef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 1: Move Files to New Server<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce75156 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce75156\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are several ways to move your existing site&#8217;s files to the new server. One way would be downloading all of the files using FTP and then upload them to the server.<\/p><p>However, as this process might take hours and hours, the more efficient way would be creating a compressed archive file in cPanel File Manager and then extracting it in the\u00a0new host.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ab1794 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ab1794\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5115b1c\" data-id=\"5115b1c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4033e6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4033e6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 2: Export Database<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b163594 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b163594\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Next, you need to export the database for your existing site.<\/p><p>While you can do this manually via phpMyAdmin, a simpler solution is <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-migrate-db\/\">Delicious Brains&#8217; free WP Migrate DB plugin<\/a>.<\/p><p>In addition to making it easy to export your database, WP Migrate DB also handles serialized data and lets you run a search and replace on URL\/file paths to ensure that all your content functions properly if you&#8217;re changing domain names.<\/p><p>Install and activate the plugin at the site that you want to migrate. Then, go to <strong>Tools \u2192 Migrate DB.<\/strong><\/p><p>Choose the <strong>Export File<\/strong> radio button (<em>it should be selected by default<\/em>).<\/p><p>If you&#8217;re changing domain names, you can also use the <strong>Find\/Replace<\/strong> feature to replace the URLs in your database with your new domain name.<\/p><p>Then, click <strong>Export<\/strong> to download a copy of your database:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-302af72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"302af72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/migrate-wordpress-15-r4q6ytzk1dex7o8w0wczr1xd3fvwzeosea1weygkbk.png\" title=\"migrate-wordpress-15\" alt=\"migrate-wordpress-15\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc16598 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fc16598\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ed5f7a\" data-id=\"6ed5f7a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2f1544 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b2f1544\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 3: Create a New MySQL Database<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9db53d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9db53d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Next, create a new MySQL database at the host to which you&#8217;re migrating your site, along with a new database user and password.<\/p><p>Keep this information handy because you&#8217;ll need it in a second.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f36b302 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f36b302\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-588f8b8\" data-id=\"588f8b8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d34ae8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d34ae8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 4: Import Database<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-522641b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"522641b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Open phpMyAdmin at the host to which you&#8217;re migrating your site and:<\/p><ul><li>Find the database that you just created in Step 3 using the sidebar on the left<\/li><li>Click on the <strong>Import<\/strong> tab<\/li><li>Select the database file that you downloaded from WP Migrate DB in Step 2<\/li><li>Click <strong>Go<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f2e60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"13f2e60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/migrate-wordpress-16-r4q7329esj7dgi3pbq6jyzi1bv1dmdhaz7qk5s6sis.png\" title=\"migrate-wordpress-16\" alt=\"migrate-wordpress-16\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4cb34b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4cb34b9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf40ee6\" data-id=\"bf40ee6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d8a66f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8d8a66f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 5: Edit wp-config.php<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd05848 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd05848\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At this point, both your site&#8217;s files and database should be at their new location.<\/p><p>Now, you need to tell your migrated site to use the new database that you created in Step 3.<\/p><p>To do that, edit the <strong>wp-config.php<\/strong> file at your migrated site and input the information for your new database:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a9199d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7a9199d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/migrate-wordpress-17-r4q77mr60jgjw9grn7a9lbzpaaim1embxtwj57ewf6.png\" title=\"migrate-wordpress-17\" alt=\"migrate-wordpress-17\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e13418 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9e13418\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7cd6b65\" data-id=\"7cd6b65\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1c0546 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d1c0546\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 6: Find and Replace Urls in Elementor Content (If Changing Domain)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ab9e9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ab9e9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you&#8217;re changing domain names, go to <strong>Elementor \u2192 Tools<\/strong>. Then, click on the <strong>Replace URL<\/strong> tab and use the tool to update the URLs in your Elementor content:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bc18a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6bc18a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/migrate-wordpress-13-1-1-r4q6z75ap1wxq7prw21rpylteu31z651436p4tx1lw.png\" title=\"migrate-wordpress-13-1 (1)\" alt=\"migrate-wordpress-13-1 (1)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-abafb7d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"abafb7d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-923dd49\" data-id=\"923dd49\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd449f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bd449f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 7: Regenerate Elementor CSS\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4754b72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4754b72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After updating your Elementor content&#8217;s URLs, go to <strong>Elementor \u2192 Tools<\/strong> and click the <strong>Regenerate Files<\/strong> button to force Elementor to regenerate its CSS:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c95ef15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c95ef15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/migrate-wordpress-14-1-r4q6yfvz6uvmditdb89l7nhg6ntery4tcc9m7t1gze.png\" title=\"migrate-wordpress-14 (1)\" alt=\"migrate-wordpress-14 (1)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-75f2e5d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75f2e5d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bcec953\" data-id=\"bcec953\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4daa9b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4daa9b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Any Questions on How to Migrate WordPress?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c30afa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c30afa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>And that wraps up our guide on how to migrate WordPress, including your Elementor content.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have any questions on how to safely move sites that you&#8217;ve created with WordPress and <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/pro\/\">Elementor Pro<\/a> to new hosts and\/or domain names? 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