Title: Moving WordPress and search and replace
Last modified: February 2, 2021

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# Moving WordPress and search and replace

 *  [Alessandra Del Puglia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aledelpupland/)
 * (@aledelpupland)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-and-search-and-replace/)
 * hi
    i just moved wp from host A to host B, with a different domain and server,
   and everything looks fine. i also performed a find and replace action for url
   with the plugin you suggest in your “moving wp” guide [https://it.wordpress.org/support/article/moving-wordpress/](https://it.wordpress.org/support/article/moving-wordpress/)(
   better search and replace plugin). Why do you indicate to only perform a search
   and replace on the wp_posts table? I did so and found 1300 items to be replaced.
   Than, just to be on the safe side and because i’m curious, I performed a second
   search through all the tables and found 45 more items to be replaces (not in 
   wp_posts). Is that OK if I replace these last too? Thanks
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fmoving-wordpress-and-search-and-replace%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/)
 * (@gappiah)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-and-search-and-replace/#post-13990472)
 * I’m not a developer, but I’m guessing that that official support article may 
   have been written with a default WordPress installation in mind, with no custom
   themes or plugins.
 * Plugins (and some themes) can and often do add their own stuff in different ways
   and places that one can’t always anticipate.
 * It should generally be safe to replace all occurrences of the old URL with the
   new one (with the possible exception of [the GUID](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/the_guid/)).
 *  Thread Starter [Alessandra Del Puglia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aledelpupland/)
 * (@aledelpupland)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-and-search-and-replace/#post-13991094)
 * hi george
    thanks for your reply
 * i guess you are right 🙂
 * have a nice day

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 * Last reply from: [Alessandra Del Puglia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aledelpupland/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-and-search-and-replace/#post-13991094)
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