Wie man WordPress von einem lokalen Server auf eine Live-Site verschiebt (2 Methoden)

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2. sam says

   Dez 22, 2013 um 3:29 pm

   Isn’t it better to use a duplicator plugin instead of taking all this trouble as described in here
   or here
   I think using the duplicator is a easier. Feel free to add or correct me.

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   • WPBeginner Support says

     Dez 22, 2013 um 3:49 pm

     Yes, we have mentioned using Duplicator or BackupBuddy as the easier ways to do this in the article.

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3. Louise says

   Dez 20, 2013 um 6:21 am

   Thanks so much for an excellent article – very straight forward and easy to understand.

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4. fadilah says

   Dez 19, 2013 um 4:22 pm

   hi, i’m getting a problem with my permalink, my permalink is still pointed to my localhost something like fadil.dev so when i add a post/page, the permalink is pointed to my fadil.dev/?p=ID it should be pointed to fadil.com (my real domain) and not fadil.dev (my local domain) .. where i can find the configuration ? help me .. thankyou

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   • WPBeginner Support says

     Dez 19, 2013 um 4:27 pm

     Fadilah: did you try instructions in step 7.

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     • fadilah says

       Dez 19, 2013 um 4:38 pm

       my article/page works fine on the front-end, but the permalink on wp-admin when i added a new post/page appeared wrong , you can see my printscreen http://prntscr.com/2cfznc .. it should be terazam.com not terazam.dev

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       • WPBeginner Support says

         Dez 20, 2013 um 2:32 pm

         yes it does look like you have not set your home and site URL.

     • fadilah says

       Dez 19, 2013 um 4:41 pm

       no, i didn’t try the 7th step, but this is my problem http://prntscr.com/2cfznc

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       • WPBeginner Support says

         Dez 19, 2013 um 4:43 pm

         Seems like you didn’t change your site and home URLs either. Please follow all the steps mentioned above and your problem should get resolved.

       • fadilah says

         Dez 19, 2013 um 4:59 pm

         i had changed my siteurl according to your instruction at 5th step before i asked this problem and my front-end issue was solved, thankyou … but it seems that when i changed the siteurl on wp_options table there was no effect with permalink on my wp-admin

       • fadilah says

         Dez 19, 2013 um 5:07 pm

         SOLVED

         i found the config on Administration > Settings > General and you will find the „Site Address URL“ and i changed it into the correct value. so WordPress Address and Site Address are different. i found it on wp documentation http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

         thankyou for your help have a nice day

5. prox says

   Dez 19, 2013 um 1:31 am

   nice tutorial i was thinking to do and found your website luckily and also i would like to ask two thing

   1. what’s this footer advertisement option is it a plugin ?

   2 what’s the plugin your using for newsletter i saw when i enter to your site there’s nice pop up banner that saying do you want to lean about WordPress and then enter your email address

   please share if you don’t mind

   thank you

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   • WPBeginner Support says

     Dez 20, 2013 um 2:26 pm

     Yes the message in the floating footer bar on our website is a plugin that we use to add sticky floating footer bar on our website.

     As for the newsletter we use OptinMonster to create optin form lightbox popup that you noticed.

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6. Nathan says

   Dez 17, 2013 um 6:39 pm

   Great help, thanks!

   One question, if I buy a theme, can I use it on both my local and live site even though they are different installations and thus have different WordPress id’s?

   I am building my first live site but I have set up a local to play with the designs and construct the content.

   Thanks.

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   • WPBeginner Support says

     Dez 18, 2013 um 11:42 am

     Nathan, this is a theme licensing question and the themeshop you purchased it from would be better able to answer this. However, we don’t see any harm in that.

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7. Deepo says

   Dez 17, 2013 um 7:14 am

   wonderful tutorial. complexity made simple

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8. Matt says

   Dez 16, 2013 um 10:39 pm

   Hi. Firstly I’d like to thank you, this process was easy to understand and errorless on your end!

