{"id":3766,"date":"2021-12-15T14:23:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T14:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/?p=3766"},"modified":"2021-12-15T14:23:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T14:23:08","slug":"what-is-a-website-migration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wordpress\/what-is-a-website-migration\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is a Website Migration?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A <strong>Website Migration<\/strong> involves moving a site and its files from one web host to another and redirecting all your old web pages.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/site-migration\/\"><strong>Website Migration<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>can be for simple hosting changes to complete website overhauls. However, SEO professionals consider a migration to be an event where substantial changes to a website can impact the site&#8217;s visibility on search engines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why Do You Need a Website Migration?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are various types of migrations and reasons to migrate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Changing web hosts<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the simplest of all site migrations, a <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wordpress-hosting\/\">host<\/a> change requires migrating the site\u2019s files and database to a new server.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reasons to change include outgrowing a host\u2019s capabilities, finding a more cost-effective solution,&nbsp;or dissatisfaction with disk space, bandwidth allotments, website admin features, and downtime.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\"><li><strong>Changing domain name<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need to <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/com-vs-net\/\">change a domain<\/a> to rebrand or update your URL, you have to migrate your site to its new location.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Technically, migration is relatively easy. However, once you receive the new domain, it is essential to make sure that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Your server answers to that domain.<\/li><li>There are no side effects, such as 404 errors and bugs.<\/li><li>The migration doesn\u2019t negatively impact your organic traffic.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Google and your users can find your new domain, so there is no significant drop in site traffic. Solutions include maintaining hosting or using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cloudflare<\/a> for the old domain to automatically send users to your new site.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\"><li><strong>Changing web platform<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Site migration may be required when moving a website to a new <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/features\/ecommerce\/\">ecommerce<\/a> or content management platform (CMS). The new platform may improve functionality, have crucial eCommerce capabilities, etc.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The process can be complex if, for instance, the platform requires new <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/library\/\" title=\"templates\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">templates<\/a> for all your old content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"4\"><li><strong>Updating your platform<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>You may need to migrate your site even if you aren\u2019t changing platforms. For example, if a platform releases a product upgrade over time. Upgrades can be minor, such as bug fixes, small new features, etc.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or a platform may release a major version of an update. A site may have to be migrated from the old platform to the new version in such cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"5\"><li><strong>Redesigning your website<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/website-redesign-guide\/\">website redesign<\/a> does not have to result in a site migration if you keep all your information and just update the design. However, more than that may involve new domains, hosts, and platforms, which requires site migration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before migrating, don\u2019t forget to do a complete website backup should anything go wrong during the transition!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Website Migration involves moving a site and its files from one web host to another and redirecting all your old web pages<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1292159,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,15],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-3766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wordpress","category-glossary","tag-build"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1292159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3767,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3766\/revisions\/3767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}