How to Move WordPress to New Host with No Downtime [Easy Way]

The days are long gone when moving WordPress site from one host to another  is considered to be a tedious task and if you decided to outsource it then you need to spend more than 10 bucks.

But now we can  transfer a WordPress site with zero downtime in less than 5 minutes.

Yeah.. you read that right.

And the best thing is you don’t need to worry about basic things like database backup and FTP.

Here is a quick

This process involves the following three steps

• Move your files to new web host
• Backup & Import your blog’s Database to new web host
• Change database details in wp-config.php file
• Point the domain to new web host

1. Goto www.mover.io and create an account there
2. Click on ”Select Source ” on the left side and then enter your old web hosting FTP details
3. Click on ”Select Destination ” on the right side and then enter your new web hosting FTP details
4. Then click on the ”Transfer Now ” button. You will get an email notification from them once your files are moved to your new web host Depending on the size of your blog it will take few minutes to an hour

1. Login to your old cPanel
2. Choose Backups option
3. and then download your blog’s database

1. Login to your domain’s control panel
2. Click on the domain which you want to change
3. there you will see an option like name server and click on it
4. Then the next thing you have to do point it to your new web hosting name sever

1. Login to your cPanel
2. Create a new database and a user to access it using MySQL Databases option
3. Grand full permission for that user to access the database
4. Now go back to your cPanel and then click on the phpMyAdmin option
5. Then click on your blog’s database on left panel
6. Using the import option in your phpMyAdmin import your blog’s database

1.  Go to your WordPress root directory using  File Manager in your cPanel
2. Open the file wp-config.php which will be in the public-html
3. change the database name, username, password in it.

If you have any problems with while moving your blog just ping me I’ll be so glad to help you.

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