16 Dec How To Transfer A WordPress WebSite To Hostgator Or A New Host
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If you need to move a website over to Hostgator and it’s a wordpress website, this video is going to show you how to transfer a website and have no downtime.
I’ll be showing you how to transfer a wordpress blog backup and install it on Hostgator hosting, you don’t need to be using Hostgator, your host just needs to access to phpmyadmin to follow along.
In this video I’m going to cover, downloading the wordpress complete backup and database, this is created with a plugin called “WordPress for Google Drive”
Adding domain to Hostgator and installing a new wordpress blog.
Uploading the wordpress blog backup core files via FileZilia a free FTP software program.
And the final step of importing the wordpress blog database via phpmyadmin
If you need any help please feel free to ask for help, if you’ve already joined Hostgator don’t forget you can always jump on the live chat support.
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Here is the long version of how to move a wordpress blog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEtDm81puuw
WordPress Backup Plugin Videos
This video is a little old and I plan on creating a new one ASAP, the plugin is called “WordPress for Google Plus”.
The other plugin mentioned in the video is called “BackWPup”. I’m going to redo the video and will post link here over the weekend.
Krishna Angampally
Posted at 12:01h, 18 AugustHey Craig, one more question. I have done everything you said above. And pointed the DNS to hostgators servers. Is my website now being hosted by hostgator?
Craig Smith
Posted at 16:15h, 18 AugustI just checked kcacreations (not sure if that's the domain you're talking about, but the DNS setting are still pointing to WA hosting.
Craig Smith
Posted at 16:16h, 18 AugustThat shouldn't matter as you're not transferring the actual domain from namecheap or Godaddy etc. You're simply moving the website.
Tracy Campanella
Posted at 17:47h, 18 AugustVery helpful video. Thank you. Favorited!
aalr1986
Posted at 03:48h, 10 Septemberthe step of dropping the tables. This is the one thing I was missing. THANKS!
Craig Smith
Posted at 17:15h, 10 SeptemberPerfect, glad I could help.
Ky Trang Ho
Posted at 16:37h, 19 SeptemberHow do you do this if you don't have Configure Google?
Craig Smith
Posted at 20:21h, 29 SeptemberHi, what is the error message, please message me the error and site URL and I'll have a look for you.
Piotr
Posted at 17:58h, 19 Octoberwhat about when I want to move to new server and also to new domain.
How I can do that please reply?
DomainDiving
Posted at 07:27h, 02 NovemberThumbs up! Great video 🙂
nolo conosco
Posted at 00:00h, 22 Novemberi wanna see the secret stuff! what did you blur out?! porn masta!
Gloria Reibin
Posted at 00:18h, 26 DecemberI have a baby account with Hostgator. I created an AdOn domain and did the word press thing, but it appeared to come out as a subdomain. Does that mean that I can not migrate the files to my main AddOn Domain?
Gloria Reibin
Posted at 21:44h, 27 DecemberCraig,help.  I downloaded to domains and  copied files, but neither shows a DB when I click on wp-content
Sandeep Das
Posted at 08:48h, 18 FebruaryNice video bro thanks i got help alot
dimos premtis
Posted at 18:11h, 07 Maythanks
Brenden Thieroff
Posted at 08:09h, 03 AugustNever mind, I figured it out.  For anyone wondering the same thing, you go to Settings/General and change the WordPress address and Site Address to the new site… DUh.. 🙂  Thanks for the video again!
Santhosh Reddy
Posted at 16:35h, 11 NovemberI have did the same thing you have told but i am getting ERROR 403 – FORBIDDEN http://www.magnacode.co.in  … anyone can help me out with this error… its kinda urgentÂ
thanks in advanceÂ
p.s – email me the solutionÂ
(ette.santhosh@gmail.com
Travis Pronschinske
Posted at 00:32h, 08 DecemberCraig,
Having an issue. Don't see any of my pages, content, or photos. Seems to me like possibly a database issue I'm assuming. Any idea as to what it could be? I have followed your video instructions but no luck.
mckay Smith
Posted at 21:49h, 11 DecemberJust an update, he called the plugin to upload site into google drive "wordpress for google drive," but i had to type in "wp-google-drive" for it to pop up in the admin plug-in search menu.
David Osullivan
Posted at 22:47h, 18 JanuaryWorked perfectly thank you
Victor Acosta
Posted at 21:59h, 03 FebruaryWhen you first get on to FireZilla, What Details do you use to get the new files? So in other words, How do you connect to your new hosting ( 4:27Â in the video) so I can see all the empty new files like you did?
Craig Smith
Posted at 22:12h, 03 FebruaryHi Victor, for some reason I can't reply to your comment directly. I used my cpanel login details to connect to the new hosting, primary domain and cpanel user and pass. Â But I would now recommend you take a look at this tutorial
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Guido's How-to's
Posted at 10:23h, 07 MaySo by doing a clean install of WordPress with QuickInstall you're bypassing the part where you have to manually add a database, and edit the wp-config.php file to make contact with the database you made; exactly where a lot of people make mistakes. Smart move!
gig970
Posted at 17:20h, 12 MayHi Craig, Thanks for the tutorial, its very informative.
this is for multiple account under the primary domain (Baby package in HG) and thats what I have from other hosting and planned to transfer to HG. But my question is how do you transfer the primary domain first I mean should I do the same procedure as you described for my primary domain and then add new domain under primary account and follow your steps? Thanks a million 🙂
Top Five
Posted at 11:08h, 06 Februaryass hole, you are blurring the video we are not even understanding what you are doing
youjohnny16
Posted at 02:53h, 08 FebruaryThanks Craig. Excellent.
Nelly Nelson
Posted at 13:44h, 25 Marchis there anyway of doing this without going through hostgator. I have a webhost and site so there is no need for me to be pauing £x a month for something I have.
Mike Pilcher
Posted at 05:15h, 22 AprilThank you for the great video! Very helpful. 🙂
Paul Ward
Posted at 18:19h, 13 JulyBeware – if this is the first site you are transferring over to Hostgator YOU DO NEED the wp-config.php file – else you wont be able to get into phpmyadmin. Youll get 401 permission errors
Michael Nakonecznyj
Posted at 22:05h, 13 JulyTHIS FAR TOO COMPLICATED! You have to be some kind of GENIUS!WAY,WAY,WAT TOO COMPLICATED! THIS IS TOTALY OUT OF MY DEPTH!
hardyal kushwaha
Posted at 13:38h, 03 OctoberSmith give me your youtube tutorial link for Google Drive for WordPress…Thanks
Michael Kelly
Posted at 03:54h, 01 MayHi there Craig,
Thanks for the tutorials – is this demonstration from a local server?
My situation is, I have built my first website locally through WordPress and I want to transfer it to Hostgator. I have set up my hostgator account, just need to know if this is right process for my situation.
Also I noticed Paul Ward commented;
"Beware – if this is the first site you are transferring over to Hostgator YOU DO NEED the wp-config.php file – else you wont be able to get into phpmyadmin. Youll get 401 permission errors"
Is this something I should be doing also instead of deleting it?
Thanks Craig,
Mike