WordPress: Migration

1h 4mIntermediate2020-02-28

Authors

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

0. Introduction

01 - WordPress site migration
02 - What you should know

1. Preparing Your Site for Migration

03 - Preparing for migration
04 - Changing protocols
05 - Changing domains
06 - Changing hosts
07 - Moving from local development to live

2. Migration Tools

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

3. Migration Plugins

11 - Programmatic migration tools
12 - Migrate with WordPress import export
13 - Migrate with Duplicator
14 - Migrate with WP Migrate DB
15 - Migrate with WP Migrate DB Pro
16 - Migrate with Migrate Guru

4. Common Problems and Solutions

17 - File permissions
18 - PHP support incompatibility
19 - Missing files

Conclusion

20 - Next steps