Title: Moving wordpress
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Moving wordpress

 *  [rdkilby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rdkilby/)
 * (@rdkilby)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-10/)
 * I need to move a couple sites to a new server. I have backed up the database 
   per the instructions in the codex. The problem is restoring the database on the
   new server. I get an access denied message. I have tried the same username/pw
   config that the old server had as well as different username/pw configs. In the
   codex about restoring the database it doesn’t mention a username and pw at all.
   My error is below.
 * Error
 * SQL query:
 * —
    — Database: `kilby_family_blog` — CREATE DATABASE `kilby_family_blog` DEFAULT
   CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci;
 * MySQL said: Documentation
    #1044 – Access denied for user ‘kilby_blogger’@’%’
   to database ‘kilby_family_blog’

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 *  [wordprest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordprest/)
 * (@wordprest)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-10/#post-1270034)
 * well,
 * you have to specify new credentials for new db…
 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-10/#post-1270116)
 * Your database hasn’t been created. wp-config.php presents your database login
   and password, etc., but your database has to be created first. Ask your hosting
   company to be sure the “blank” database has been created; once it has been created,
   then WP can write the tables to it.
 *  [imaginhost](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imaginhost/)
 * (@imaginhost)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-10/#post-1270140)
 * Hello, first you do have to enter your new database details in wp-config.php,
   but did you also make sure to set the new location for your WordPress installation
   under the “Settings” page before you exported the database? It’s a good idea 
   to export the database before (as a backup, just in case) and after you change
   the location settings in your WordPress installation, then import your database
   at your new host and enter your new database details in wp-config.php. I hope
   that helps. Good luck with your site!
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