WordPress: Migration

WordPress: Migration

1h 4mIntermediate2020-02-28

Authors

Joe Dolson

Joe Dolson

WordPress Core Contributor, Developer, Web Accessibility Consultant

Course details

Looking to migrate your WordPress website? In this course, instructor Joe Dolson shows you how, detailing what it takes to move your WordPress site from one location to another by duplicating and resetting your database. Joe shares what you need to do to prepare your site for migration, including how to change protocols, domains, and hosts. He highlights key tools—such as the WordPress command-line interface (WP-CLI) and File Transfer Protocol (FTP)—that can help your migration run smoothly. Plus, he goes over a variety of different plugins you can use to handle migration, including Duplicator and Migrate Guru. To wrap up, Joe shares solutions to common problems that can crop up during the WordPress migration process.

Skills covered

WordPressContent Management Systems (CMS)Web DevelopmentOpen SourceDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

Introduction

  • WordPress site migration
  • What you should know

Preparing Your Site for Migration

  • Preparing for migration
  • Changing protocols
  • Changing domains
  • Changing hosts
  • Moving from local development to live

Migration Tools

  • Command-line interface (CLI)
  • Moving files with FTP
  • Importing and exporting MySQL databases

Migration Plugins

  • Programmatic migration tools
  • Migrate with WordPress import_export
  • Migrate with Duplicator
  • Migrate with WP Migrate DB
  • Migrate with WP Migrate DB Pro
  • Migrate with Migrate Guru

Common Problems and Solutions

  • File permissions
  • PHP support incompatibility
  • Missing files

Conclusion

  • Next steps
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