The Easy (and FREE!) Way to Migrate a WordPress Website to Any Host

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  • čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
  • In this video, I walk you through the process of migrating your WordPress website using the free Migrate Guru plugin. Say goodbye to migration headaches and learn how to effortlessly move your site from one host to another. Follow my step-by-step tutorial and enjoy a seamless, stress-free migration experience. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more helpful tips and tricks!
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Komentáře • 182

  • @thepurpleufo
    @thepurpleufo Před 3 dny

    This is what I call a truly great tutorial. Thank you, Kyle.

  • @harietttrainer7682
    @harietttrainer7682 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Thank you for the informative video! For those (like me) who haven't delved into comments: DOES NOT MIGRATE FROM LOCAL HOST UNTO LIVE.

  • @derwinsierra3223
    @derwinsierra3223 Před 11 měsíci +6

    This is AMAZING!!!! I tried it, migrated a site 4.82 gigs approximately 30,000 files. Give or take 35 minutes, flawlessly.

  • @user-ur7fe3js5h
    @user-ur7fe3js5h Před rokem +2

    Omg! This is the most helpful video I ever found. Cured me from my headache. All in one is not a cool plugin anymore.

  • @MassimoVilla
    @MassimoVilla Před rokem +6

    This process looks "magic", if compared to other migration methods. Kyle this is another pure gold content from you, thanks!

  • @BillDaubenmier
    @BillDaubenmier Před 4 měsíci

    Wish I had found this GREAT tool a sooner. I manually moved a number of WP sites. What a pain that was. Thank you for a wonderful and short, to the point video.

  • @santiagobojorquez
    @santiagobojorquez Před 7 dny

    Thanks!!
    You saved me a lot of time bro!

  • @bexdowney
    @bexdowney Před 2 měsíci

    This is better than the Migrate Guru official video!

  • @Rejoin_2023
    @Rejoin_2023 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Looks great, but I must retain the same domain name and redirect the nameservers from the old to the new server. How do I do that?

  • @elvisosmanovic4846
    @elvisosmanovic4846 Před 9 měsíci +2

    after 5 days of slamming my head against the migration wall, this saved my life. Thank you so much

  • @petrunecula
    @petrunecula Před 3 měsíci

    I absolutely love you, I struggled so much with all in one plug-in and it often crashed things for me. This has been brilliant. Thanks a lot !!!!!

  • @toshi14322
    @toshi14322 Před 8 měsíci

    After completion and testing the links etc. it was successful and I was literally clapping this guy while watching. Thank you very much sir. ❤

  • @HenkLevels
    @HenkLevels Před 6 měsíci

    Thank you so much!! After hours and hours of trying with other migrate plugins and no result. This Migrate Guru did it!!!! Many thanks

  • @TheHistoryKat
    @TheHistoryKat Před 9 měsíci

    It was my first time building a Wordpress site and moving it. Thank you so very much! The plugin worked perfectly. It was a stressful wait, but everything just moved over like magic.

    • @TheAdminBar
      @TheAdminBar  Před 8 měsíci +1

      I hate to tell you - but even hundreds of migrations later, it's still stressful 😂

    • @ahmadhadilukmanulhakim3920
      @ahmadhadilukmanulhakim3920 Před 5 měsíci +1

      ​@@TheAdminBar i'm sorry.
      I want to ask how to migrate a wordpress web from local app to a live server for free.
      i have been trying to use this metode and got a message "cant migrate from the site that unreachable from internet".
      i tried with all-in-one wp plugin too, but i cant import, because only have 2mb limit upload.
      Thanks Bro

  • @patrickdijkman8974
    @patrickdijkman8974 Před 4 měsíci

    Super video, thanks! Just moved a complete wordpress site, including the plugins, pages the whole thing.

  • @Collinsdgr8
    @Collinsdgr8 Před rokem

    I didn't believe this would work at first, but it was an amazing method, easy, simple, and fast.

  • @markmurray4980
    @markmurray4980 Před 11 měsíci +2

    This worked well for me. I was able to migrate a WP Multi-site install to a new WP instance. Very smooth, no issues. Thanks Kyle!

  • @rdcochrane1746
    @rdcochrane1746 Před 5 měsíci

    just migrated my second corporate website and again hassle free, thanks again, 5 star rating

  • @alain_laroche
    @alain_laroche Před 11 měsíci

    This plugin is fantastic! I use the migration key and my site was active in less than 15 minutes and everything was in order. Thanks a lot for this video because I was stressing out about the website launch but I feel like a pro lol 😎

  • @deer-designer
    @deer-designer Před rokem +1

    Can't believe how simple that is. Thanks Kyle!

