Title: copy wp installation
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# copy wp installation

 *  [rudestrand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rudestrand/)
 * (@rudestrand)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/copy-wp-installation/)
 * I have to domains: a .com and a .dk, I build my site on the .com and then wanted
   to copy all to .dk so I can change language and have the same site in two different
   languages.
 * After copying from .com to .dk I can’t access admin on .dk and when I navigate
   on .dk it goes to the .com site.
 * I’m a new and don’t know much about databases, but have been reading here:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress)
 * I tried to make changes to wp-config.php, but it didn’t work…
 * What do I do?

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 *  Thread Starter [rudestrand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rudestrand/)
 * (@rudestrand)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/copy-wp-installation/#post-6208312)
 * Help please?
 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/copy-wp-installation/#post-6208463)
 * When you move a site, you must replace the old URLs and paths with the new ones.
   Some of these are stored in the database in ‘serialized’ form where the string
   length is stored along with the string. You must use special tools to search 
   and replace the old values with the new ones.
 * If you replace an old URL with a new one of a different length, it will break
   the serialization, causing many different problems.
 * If the old site is still available, you can use the steps shown in this article
   to copy the site: [http://wordpress.mcdspot.com/2012/08/22/migrating-a-wordpress-site-step-by-step/](http://wordpress.mcdspot.com/2012/08/22/migrating-a-wordpress-site-step-by-step/)
 * If the old site is not available, and you still have a copy of the database from
   that site, you should be able to use this tool to make the changes: [http://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/](http://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/)

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 * [moving](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/moving/)
 * [wp installation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-installation/)

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/copy-wp-installation/#post-6208463)
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