Chapter 6
Backing Up, Packing Up, and Moving to a New Host
IN THIS CHAPTER
Moving to WordPress from a different platform
Handling the database backup management
Backing up plugins and themes
Storing images and media files
Switching from your current hosting provider to a new one
As a WordPress website owner, you may need to move your site to a different home on the web, either to a new web host or to a different account on your current hosting account. Or maybe you’re an owner who needs to move your site right now.
This chapter covers the best way to migrate a site that exists within a different platform (such as Blogger, Movable Type, or TypePad) to WordPress. This chapter also takes you through how to back up your WordPress files, data, and content and then move them to a new hosting provider or a different domain.
Migrating Your Existing Site to WordPress
So you have a site on a different content management system (CMS) and want to move your site to WordPress? This chapter helps ...