  • @savannahhilton2939
    @savannahhilton2939 Před 4 měsíci

    WHATT!! This is the best thing I've ever found!! Thank you😍

  • @apartmanhazvilladobra7989
    @apartmanhazvilladobra7989 Před 4 měsíci

    Great stuff and video! Easiest way to migrate, and it's really works!!!! Congrats!!!!

  • @cesareoliva
    @cesareoliva Před 6 měsíci +2

    What's up with the domain.... how to migrate a site and have the same domain, that's the probblem.

  • @AdvanceWebSolutions
    @AdvanceWebSolutions Před 3 měsíci

    Great tutorial it's nice there's another option out there other than All In One Migration. I doubt any of them are 100% foolproof but if this gets more consistent results moving forward I'll definitely switch. Thanks so much!

    • @nohaidea
      @nohaidea Před 3 měsíci

      hey! did it work for you?

    • @AdvanceWebSolutions
      @AdvanceWebSolutions Před 3 měsíci

      @@nohaidea it worked but the old website is still showing days later. This might be a hosting issue with GoDaddy however very strange.

  • @atikonium
    @atikonium Před 8 měsíci +1

    Thank you so much this saved me a lot of time

  • @thecooperkoch
    @thecooperkoch Před 6 měsíci

    Thank you for creating this video! You saved me so much stress.

  • @MichaelSDoran
    @MichaelSDoran Před 9 měsíci

    Thank you! I had a site that was in bad shape and being difficult to backup or migrate. This worked exactly as you said!

  • @deaneng8540
    @deaneng8540 Před 4 měsíci

    migration key is so much easier! Thanks man!

  • @silkcdayspa
    @silkcdayspa Před 2 měsíci

    Thank you that was just what I was looking for and it was so easy also I really like that you explain so clearly. Thanks

  • @charityshop4244
    @charityshop4244 Před 6 měsíci

    the best migration video ever

  • @zaidmackay
    @zaidmackay Před rokem +1

    Just beautiful! lol Also used All-in-one-migration for years. Worked most of the time. But this is so much easier.

    • @dmaxgames9025
      @dmaxgames9025 Před 11 měsíci

      My site weighs 800Mb, do you think that could work too?

    • @zaidmackay
      @zaidmackay Před 11 měsíci

      @@dmaxgames9025 try it out

    • @zanjansa9015
      @zanjansa9015 Před 10 měsíci

      @@dmaxgames9025 I migrated a site of over 100gb, no problems. It takes a few hours though.

  • @digitalmarketinglanzarote1424

    Amazing! This has worked like a dream, thank you!

  • @kleinsocrates9242
    @kleinsocrates9242 Před 3 měsíci

    wow what a seamless process, Thank you soooo much

  • @channel.ilevin
    @channel.ilevin Před měsícem

    Thanks for this video! You saved me $$$ when I need it :)

  • @300BMotivational
    @300BMotivational Před 3 měsíci

    Thank you, It worked on my end. Saved me today

  • @sascha4925
    @sascha4925 Před rokem

    Dude, thank you so much made my Day was searching for so long for a free tool or way to duplicate my Site. Thank you so much

  • @iChangeTradingPLC
    @iChangeTradingPLC Před 4 měsíci

    you make my life so much easier

  • @rgbcom
    @rgbcom Před 5 měsíci

    Great video. Migrate Guru does appear to be simpler than All in One. You didn’t mention if it limits site size as AIO does. Last migration I did with the AIO plugin has given me a lot of headaches.

    • @JJPagac
      @JJPagac Před 3 měsíci

      From the Migrate Guru Site: Built For Large Sites: Move or clone sites as large as 200 GB in a breeze. Large site migrations usually fail because of live-site server import limits.

  • @fahadurk
    @fahadurk Před 2 měsíci

    Thank you!

  • @AiGenerationMagic
    @AiGenerationMagic Před 9 měsíci

    Very grateful for your video, all other methods I tried failed. I will note that the migration did take a long time, I thought there was a timeout error, so be patient.

  • @Klaus53123
    @Klaus53123 Před rokem

    Great stuff! Many thanks. Will immediately install this to my starter site and use it to transfer this site to new client installs.

