Title: Copy multisite
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Copy multisite

 *  Resolved [martin1972](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martin1972/)
 * (@martin1972)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/copy-multisite/)
 * I want to copy a multisite from one domain/server to a new domain on another 
   server.
 * Is it as simple as to move all files, copy the databases and then change DB-settings
   and DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE in the wp-config.php, or are there other considerations?
   Do I have to run “install” again or anything?

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 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/copy-multisite/#post-1627592)
 * It’s all that PLUS you have to go through the entire db and change the domain
   name. it’s a hardcoded reference on ever site.
 * when you download the db dump, open it up i na really good text editor (cuz it’ll
   be big) and do a search & replace. then upload it to the new server.
 *  Thread Starter [martin1972](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martin1972/)
 * (@martin1972)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/copy-multisite/#post-1627665)
 * Thanks. Is it many tables and fields that contain the domain name? Otherwise 
   it might be easier to do a replace directly in the database.
 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/copy-multisite/#post-1627678)
 * > Is it many tables and fields that contain the domain name?
 * Most of them. Yes, really.
 * > Otherwise it might be easier to do a replace directly in the database.
 * that’s what I suggested.
 *  Thread Starter [martin1972](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martin1972/)
 * (@martin1972)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/copy-multisite/#post-1627684)
 * OK, thanx. That is the first thing i found, that I do not like totally with WP,
   otherwise i love it. Should have been a variable in my opinion.
 * (I meant a query like “UPDATE table SET field1 = REPLACE(field1,’domain1.com’,’
   domain2.com’);” instead of search and replace in text editor)
 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/copy-multisite/#post-1627728)
 * Yeah, it’s a pain. 😀
 *  Thread Starter [martin1972](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martin1972/)
 * (@martin1972)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/copy-multisite/#post-1627816)
 * Indeed 🙂

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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
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 * Last reply from: [martin1972](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martin1972/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/copy-multisite/#post-1627816)
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