Title: Moving WP
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Moving WP

 *  [carlos_perez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlos_perez/)
 * (@carlos_perez)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wp-1/)
 * I have a problem. I have lost a domain name. It is not recoverable. It was sold
   to someone else ( my fault).
 * I want to move the information, which still exists in my host provder, to a new
   domain name. WP is not yet installed.
 * I have read the instructions at:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress)
 * I believe that the instructions assume that you have access to the old domain
   which I do not.
 * Can I keep the same MySQL settings and change only the URL in the Authentication
   Keys for the new domain name? Will this save all my WP settings and posts?
 * Or do I have to generate new MySQL settings (dbs) and new Authentication Keys?
 * Or, should I install a new WP on the new domain name and somehow replace the 
   MySQL automatically generated by installing the new WP with the old MySqL Db?
 * thanks in advance for any help,
 * C.A. Perez

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 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wp-1/#post-2336344)
 * If you lost the domain name you can have the new domain use same settings you
   will need change the old domain with new one in database your settings urls and
   posts as well as you will have old domain name in posts as well.
 *  Thread Starter [carlos_perez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlos_perez/)
 * (@carlos_perez)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wp-1/#post-2336447)
 * Thank you for your response, govpatel.
 * But just how do I do that?
 * C.A. Perez
 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wp-1/#post-2336468)
 * You need export database save as file on your computer.
    open the sql file in
   Notepad++ or similar editor. search and replace old domain with new one in the
   file and save as some other name so that you still have backup copy that you 
   downloaded.
 * Drop all tables in database and import the file with new domain name.
 *  Thread Starter [carlos_perez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlos_perez/)
 * (@carlos_perez)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wp-1/#post-2336470)
 * Thank you, govpatel
 * I will do that. I am pretty sure I can do this. I will backup the SQL.
 * Thanks, again.
 * C.A. Perez

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [carlos_perez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlos_perez/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wp-1/#post-2336470)
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