Title: Database migrate – menu settings question
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Database migrate – menu settings question

 *  [Shmoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macpresss/)
 * (@macpresss)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-migrate-menu-settings-question/)
 * Guys,
 * Before moving an existing site from one server to another I have a simple question.
   Will a database migrate lose all my Menu settings?
 * I mean, If I go into PHPmyAdmin and export the database – import it into the 
   new server, copy the files over to the new server. That would move my site of
   course but will it also respect all my settings?
 * Especially the menu settings. I have this theme which holds about 7 or 8 menu
   locations and each menu is very complex – it has grown over the years with lots
   of menu items and if I lose this structure and have to rebuild it, it would take
   a very long time.
 * So that’s why I’m asking. What can I expect?
 * Thanks already!

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 *  [Digico Paris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digico-paris/)
 * (@digico-paris)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-migrate-menu-settings-question/#post-7106957)
 * Hi,
 * Really depends how the theme was built, if it saves all settings in db or not.
   Most themes or templates don’t use mysql well, so you loose all settings moving
   to another server (even if all went nice).
 * After, i have no clue how, but in general theme makers are lazy to plug settings
   in db (also it’s faster to make a file). Also, a theme normally doesn’t have 
   rights to write on database so, it’s not easy (from your webserver point of view,
   it’s a different user trying to write on it – if well setup it will refuse an
   unknown write in mysql).
 * But I suggest you try a full backup aka with updraft plus plugin, it’s a good
   one.
 * Hope it helps,
 *  [santy1633](https://wordpress.org/support/users/santy1633/)
 * (@santy1633)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-migrate-menu-settings-question/#post-7106994)
 * How to migrate all category and post drupal to wordpress.
 *  [Digico Paris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digico-paris/)
 * (@digico-paris)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-migrate-menu-settings-question/#post-7106999)
 * [@santy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/santy/) check if there is a plugin
   to do that on wordpress free plugin base, or paying, if not try on docker, they
   are many stuff there.
 * globally, drupal and wp are not too far so i think even manually you could find
   scripts to automate the most.
 *  Thread Starter [Shmoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macpresss/)
 * (@macpresss)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-migrate-menu-settings-question/#post-7107009)
 * Hmm this makes me even more curious.. I think I’ll try an migrate to my local
   machine first see how that works.
 *  [Digico Paris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digico-paris/)
 * (@digico-paris)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-migrate-menu-settings-question/#post-7107010)
 * From Drupaly
    [https://codex.wordpress.org/Importing_Content](https://codex.wordpress.org/Importing_Content)
 *  [Digico Paris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digico-paris/)
 * (@digico-paris)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-migrate-menu-settings-question/#post-7107011)
 * From WP on docker:
    [https://hub.docker.com/_/wordpress/](https://hub.docker.com/_/wordpress/)
 *  [Digico Paris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digico-paris/)
 * (@digico-paris)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-migrate-menu-settings-question/#post-7107203)
 * Just an update, we can now pull docker from a local environment to a fold of 
   servers,
 * Hope it helps,

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 7 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Digico Paris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digico-paris/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-migrate-menu-settings-question/#post-7107203)
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