{"id":4003,"date":"2026-04-18T13:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/how-can-i-migrate-a-website-myself\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:00:36","slug":"how-can-i-migrate-a-website-myself","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/how-can-i-migrate-a-website-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can I Migrate a Website Myself?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A website migration usually means copying the site files, database and configuration from the old hosting account to the new one.<\/p>\n<p>The exact steps depend on how the website was built, but the general process is:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Download the website files from the old host.<\/li>\n<li>Export the database from the old host if the site uses one.<\/li>\n<li>Upload the website files to the new hosting account.<\/li>\n<li>Create a new database on the new hosting account.<\/li>\n<li>Import the database.<\/li>\n<li>Update the website configuration so it connects to the new database.<\/li>\n<li>Test the site before changing DNS.<\/li>\n<li>Point the domain to the new hosting when you are ready to go live.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For WordPress, the database connection details are usually stored in <code>wp-config.php<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p>If you would prefer us to help with the move, contact support and we can advise on the migration options available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A website migration usually means copying the site files, database and configuration from the old hosting account to the new one. The exact steps&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","kb_category":[26],"class_list":["post-4003","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","kb_category-web-hosting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/4003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb_article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/4003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4058,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/4003\/revisions\/4058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_category?post=4003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}