Title: moving wordpress
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# moving wordpress

 *  Resolved [samsin89143](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samsin89143/)
 * (@samsin89143)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-12/)
 * I really thought the hard part would be moving the database, but I figured that
   out fairly easy, even though cPanel gave me some problems. My problems are with
   moving the files and not have the plugins break causing some major problems. 
   I am using ftp and I don’t know if that is the best way, but it is the only way
   I know. The first time I didn’t deactivate the plugins and WP3 Total Cache would
   not deactivate or uninstall. I tried just deleting it and that caused everything
   to break. I am now in the process of moving the files again, this time with the
   plugins deactivated first. I hope this works this time. If any one sees something
   terribly wrong with what I am doing, please let me know. Any help would be appreciated.

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-12/#post-1598653)
 * You may have missed a step. Review this article:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress)
 *  Thread Starter [samsin89143](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samsin89143/)
 * (@samsin89143)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-12/#post-1598725)
 * how do you disable the permalink rewrites. Is it as easy as going to Settings
   >> Permalinks and checking default? Also, won’t that mess up the copying of the
   files? Thanks.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-12/#post-1598728)
 * > how do you disable the permalink rewrites. Is it as easy as going to Settings
   > >> Permalinks and checking default?
 * Yes, and if WordPress cannot automatically edit the `.htaccess` file, it will
   provide you with instructions after saving.
 * > Also, won’t that mess up the copying of the files?
 * It shouldn’t.
 *  Thread Starter [samsin89143](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samsin89143/)
 * (@samsin89143)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-12/#post-1598748)
 * how does it provide instructions on the .htaccess file, in the file itself?
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-12/#post-1598749)
 * It tells you what to paste into your .htaccess file.
 *  Thread Starter [samsin89143](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samsin89143/)
 * (@samsin89143)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-12/#post-1598756)
 * where does it tell you?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-12/#post-1598758)
 * Towards the bottom of the Settings/Permalinks page immediately after saving, 
   but only if WordPress couldn’t automatically edit the .htaccess file.

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 * Last activity: [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-12/#post-1598758)
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