Title: migration issues
Last modified: June 30, 2026

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# migration issues

 *  [cpking1963](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cpking1963/)
 * (@cpking1963)
 * [1 week, 3 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migration-issues-19/)
 * I migrated my wp site from Bluehost to Hostinger. Generally, the migration went
   well. It took 24 hours for Hostinger’s tools to read and upload my site. However,
   I’m finding some strange things happening and not sure where to look to fix them.
   I have completely deleted the wp site on Bluehost.
 * For example, Between Bluehost.com, Hostinger.com and WordPress.org, my login 
   wants to use the email address from my staging site on Hostinger (_email deleted_)
   as my email address, rather than _email also delted_. I have changed it in the
   Users on my new site. I’ve tried doing it by logging into my site, and it won’t
   stick.
 * There are other issues around plugins, but I’m slowing sorting through those.
   Pertaining to those (I think) is that my wp admin points to salmon-mule-385512.
   hostingersite.com rather than _[ redundant link deleted ]_. For example, when
   opening my admin, the address is `https://salmon-mule-385512.hostingersite.com/
   wp-admin/` rather than . Is that normal?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fmigration-issues-19%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [1 week, 3 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migration-issues-19/#post-18952199)
 * This looks like something that should be addressed by HOstinger support.
 *  Thread Starter [cpking1963](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cpking1963/)
 * (@cpking1963)
 * [1 week, 3 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migration-issues-19/#post-18952287)
 * Various plugins still showed in Bluehost as installed which I have deactivated.
   There’s some connection with Bluehost I can’t seem to solve. And wordpress.org’s
   login says Bluehost.
 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [1 week, 3 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migration-issues-19/#post-18952395)
 * You can access your backend at `https://inspiredchaossc.com/wp-login.php`. I 
   have no idea where you got the other URLs. You should be able to log in using
   the credentials you already have at this address.
 *  [alexfv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexfv/)
 * (@alexfv)
 * [5 days, 19 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migration-issues-19/#post-18956258)
 * Your main symptom points at the database still holding the temporary domain. 
   Hostinger imports migrated sites under a hostingersite.com subdomain, and if 
   the real domain was connected afterwards without a full search-replace, `siteurl`
   and `home` in wp_options keep the temp value. WordPress builds every admin URL
   from `siteurl`, which is why wp-admin keeps opening at salmon-mule-385512.hostingersite.
   com no matter what address you type.
 * I checked your homepage source just now and it still references salmon-mule-385512.
   hostingersite.com in several asset URLs, so the leftovers go beyond those two
   options rows.
 * The fix is a database-wide search-replace. In hPanel you can open a terminal 
   with WP-CLI and run: `wp search-replace 'salmon-mule-385512.hostingersite.com''
   inspiredchaossc.com' --all-tables`. After that, Settings > General should show
   inspiredchaossc.com in both address fields; clear the LiteSpeed cache and log
   in again at the real domain.
 * The wordpress.org login showing Bluehost is a separate thing. Your wordpress.
   org account is independent of your site’s database, so the migration can’t change
   what it displays; update the email on wordpress.org itself if you want that changed.

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

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [alexfv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexfv/)
 * Last activity: [5 days, 19 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migration-issues-19/#post-18956258)
 * Status: not resolved

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