  • @corneliousbasiima9003

    super easy far better than any other plugins wc take alot of time thanks for this boss

  • @alexway101
    @alexway101 Před rokem +2

    Actually, for a migration you should allow somebody to download and upload your database. When this happening behind the scenes, it will always make me nervous. So I prefer to migrate my websites without such plugins. If you don't care - sure, this solution looks good.

  • @jasonjkelley
    @jasonjkelley Před 6 měsíci

    THIS WAS A LIFE SAVER!!!

  • @victoromondi7101
    @victoromondi7101 Před 4 měsíci

    Amazing. Makes work super easy.

  • @IvanOung
    @IvanOung Před rokem

    This is super helpful! Thank you Kyle being super insightful as always!!!

  • @JupitersLuck
    @JupitersLuck Před rokem +1

    this is insane
    amazing plugin

  • @thisweblabvideos
    @thisweblabvideos Před rokem +2

    Nice, I have heard praise about it several times now. Process seems very straingt forward. Have you used this on large sites? Like, say 3 - 5 GB?

    • @kylevandeusen
      @kylevandeusen Před rokem +3

      Yep, never had a problem. Some say it's slower but I don't do it enough to notice that

    • @thisweblabvideos
      @thisweblabvideos Před rokem +1

      @@kylevandeusen sadly my first exeperience with it produced serious issues with the migrated site. I am part to blame, as I tested the migrated site slopy so missed all the issues before it went live. :( have to go back to good old wpvivid. PS it is a multisite I had issues with

  • @michaelfoerster3364
    @michaelfoerster3364 Před rokem +4

    Hi, I am wondering if this plugin replaces all the urls with the target urls. I have tested a lot of migration plugins and the most do not replace the target urls in all the wp tables in the database.

    • @TheAdminBar
      @TheAdminBar  Před rokem +1

      I'd have to test that specifically, but I've never ran into that issue here (or didn't realize I did 😅 )

    • @hemantjindgar4738
      @hemantjindgar4738 Před rokem +3

      They do change the URL in wp tables

  • @379rale
    @379rale Před rokem +1

    Love it! Love it! Love it! Thank you

  • @rdcochrane1746
    @rdcochrane1746 Před 6 měsíci

    Worked perfectly thanks very much

  • @toddmatherne3447
    @toddmatherne3447 Před dnem

    Game changer

  • @christiannaira6076
    @christiannaira6076 Před 4 dny

    do we need two separate wordpress account to migrate?

  • @OtisBurgos
    @OtisBurgos Před 24 dny

    I feel like my question is very specific but I'd love some clarification before I try it out ..
    I use Hostinger to host all my sites. I have one plan with multiple sites, but I want to transfer ONE of those sites to a NEW hosting plan within Hostinger.
    Is this possible through the method you showcased in this video?
    Hostinger has a really annoying and complicated process for internal migrations. This would be an absolute life-saver.
    P.S. Would your method have any issues with transferring over active MX records? I have emails attached to the domain, but the domain is also in Hostinger. Let me know!
    Thanks

  • @FederatedComputer
    @FederatedComputer Před 5 měsíci

    This is by far the best way to migrate a wordpress site. Bar none.

  • @Xenio2007
    @Xenio2007 Před rokem +4

    You are sending FTP/CPanel credentials on another site that will take care of the site transfer, is it safe? Probably, I don't know, but I prefer to use methods where I have control of the files/credentials.

  • @realworldthor
    @realworldthor Před 5 měsíci

    best method! thank you so much

  • @user-lj3cz4ml5w
    @user-lj3cz4ml5w Před 10 měsíci

    Very enlightening. Thanks

  • @roshdysourour4409
    @roshdysourour4409 Před rokem

    extremely useful. Thank you

  • @cureadan-emilian2579
    @cureadan-emilian2579 Před rokem +3

    can you do it from local-host?

  • @markresan2262
    @markresan2262 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Hi, Can I migrate even a large website with this? Let's say a website with a size of 500 Gb?

  • @vaniateixeira1688
    @vaniateixeira1688 Před 10 měsíci

    It does not work from local to live server. Unfortunatelly.

  • @bobfromca92646
    @bobfromca92646 Před rokem +2

    Is there a site size limit on free version like All-in-One has?

  • @willlsummers
    @willlsummers Před rokem +1

    Does this copy the site to the new host? Like if I want to test this on our production site, it won't affect the prod site correct?