   My one hang-up was at the very end. I put in the SQL code in order to fix some linking errors, but must not have put the right local host because some small inconsistencies were not fixed. I have been using MAMP and accessing my site by going to „localhost:8888“ Is this what I should put in that Step 7 code, or is there a different path?

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   • WPBeginner Support says

     Dez 18, 2013 um 2:05 pm

     Matt first you need to make sure that inside your wp_posts table you are using localhost:8888 inside post content. If yes, then use this in the step 7. If you are seeing all your links as localhost, then use localhost.

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9. Dayomaks says

   Dez 14, 2013 um 6:54 pm

   All instructions works fine, thanks, i am so glad, but the issue i am having now is importing my database…while trying to import my database to a live server i got these errors below:

   Error
   SQL query:

   —
   — Database: `soundmode`
   —
   — ——————————————————–
   —
   — Table structure for table `xs_commentmeta`
   —
   CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `xs_commentmeta` (

   `meta_id` BIGINT( 20 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT ,
   `comment_id` BIGINT( 20 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT ‚0‘,
   `meta_key` VARCHAR( 255 ) DEFAULT NULL ,
   `meta_value` LONGTEXT,
   PRIMARY KEY ( `meta_id` ) ,
   KEY `comment_id` ( `comment_id` ) ,
   KEY `meta_key` ( `meta_key` )
   ) ENGINE = INNODB DEFAULT CHARSET = utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT =1;

   MySQL said: Documentation

   #1046 – No database selected

   ANY ASSISTANCE ON THERE?

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   • WPBeginner Support says

     Dez 15, 2013 um 11:47 am

     Check your database name, username, and password to make sure that you are using the correct settings to connect to your live site’s database.

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10. Christie Bellah says

    Dez 13, 2013 um 5:12 pm

    This worked great, thanks! In the past I had installed WordPress in the new hosting, dropped database tables, imported, etc. – this is so much faster and simpler.

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11. Stefano says

    Dez 12, 2013 um 10:43 am

    First of all, thanks for the tutorial – invaluable and well written.

    Unfortunately, I managed to get stuck anyway.
    I uploaded everything via filezilla and phpmyadmin, and when i try to go to my domain it doesn’t show up any error. But nothing else, either.

    Just a blank page – which is weird, because by typing /wp-admin at the end of the url i DO have access to the wordpress control panel, and every page seems to be all right.

    Sorry to bother, but I really have no clue about what’s happening..
    Thanks in advance!

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    • Stefano says

      Dez 12, 2013 um 11:45 am

      Solved!
      Apparently, it had some issues with the theme loading.
      I couldn’t use the children theme i had worked on, but luckily I had changed just a couple of thing, so no big deal..

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    • WPBeginner Support says

      Dez 12, 2013 um 7:23 pm

      Stefano, did you follow the step 5? It seems like you have not changed site URL

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      • Stefano says

        Dez 13, 2013 um 6:50 am

        I did, and in fact the url worked (even if it showed just a blank page).
        I still have no clue about what happened, but setting up the theme again solved it.
        Lucky shot =P

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12. javed choudahry says

    Dez 12, 2013 um 3:34 am

    Hi
    Sir

    Thanku so much .This website is very good for wordpress learn and very help full .

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13. sesan says

    Dez 10, 2013 um 10:13 am

    please am having an error from step 4
    SQL query:

    —
    — Database: `wordpress`
    —
    CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `wordpress` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;

    MySQL said: Documentation
    #1044 – Access denied for user ‚Admin7393’@’%‘ to database ‚wordpress‘

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    • WPBeginner Support says

      Dez 10, 2013 um 11:06 am

      Sesan, the export file prepared by phpmyadmin to import into your live site database, contains a line to check if a database exists if not then it tries to create it. To resolve this issue, you need to extract the zip archive you created. Inside it you will find a file with .sql extension. Open this file in a text editor like Notepad and then delete these lines

      CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `wordpress` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;

      Below this line you will see another line like this

      USE `wordpress`;

      Replace wordpress with the name of the database you are trying to import into.

