Should I install WordPress before moving to new host?

  • hepismajli

    (@hepismajli)


    10 years, 8 months ago

    Hi there,

    I want to move my WordPress site to a new webhost. Should I install WordPress on the new host before I move the files from the old host? Or I just move the files along with the database?

    One note: Version of my WordPress blog is 3.5.2, but new host offers only installation of a 3.6 version!

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  • sonalsinha21

    (@sonalsinha21)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    Just move the files in complete….move the database (by creating new database on new server and also editing the tables with the new site name)…

    Then lastly updating the new database details in wp-config.php.

    It should run just fine then.

    Please note a few widgets won’t appear so you need to re-configure them again.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    Have a look at Moving_WordPress.

    Thread Starter hepismajli

    (@hepismajli)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    I looked first at Moving WordPress Documentation, but it says nothing about my question…

    bemdesign

    (@bemdesign)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    Yes it does: http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Moving_to_a_New_Server

    By switching hosts, you are, by definition, moving to a new server.

    Thread Starter hepismajli

    (@hepismajli)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    I admit I am lost in this. I read entire Documentation and I still don’t get it.

    I am moving WordPress 3.5.2 to a new server/host. I will not install WordPress there (at new host) because they offer only 3.6 version. Instead, I will move files and database.

    But?

    @skt Themes

    I created the new database, and edited wp-config, but how can I do “editing the tables with the new site name”? Is it in phpAdmin and where?

    Thread Starter hepismajli

    (@hepismajli)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    P.S. My domain stays the same.

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