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How to change WordPress hosting

Author: Sofia Smith
by Sofia Smith
Posted: Dec 12, 2020

In case you want to know how to change WordPress hosting you can follow the steps that are mentioned below in the provided sequence.

Changing WordPress hosting seems intimidating and tedious work at first, but if you can give time and courage for creating your own website then solving this problem isn’t a big issue.

Looking at the causes of change WordPress hosting is that it faces some issues with the current service provider. Moving to a new reliable host may seem a bit fearful because of the fear of destroying your website by making a mistake.

But there is no need to worry as we are here to provide you a solution by providing a few simple steps that are easy to follow. Even after following the below-listed steps for change WordPress hosting, if you face any problem or have any doubt or need expert assistance, then feel free to contact WordPress customer service.

Steps: How to change WordPress hosting

Step 1: You need to take the backup of your WordPress files

  1. For backing up, you need to have a backup plugin such as VaultPress or duplicator.
  2. Backup Plugins are used to install and then built-in settings to check which files are backed up, the frequency of back-up, the place where they are backed up.
  3. Another method is to do it manually, which requires a file transfer tool (FTP) such as FileZilla (PC) and transmit (mac) to access your website files.
  4. Once you have installed it, you have to use SFTP credentials from your website’s directory and download them.
  5. After you are connected, you need to select all files under your website’s directory and download them. It includes access files that may be hidden.

Step 2: How to change WordPress: the next step is to export the database

  1. Login to your cPanel account of the webserver.
  2. Now you have to open the phpMyAdmin application.
  3. From the list on the left-hand sidebar, select the database that contains your WordPress installation.
  4. Once you have selected, you have to click on the Export tab in the navigation menu.
  5. Now you have to click on the go button and the process of exporting the database will begin after which a file will be downloaded on your computer.

Step 3: On the new host server, create the WordPress database

  1. You have to open the MySQL database and choose an appropriate name to be given to a new database with this name.
  2. Now you have to create a new MySQL user with a strong password.
  3. Once you have done this add this user account to the new database and grant it all privileges.

Step 4: Edit the wp-config.php.file

Step 5: now upload the new WordPress file to the new host.

Step 6: Replace/search the new domain and define the new domain.

Step 7: Give final touches at the end.

If the above steps, don’t work for you, try contacting the WordPress customer service. They will guide you.

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Author: Sofia Smith

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