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Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting

Last Update: July 28, 2024

One of the greatest challenges to switching site hosts is migrating your site. Use Migrate Guru to migrate your site to Elementor Hosting, simplifying and speeding up the process.  

Before you begin

You must have, or purchase, an Elementor Hosting website. This will be referred to as the destination site

Your existing site is referred to as the source site.

Migrating your site

There are two ways to migrate your website:

Migrate an existing site to a new Elementor Hosting site

  1. Follow the Wizard to purchase your new site.
    At the end of the process you are given the choice of creating a new site or migrating an existing site.
    image 32 Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 1
  2. Click Migrate an existing site.
    The next screen contains some important pointers:
    Don’t disable hosting from your existing site until after you’ve confirmed the migration process was successful. 
    Keep the WordPress login for your current site handy.
    image 33 Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 3
  3. Click Got it, let’s go!
    image 34 Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 5
  4. Enter the URL of your existing site.
    image 35 Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 7
  5. Click Continue.
    image 36 Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 9
  6. Click Copy Key.
    You’ll need this key to start the migration process.
    You now need to install the Migrate Guru plugin on your existing site – the source site.
    image 37 Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 11
  7. Click Take me there.
    This will open your existing site, ready to install the Migrate Guru plugin. 
    image 38 Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 13
  8. Click Install Now.
    This installs Migrate Guru on the source site.
    image 39 Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 15
  9. Click Activate.
    9 Enter email and agree to terms Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 17
  10. Enter your email and agree to the terms and conditions.
    10 Click Migrate Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 19
  11. Click Migrate.
    11 Click elementor Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 21
  12. Click Elementor.
    12 Enter the key in the MigrateGuru Migration key Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 23
  13. In the MigrateGuru Migration Key field, paste the key you copied in step 6.
    13 Click Migrate Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 25
  14. Click Migrate.
    14 The copying process Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 27
    The migration process will begin, it could take a while.
    image 40 Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 29
  15. Go back to the Migrate a website tab.
    16 Click I did all these steps Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 31
  16. Click the I did all these steps checkmark.
    17 Click continue Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 33
  17. Click Continue.
    You will receive an email when the process is completed. This could take a few hours.
    If you don’t receive an email, there may have been an error or you may have missed a step. You may have to redo the migration process. See the section on migrating an existing site to an Elementor Hosting site below.
    Once you start the migration process, any changes you make to the existing site will not be copied to your new site.

    image 41 Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 35
  18. Click Done.

In addition to migrating your existing site, Elementor Hosting prepares your site by installing Elementor, and setting up one-click login. This means it may be a few minutes before you can start working on your site. 

Migrate your site to an Elementor Hosting site you created

Warning
If you’re migrating your site to an existing Elementor Hosting site, Site Lock, also known as Privacy Mode, on your Elementor Hosting website must be turned off. For more details about turning off Site Lock/Privacy Mode, see Learn what Site Lock is.

To migrate your existing WordPress site to Elementor:

One of the greatest challenges to switching site hosts is migrating your site. Use Migrate Guru to migrate your site to Elementor Hosting, simplifying and speeding up the process.  

Migrate an existing site to a new Elementor Hosting site

  1. Go to your My Elementor dashboard.
  2. Hover over the website card of the site you want to migrate to – the destination site.
    Click Manage this website 3 Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 37
  3. Click Manage this website.
    Click Migrate your site 1 Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 39
  4. In the right panel, click Migrate your site.
    The next screen contains some important pointers:
    Don’t disable hosting from your existing site until after you’ve confirmed the migration process was successful. 
    Keep the WordPress login for your current site handy.
    image 33 Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 3
  5. Click Got it, let’s go!
    image 34 Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 5
  6. Enter the URL of your existing site.
    image 35 Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 7
  7. Click Continue.
    image 36 Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 9
  8. Click Copy Key.
    You’ll need this key to start the migration process.
    You now need to install the Migrate Guru plugin on your existing site – the source site.
    image 37 Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 11
  9. Click Take me there.
    This will open your existing site, ready to install the Migrate Guru plugin. 
    image 38 Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 13
  10. Click Install Now.
    This installs Migrate Guru on the source site.
    image 39 Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 15
  11. Click Activate.
    9 Enter email and agree to terms Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 17
  12. Enter your email and agree to the terms and conditions.
    10 Click Migrate Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 19
  13. Click Migrate.
    11 Click elementor Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 21
  14. Click Elementor.
    12 Enter the key in the MigrateGuru Migration key Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 23
  15. In the MigrateGuru Migration Key field, paste the key you copied in step 6.
    13 Click Migrate Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 25
  16. Click Migrate.
    14 The copying process Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 27
    The migration process will begin, it could take a while.
    image 40 Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 29
  17. Go back to the Migrate a website tab.
    16 Click I did all these steps Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 31
  18. Click the I did all these steps checkmark.
    17 Click continue Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 33
  19. Click Continue.
    You will receive an email when the process is completed. This could take a few hours.
    If you don’t receive an email, there may have been an error or you may have missed a step. You may have to redo the migration process. See the section on migrating an existing site to an Elementor Hosting site below.
    Once you start the migration process, any changes you make to the existing site will not be copied to your new site.

    image 41 Migrate your site to Elementor Hosting 35
  20. Click Done.
Note
If you prefer not to migrate your site using Migrate Guru, you can also export and import Elementor sites using the Export and Import Kits. See Export Kit and Import Kit for details.

Looking for the fastest, easiest way to migrate to Elementor Hosting? Check out Elementor Premium Services.

Have more questions? We’re more than happy to assist.

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