Title: Migrating WP
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Migrating WP

 *  [daiver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daiver/)
 * (@daiver)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-wp/)
 * Hello,
 * I just switched to a VPS and a problem has occured. I can’t seem to get my old
   blog working over there. I know this was a feeble attempt, but I just copied 
   the files into my new VPS, made a DB, swiched the data in the config file and
   I can’t seem to get it going.
 * What is the correct way of doing it? Thanks.

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-wp/#post-239915)
 * Is the blog now at a different domain or in a different directory than where 
   it was before the move?
 *  Thread Starter [daiver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daiver/)
 * (@daiver)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-wp/#post-239916)
 * Same domain, completely different provider.
 *  Thread Starter [daiver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daiver/)
 * (@daiver)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-wp/#post-239918)
 * Also, even though I updated the new IP in the config, it keeps searching for 
   the old one.
 *  Thread Starter [daiver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daiver/)
 * (@daiver)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-wp/#post-239936)
 * Any ideas?
 *  [corefx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corefx/)
 * (@corefx)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-wp/#post-239940)
 * did you upload the old db to the new db you made?
 *  Thread Starter [daiver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daiver/)
 * (@daiver)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-wp/#post-239942)
 * I don’t think I did. How would I do that?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-wp/#post-239952)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/moving_wordpress#Moving_WordPress_to_a_New_Server](http://codex.wordpress.org/moving_wordpress#Moving_WordPress_to_a_New_Server)
 *  Thread Starter [daiver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daiver/)
 * (@daiver)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-wp/#post-239954)
 * Thanks. Will check it out.
 *  Thread Starter [daiver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daiver/)
 * (@daiver)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-wp/#post-239959)
 * Ok. I did this, however it keeps trying to connect to old IP. I did not find (
   used search function) the old IP in the backup of the sql file.
 * Strange. Any ideas?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-wp/#post-239961)
 * WHere did you input the IP in the first place? Was it one of the URLs in Options/
   General? Was it entered into wp-config.php?
 *  Thread Starter [daiver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daiver/)
 * (@daiver)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-wp/#post-239963)
 * Well, I have no idea where I put it since I installed with Fantastico. I assumed
   that by changing the IP in the config.php everything would work.
 * I have done everything in that link above except for this:
 * Look inside the wp_options table and check that the values in siteurl and home
   are set to the new domain name and address.
 * Reason is I cannot find the values sitenaame and home anywhere in that table.
   I’m using phpmyadmin and I just cannot find it.
 * Hint perhaps?
 *  Thread Starter [daiver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daiver/)
 * (@daiver)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrating-wp/#post-239967)
 * Ok. Got it.
 * For some reason, when uploading new config file via FTP, it renamed to config-
   retry.php. Original config.php was still in there.
 * Anyway, I couldn’t have done it without your link.
 * Thank you very much.

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