{"id":4011,"date":"2025-07-26T12:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T11:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/what-information-do-you-need-for-a-migration\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:01:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:01:04","slug":"what-information-do-you-need-for-a-migration","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/what-information-do-you-need-for-a-migration\/","title":{"rendered":"What Information Do You Need for a Migration?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The information needed for a migration depends on the type of website and the old hosting setup.<\/p>\n<p>Common details include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The domain name being migrated.<\/li>\n<li>The old hosting control panel login.<\/li>\n<li>FTP or SFTP details if available.<\/li>\n<li>Database access if the site uses a database.<\/li>\n<li>CMS login details, such as WordPress admin access.<\/li>\n<li>Email details if email is also being moved.<\/li>\n<li>Any important notes about the site, such as custom folders or unusual setup requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For WordPress sites, admin access and hosting control panel access are often enough for us to understand the setup.<\/p>\n<p>Please only send login details through the method requested by support. If possible, create temporary logins for the migration and remove them once the work is complete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The information needed for a migration depends on the type of website and the old hosting setup. Common details include: The domain name being&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","kb_category":[26],"class_list":["post-4011","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\/4011","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\/4011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4104,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/4011\/revisions\/4104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_category?post=4011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}