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1. kongen
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Hi,

   Inside Hostgator I can change domainname on my hosting account. I have WP Multisite (with 5 sites) installed on domainA and want to move it to domainB. The hosting location is the same (I just change domainname on my hostingaccount).

   Which files must I do changes in to make the move of WP work?
   Do I have to change anything in the database?

   Thanks,
   klare

2. Andrea Rennick
   Customer Care at Copyblogger Media and Studiopress
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   look in htaccess & wp-config.php.
   Then start changing the name in all places in the database. (there's a lot)

3. ecomonkey
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   I did this just now

   Edit wp-config.php

   change to the new database settings (or leave them in your case) and add:

   define(‘WP_SITEURL’, ‘http://newsite.com’);
   define(‘WP_HOME’, ‘http://newsite.com’);

   in the db there is a table wp_blogs, which will have the

   oldsite.com

   change this to newsite.com and you should be able to login.

   also check that in wp_options you have got newsite.com

   a search and replace plugin will get you quite a long way to changing all those db references (e.g. images), but there are always a few that have to be in through mysql or phpmyadmin.

   like Andrea implies, it is a pain ...

4. toddlohenry
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   How does this impact the 'child' sites in a multisite install?

5. Andrea Rennick
   Customer Care at Copyblogger Media and Studiopress
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Their domain changes too, unless they are domain mapped.

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