Title: Use old WordPress Installation?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

---

# Use old WordPress Installation?

 *  [riter86](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riter86/)
 * (@riter86)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-old-wordpress-installation/)
 * Hi,
 * Is there any way to upload my old WordPress installation if I have all the files
   on my computer? I have a new server and a new domain… Is there any easy way to
   make my site look just like the old one?
 * /R

Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)

 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-old-wordpress-installation/#post-4580876)
 * Do you have a database backup file?
 *  Thread Starter [riter86](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riter86/)
 * (@riter86)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-old-wordpress-installation/#post-4580878)
 * I think so. When I drag all my files into my new server from an FTP I can see
   database files in my PHP control panel.
 * Can I do it this way and just change wp.config.php or is it more difficult then
   this?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-old-wordpress-installation/#post-4580883)
 * > When I drag all my files into my new server from an FTP I can see database 
   > files in my PHP control panel.
 * Sorry but I have no idea what this is referring to. Do you have an .sql database
   backup file?
 *  [dodi hidayatullah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ikhwancyber/)
 * (@ikhwancyber)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-old-wordpress-installation/#post-4580945)
 * if you have all files old WP & database on local computer, why not test on localhost
   before upload.. if everythink look greate, after that you can use [http://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/)
   and upload your old wp.
 * hope this help 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [riter86](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riter86/)
 * (@riter86)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-old-wordpress-installation/#post-4580955)
 * My other domain does not excist anymore. So I saved my old WP files and database
   on my local computer. Otherwise the duplicator had been great 🙂
 *  [Mohammad Shoeb Ansari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lovemarshall/)
 * (@lovemarshall)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-old-wordpress-installation/#post-4581015)
 * Hi Riter,
    You can create the site using your old database and the files without
   any difficulty as long as the backup is COMPLETE.
 * 1. Try uploading the files to a temp directory eg abc.com/old/
    2. Create a blank
   db and note down username and password 3. User import option and import the old
   database 4. Edit wp-config.php file in root directory and put the new database
   values
 * Try to access the url abc.com/old/
    If you’re able to see the homepage, you’re
   almost done. You’d notice that the links are pointing to old site which can be
   fixed using this reference url (by running a three line of sql query on phpmyadmin)
   [http://makingwebbeautiful.com/how-to-change-path-of-a-wordpress-installation/](http://makingwebbeautiful.com/how-to-change-path-of-a-wordpress-installation/)
 * Hope this work or I’d happy to look at it if the site size is small 🙂
 * Marshall

Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)

The topic ‘Use old WordPress Installation?’ is closed to new replies.

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 6 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [Mohammad Shoeb Ansari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lovemarshall/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-old-wordpress-installation/#post-4581015)
 * Status: not resolved

## Topics

### Topics with no replies

### Non-support topics

### Resolved topics

### Unresolved topics

### All topics