How to move your website from one domain to another domain

1. Log in to your WordPress site. Go to the Administration > Settings > General panel.

2. In the box for WordPress address (URI): change the address to the new location of your main WordPress core files.

3. In the box for Site address (URL): change the address to the new location, which should match the WordPress (your public site) address (URI).

4.  Click Save Changes.

 

Do not try to open/view your blog now.

 

5. Move your WordPress core files to the new location.

6. As part of the WordPress installation, you must modify the wp-config.php file to define the WordPress configuration settings required to access your MySQL database.

7. To change the wp-config.php file, you will need this information:

• Database NameDatabase Name used by WordPress


• Database UsernameUsername used to access Database


• Database PasswordPassword used by Username to access Database


• Database HostThe hostname of your Database Server.

8. Open wp-config.php file and change database name, hostname, user and password:

define('DB_NAME', 'wrd_examplename');

define('DB_USER', 'wrd_exampleuser');
define('DB_PASSWORD', '123456789');
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');

9. Login to PhPmyAdmin tool and export the database (of the existing website).

10. Login to PhPmyAdmin tool and import the exported database to a newly created database.

11. Now, try to open your site on a new hosting / domain.

 

Note: If you are using custom Permalinks, go to the Administration > Settings > Permalinkspanel and update your Permalink structure to your .htaccess file, which should be in the same directory as the main index.php file.

Existing image/media links uploaded media will refer to the old folder and must be updated with the new location. You can do this with a search and replace tool, or manually in your SQL database

How to move your website from one domain to another domain