Guide to Migrating WordPress Website Data Using Duplicator

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Note:During the processDuplicator will create a backup file with a size equivalent to your current hosting storage, so if your hosting storage is insufficient, you can contact our technical team for support to temporarily increase storage for easier operation
  1. Use the Duplicator plugin to backup on the old hosting
Note: before performing backup, you should disable all other plugins, especially cache plugins to avoid errors After installing the Duplicator plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator), you will see a Duplicator menu appear in the Dashboard. You can go to Duplicator → Packages → Create New to create a new backup copy. Then you can name the package if you want, or click on theArchivesection to optionally exclude some data you don't want to include if needed, otherwise just leave it as is and click Next. This step will scan the database to check storage capacity and report detailed hosting parameters. You can click the Build button to start creating a backup package from this plugin; the speed depends on the size of your data. Note: if there are some Warn alerts, you can still use it, but the Build time will be longer. Next, you need to download the compressed data file and installer.php file to your computer to upload to the new hosting.Restore data on the new hosting After uploading 2 files to the new hosting, access the installer.php file on the host via the pathhttp://domain/installer.php Click Next to continue Enter your database information; you should create a new database in advance, and after entering, remember to click the Test Connection button to verify that you've entered the correct database information. Click Next to continue Installation process is complete! Note: + After completion, you should delete the installer.php file and the compressed data file that was uploaded previously
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