Title: Moving wordpress – stuck
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Moving wordpress – stuck

 *  [Skrollen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skrollen/)
 * (@skrollen)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-stuck/)
 * Hi all,
 * I am in the process of moving my WordPress insallation from shared hosting to
   VPS. So far I have done the following:
 * – Exported SQL-database from old host
    – Downloaded all my files from old host–
   Imported database at new VPS – Uploaded all files att new VPS – Changed database
   information in wp-config – Changed the pathway in .htaccess from old host to 
   new VPS pathway
 * I haven’t yet moved the domain as I want to make sure everything works at the
   new server first. However, I am stuck.
 * When I check my site on my VPS (at the IP-adress, like [http://11.111.111.11/~admin/](http://11.111.111.11/~admin/)),
   I see my site logo and headlines from some plugins, but it is as if the theme
   and all other images aside from the logo are not there, and I get a page title
   of “Page not found”.
 * So there is some connection between the files on the server and the database 
   but no connection to get the theme and the media-files.
 * I have tried editing the upload_path directly in wp_options in phpmyadmin, but
   it has not helped.
 * My VPS provider suggested that maybe some other part of the database may contain
   connections to the old host, but I do not know how to figure that out. Is that
   even likely?
 * Anyhow, any help or suggestions would be more than welcome!

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 *  [jkovis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jkovis/)
 * (@jkovis)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-stuck/#post-5227779)
 * > I haven’t yet moved the domain as I want to make sure everything works at the
   > new server first
 * — You can simulate this by [mapping the domain to the new IP address in your hosts file](http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/27350/beginner-geek-how-to-edit-your-hosts-file/)
   so all requests go to the new VPS
 *  Thread Starter [Skrollen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skrollen/)
 * (@skrollen)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-stuck/#post-5227790)
 * > — You can simulate this by mapping the domain to the new IP address in your
   > hosts file so all requests go to the new VPS
 * Thanks for the tip, not really sure what it does but I’m guessing that I can 
   map my domain to my IP-adress and by doing so in theory the pathways of the site
   at the new VPS should work?
 * If so, am I supposed to add the following to the hosts file (where 11.111.111.11
   is my new Ip-adress):
 * 11.111.111.11 mydomain.com
 *  [jkovis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jkovis/)
 * (@jkovis)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-stuck/#post-5227805)
 * >  so in theory the pathways of the site at the new VPS should work?
 * — yes, this should help you debug if anything was missed during the transfer
 * >  If so, am I supposed to add the following to the hosts file (where 11.111.111.11
   > is my new Ip-adress):
   > 11.111.111.11 mydomain.com
 * — yes, exactly. I’d also add “www” just to be safe:
 *     ```
       11.111.111.11 mydomain.com www.mydomain.com
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [Skrollen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skrollen/)
 * (@skrollen)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-stuck/#post-5227938)
 * Update: Solved the problem, it was simply the fact that home and site_url in 
   wp_options was my domain, and that is why the site wouldnt load before the domain
   was transferred. Now the domain is moved and the site is up and running. Thanks
   jkovis for your help!
 * Now I have a new problem, getting the “white screen of death” when I try to access/
   wp-admin… But I guess that’s another thread 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Skrollen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skrollen/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-stuck/#post-5227938)
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