      Save your changes and put the sql file back into a zip archive (if it is too big, other wise you can also import it as it is).

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      • sesan says

        Dez 10, 2013 um 3:40 pm

        men you guys are d bomb it worked thank youuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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14. Tyler says

    Dez 4, 2013 um 10:14 am

    Hi, thanks for the tutorial!

    I’m struggling with Step 2. Your tutorial shows several files/folders being uploaded whereas I only have wordpress.sql.gz from Step 1. I can’t seem to extract the file using any software but can open using a text editor.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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    • WPBeginner Support says

      Dez 4, 2013 um 10:26 am

      In the second step, you do not need to upload your phpMyAdmin export file (wordpress.sql.gz in your case). You need to upload your WordPress files which are located in htdocs or www folder of your localhost

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      • Tyler says

        Dez 4, 2013 um 11:24 am

        Thanks for the fast reply!

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15. Mario says

    Nov 26, 2013 um 8:12 pm

    do I need a cpanel to do this procedure? I am using a plugin to backup and export databases already, unfortunately the host provider that the client is using does not have a cpanel.

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    • WPBeginner Support says

      Nov 27, 2013 um 8:50 am

      Mario, if your client’s web host does not have cPanel or phpMyAdmin, then you can try one of the methods described in our beginner’s guide on how to restore WordPress from Backup.

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16. Rhomy Prama Dhieka (Web Designer) says

    Nov 18, 2013 um 12:15 am

    thanks for sharing.
    it help me alot migrating my wp website.
    would you mind if i translte this to my language, then i will put ur credit there ?
    thanks.

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17. Adelio Fioritto says

    Nov 16, 2013 um 10:46 am

    Everything perfect, just update http://www.yourlivesite.com to http://www.yourlivesite.com/ in db query

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18. ryan says

    Nov 14, 2013 um 9:33 pm

    hi, i am using stablehost and have used them before with WP websites. I followed all your steps and I am getting a parked page from my hosting provider…

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    • WPBeginner Support says

      Nov 14, 2013 um 10:58 pm

      There can be several reasons for that. First make sure that you have installed WordPress in the root directory of your website. If you did then make a backup of your .htaccess file and delete the one from root directory of your website. If that doesn’t work, then find the default parked page files there might be an index.html file on your web server delete that file (Do Not delete index.php). If none of these help then contact your hosting provider.

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19. Alex says

    Nov 14, 2013 um 6:13 am

    Thanks!

    I did a search for the ‘‹’ character in the extracted .sql file, but got an alert saying: The string ‘‹’ was not found.

    I don’t know if this matters, but I noticed that my local phpMyadmin version is 5.5.3, while my host’s phpMyadmin version is 3.5.8.2.

    Another note is that I had all my WordPress files already up on my public_html directory (which is your step 2) BEFORE exporting my local WordPress database (which is your step 1). I’m not sure if it makes a difference.

    I’ll try starting over with step 1, as you suggested, and if I get the same error then I may try the Duplicator plugin that you mentioned.

    Alex

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20. PatoPanichelli says

    Nov 13, 2013 um 7:50 pm

    You really helped me. This step by step is awesome, I had no problems migrating from MAMP to a live site. Thanks

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21. Alex says

    Nov 13, 2013 um 2:13 pm

    Thanks for the tutorial!

    Everything’s gone well until I get to the end of step 4. When I press the Go button at the bottom of the page, instead of having phpMyadmin import my WordPress database I get an error message that reads as follows:

    #1064 – You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‚‹‘ at line 1

    Can you let me know what you think may be causing this?