  • @alexgirovski2832
    @alexgirovski2832 Před 3 dny

    I keep getting "There has been a critical error on this website." message after migration. Any solution for that?

  • @AiLuke01
    @AiLuke01 Před rokem +1

    Can you do this with two separate word press accounts or do they have to be the same? I want to create the website, then send it over to my clients account. Is this the same process?

  • @visualmodo
    @visualmodo Před rokem

    Truly good work!

  • @agentbey
    @agentbey Před rokem

    Another gem. Thanks!

  • @christinadanderson424

    Loved it.

  • @premnathd
    @premnathd Před rokem +2

    Does this work when migrating from the local dev environment (xampp, mamp, local ) to live site ?

    • @riteshsoni7406
      @riteshsoni7406 Před rokem +4

      No, Localhost migrations are not currently supported

    • @premnathd
      @premnathd Před rokem

      @@riteshsoni7406 Thanks

  • @theewillreacts
    @theewillreacts Před rokem +1

    This is more about "how to migrate a WordPress website to a new URL rather than just "host". For the record, this is not a go-to plugin when you only want to switch hosting providers and retain your URL.

    • @TheAdminBar
      @TheAdminBar  Před rokem

      Works just the same, no?

    • @theewillreacts
      @theewillreacts Před rokem

      @@TheAdminBarNo, it doesn't. I tried to move my site to another hosting but it didn't work. It is an incredible plugin for moving sites while changing URLs, not for changing hosting providers and retaining URLs.

  • @user_bilal
    @user_bilal Před 5 měsíci

    i want to move the same site with the same domain name to another host not to a different domain name

  • @chuckwhite8256
    @chuckwhite8256 Před 10 měsíci

    Thanks, I was 10 seconds away from buying all-in-one premium

    • @TheAdminBar
      @TheAdminBar  Před 10 měsíci

      Saved ya a couple bucks!
      Though, what I do like about all-in-one is being able to sore a hard copy.

  • @nohaidea
    @nohaidea Před 3 měsíci

    when i enter my email address, i get a 'sorry, we cannot complete this action' any idea how to solve this please?

  • @SweetHasan
    @SweetHasan Před 6 měsíci

    Many Many Thanks

  • @ioannispapaiacovou8376
    @ioannispapaiacovou8376 Před 3 měsíci

    Even though I open the site and everything look fine When I open the WordPress after migration I get "Data Collection Error"

  • @John.Valentine
    @John.Valentine Před rokem +1

    Thanks for the tutorial. I followed the same method and used the migration key method.
    My client's site is broken on both source and destination site.
    I don't have access to my clients wrodpress dashboard and no backups just zip file.
    Please help me. It's urgent

  • @helloaridesign
    @helloaridesign Před 11 měsíci

    looks like a great tool!

  • @bootsieultrawave6553
    @bootsieultrawave6553 Před 10 měsíci

    Works perfect!

  • @Gearyco
    @Gearyco Před rokem +2

    I missed the part where you had to re-sign shortcodes 🤣😉

  • @photosme9370
    @photosme9370 Před 11 měsíci

    thank you so much

  • @esportmlid
    @esportmlid Před 8 měsíci

    Thank you

  • @teecorleytravels
    @teecorleytravels Před 5 měsíci

    jfc thank you so much

  • @JamesHuxleyLondon
    @JamesHuxleyLondon Před 7 měsíci

    This didn't work for me. Had an anxious couple of hours. I THINK that this was to do with permissions(??) or a secruity plugin on the site i was migrating too.

  • @sma_bari
    @sma_bari Před 11 měsíci

    they don't migrate the localhost files🙂

  • @AnisurRahman-yg3qv
    @AnisurRahman-yg3qv Před rokem

    i want to move to another host. Currently, using updraft plus, after changing the name server i restore the website using updraft plus. is there any better solution for changing hosting?

  • @BrannyKe
    @BrannyKe Před 4 měsíci

    Am having trouble please help

  • @Sonya_Makepeace
    @Sonya_Makepeace Před 7 měsíci

    You don't need any plugins to migrate a wordpress site. All you need to do is export your database, change all the url's in that database to your new site and import the sql file into your new database. I did this in 10 minutes

    • @TheAdminBar
      @TheAdminBar  Před 7 měsíci

      Then why would you watch this video? 😂

    • @PaulMcCannWebBuilder
      @PaulMcCannWebBuilder Před 3 měsíci

      ... and migrate all the plugins with their license keys, settings and options, all the media uploads, with any membership, WooCommerce, event plugin options and uploads, custom theme options, stuff in the customizer, ACF/CPT settings, block options etc, etc. And might have to fix your imported posts in the with fix-wordpress-export-wpautop, etc. etc.
      Database export/import migration is easy on small sites, but not with larger sites that have lots of stuff that isn't in the database.

