Title: Moving WordPress
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Moving WordPress

 *  [mitchrenton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mitchrenton/)
 * (@mitchrenton)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-2-2/)
 * I have been building a CMS for a client on a testing server ie. [http://testing.domain.co.uk](http://testing.domain.co.uk)
   and am almost ready to get the site live to eg. [http:///www.domain.co.uk](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-2-2/?output_format=md).
 * I hadn’t really given it much thought but didn’t want to undo all the good work
   id put in so far by making a mistake when migrating!
 * I am basically wondering if there are any preparations I should be taking prior
   to moving or if there are any knows issues when doing this?
 * i presume that i can use the same SQL database as its on the same server?
 * Any advice will be greatly appreciated
 * Mitch

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 *  [poplife](https://wordpress.org/support/users/poplife/)
 * (@poplife)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-2-2/#post-907421)
 * Make a backup of the files, migrate them to the new directory and then reconfigure
   the paths so that they apply to the new location. I’m no expert, but I think 
   that’s the way to go about it.
 * Regarding the database, yes you can use the same one.
 *  Thread Starter [mitchrenton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mitchrenton/)
 * (@mitchrenton)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-2-2/#post-907425)
 * Thanks for that dude, hopefully there won’t be any problems!
 * mitch
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-2-2/#post-907434)
 * [Moving WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress) has pointers.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last activity: [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-2-2/#post-907434)
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