{"id":4008,"date":"2025-12-23T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/will-my-website-work-the-same-after-migration\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:00:48","slug":"will-my-website-work-the-same-after-migration","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/will-my-website-work-the-same-after-migration\/","title":{"rendered":"Will My Website Work the Same After Migration?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The aim of a website migration is to move the site so it works as closely as possible to how it worked before.<\/p>\n<p>After a migration, the copied site should be checked before the domain is pointed to the new hosting. This gives you a chance to review the main pages, forms, images, menus and any important functionality.<\/p>\n<p>Most straightforward sites move cleanly. However, some things can need extra attention:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Old code or outdated software.<\/li>\n<li>Plugins or extensions that depend on server-specific settings.<\/li>\n<li>Hard-coded file paths or URLs.<\/li>\n<li>Contact forms and mail sending.<\/li>\n<li>Ecommerce checkout or payment settings.<\/li>\n<li>DNS and email records.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If something does not work as expected after migration, let support know what you have found and we can investigate.<\/p>\n<p>For busy ecommerce, membership or booking sites, it is worth planning the migration carefully so new data is not missed during the move.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aim of a website migration is to move the site so it works as closely as possible to how it worked before. After&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","kb_category":[26],"class_list":["post-4008","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\/4008","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\/4008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4082,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/4008\/revisions\/4082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_category?post=4008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}