    • @Sonya_Makepeace
      @Sonya_Makepeace Před 3 měsíci

      @@PaulMcCannWebBuilder I don't use anything that requires payment, so all I can say is that my migration went ok. But you're correct in that it will cause lots of problems. Anyway, I've gone back to static sites, as I couldn't get WordPress to look how I wanted it and it is a very steep learning curve.

  • @cambsdigital
    @cambsdigital Před 9 měsíci

    Privacy concerns as they state they use your website content! - Contents of your website that you upload while using our Services (hereinafter collectively referred to as “User Content”). Not much legal controls for companies in India so we hope that the developers have good intentions.

  • @steffox6362
    @steffox6362 Před rokem

    Thank you for the tip!!!! This sounds too good to be true!
    One question: how must the target server be, to which I want to move? Do I have to prepare a clean, empty wordpress installation there?
    I have to move a large wp installation to a customer's server soon. The problem: the customer's server is in chaos. The theme there is extremely outdated. It's teeming with error messages in the dashboard.
    Do i have to uninstall everything before I start the migration? Thanks for a quick note!

    • @TheAdminBar
      @TheAdminBar  Před rokem

      No, you do not **need** to change anything. Just migrate it over. That might leave junk in the database (I'm not sure), but it will work.

    • @steffox6362
      @steffox6362 Před rokem

      @@TheAdminBar Thank you so much!

  • @dzulhelmi81
    @dzulhelmi81 Před měsícem

    But what if you are migrating the same website (same URL) but only to different hosting?

    • @TheAdminBar
      @TheAdminBar  Před měsícem

      Same process - it doesn't matter what the URL is. You'll just point your domain to one server or the other.

  • @annette-in-vegas
    @annette-in-vegas Před rokem

    I just tried and the migration key failed, Migrate Guru's popup said that it failed on their end and to contact support. I click on support and get a 404 page. Not impressed with Migrate Guru and will try something else.

  • @tonybp
    @tonybp Před 4 měsíci

    What kind of sorcery is this?

  • @waltermadrigalugalde
    @waltermadrigalugalde Před rokem

    Thanks, new suscriber

  • @PaulMcCannWebBuilder
    @PaulMcCannWebBuilder Před 3 měsíci

    But one thing it can't do - clone a live site to a local dev site (or the other way around). Their FAQ says they're working on in, but it's from 2017.
    I want to give them money so it can do that as easily as it moves a 5GB/50k file site from one host to another.

  • @JohnnyLittleRiver
    @JohnnyLittleRiver Před 11 měsíci

    I'm trying to use this to leave Bluehost but I get a Unable to Contact Source site error. I have no idea why

  • @Lirree88
    @Lirree88 Před 5 měsíci

    😞 my third try, 2 other optioned failed. i thought this was going to be the solution.

  • @milk4chillout
    @milk4chillout Před 6 měsíci

    Thanks for the video. But isn't it a bit too simple? Hardly any website works today without the use of site passwords? This is also asked by Migration Guru. If I try without a password, there is an error.
    And: Isn't what you show us at the end as the "result" your source page? Of course you look exactly like that :) Isn't the landing page the second tab? but you don't show it at the end. Or have I misunderstood something?

    • @TheAdminBar
      @TheAdminBar  Před 6 měsíci

      I'm not trying to trick you. I've used this probably nearly 100 times 🤷

  • @Skratchable
    @Skratchable Před rokem +1

    nice! how does it work with multisite?

    • @TheAdminBar
      @TheAdminBar  Před rokem

      I'm not sure... I've never used multisite.

  • @lydialutz
    @lydialutz Před rokem

    I believe you that this is magical for most :D. But my migration is failing with this plugin. If I figure out why, I will report back here. :)

    • @TheAdminBar
      @TheAdminBar  Před rokem +1

      Oh no! I'm sorry to hear it's not working. Please follow up and let me know if you figure out what's going wrong so I can update the description!