WordPress: migrating an installation

Self-tutoring about WordPress maintenance: the tutor mentions a resource.

WordPress is very popular as an information platform on the World Wide Web: perhaps over 40% of all websites use it. It makes sense, therefore, that people are curious how to maintain a WordPress site, back it up, etc.

One issue that comes up is migration. What if someone wants to move their WordPress installation, then re-install it elsewhere in such a way that a browser doesn’t notice? In an emergency situation, such action could be necessary.

One can execute such a feat using one or more plugins, perhaps, but I wouldn’t. I’m sure most plugins work, most of the time. However, my experience is that when a plugin fails, it may do so in a spectacular way. Therefore, I don’t typically use them to solve technical challenges, although I admit that it seems a lot of people do.

I found, on YouTube: Saad Jee Tabassam, this how-to video for WordPress migration without a plugin, and it seems solid to me. I followed his instructions to rebuild a WordPress installation at a test site, which was a success. I had to adjust some of the instructions a bit because my installation seems to be different from the one in the video. Overall, the instructions were very helpful and enabled me to fill in the rest.

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wpzoom.com