    Alex

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    • WPBeginner Support says

      Nov 13, 2013 um 5:01 pm

      Alex, it seems like the database file you are trying to import has a character ‚‹‘ which is not supposed to be there. You have two options to fix that, first option is go back to your localhost/phpmyadmin and export your local database again and then try to import it again. If the same error occurs again, then extract your database gzip file using 7zip program. Open the .sql file in a text editor like notepad and look at the first line. Also take a look at our database management using phpMyAdmin guide to learn more.

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    • Anna says

      Dez 30, 2013 um 3:41 pm

      Make sure you clicked on the database name on the lefthand side that you’d like to import to. Make sure that is highlighted and then try again. (phpMyAdmin version 4.0.8).

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22. qs says

    Okt 31, 2013 um 10:56 am

    I get this error when I import datebase into live site. How do i solve it?

    Error
    SQL query:

    /*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;

    /*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;

    /*!40101 SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION */;

    /*!40101 SET NAMES utf8 */;

    —
    — Database: `wordpress`
    —
    CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `wordpress` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci;

    MySQL said:

    #1044 – Access denied for user ‚bossaballsg’@’10.%‘ to database ‚wordpress‘

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    • WPBeginner Support says

      Okt 31, 2013 um 5:10 pm

      Try checking MySQL user privileges to make sure that the database user can perform these operations.

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      • Chathuranga says

        Nov 5, 2013 um 2:34 am

        Hi,

        Hope your DB name is „wordpress“

        Change the,
        – Database: `wordpress`
        –
        CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `wordpress` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci;

        change „wordpress“ to your live DB name. It’s at your sql file.

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      • qs says

        Nov 5, 2013 um 2:44 am

        I checked and all the privileges are already set to „yes“.

        is it because of the „latin1_swedish_ci“ collation in my database? because the rest of the tables are all in „utf8_general_ci“

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      • qs says

        Nov 5, 2013 um 2:44 am

        I checked and all the privileges are already set to „yes“.

        is it because of the „latin1_swedish_ci“ collation in my database? because the rest of the tables are all in „utf8_general_ci“

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23. fab says

    Okt 23, 2013 um 2:39 pm

    hi there,
    totally newbie here. hope you can help with this error message during step 4:
    Error
    SQL query:

    —
    — Database: `information_schema`CREATE DATABASE `information_schema` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
    MySQL said:

    #1044 – Access denied for user ‚renta730’@’localhost‘ to database ‚information_schema‘

    When setting this user I allowed all privileges to the database previously created (named „inicial“).
    Any thoughts?

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    • WPBeginner Support says

      Okt 24, 2013 um 1:24 pm

      You are not supposed to install WordPress in the database information_schema. Create a new database for your WordPress site, and continue from the step 4.

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24. neha says

    Okt 18, 2013 um 6:58 am

    Hi,Nice tute,but can u plz tell how to change database name and password etc from wordpress from live server?

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    • WPBeginner Support says

      Okt 21, 2013 um 6:38 pm

      To change database username and password connect to your live website using an FTP client. Find wp-config.php file and edit it. You will see your database name, database username, and host information. Change it to the database information for your live site.

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      • Kerry O'Connor says

        Nov 3, 2013 um 2:29 pm

        I’ve tried every variation of my ‚host url‘ in the wp.config file and uploaded it every time, no avail, still getting ‚Error Establishing db..‘

        Where before it was ‚localhost‘, now it should be ‚mywebsite.com‘, is that right?

        thanks

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        • WPBeginner Support says

          Nov 4, 2013 um 9:01 pm

          For MySQL hostname, localhost works fine for most user. However, if you don’t know your database host, then you can ask your web hosting provider.

25. Manish Patel says

    Okt 16, 2013 um 9:04 am

    Good Explanation.We can easily setup from this tutorial.Nice Post.I have helpful it.

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26. Mohammadreza says

    Okt 13, 2013 um 1:29 pm

    Best ever, I really appreciate your clear explanation. you’ve got your new follower for sure

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27. Changdeo Mhaske says

    Okt 8, 2013 um 2:02 am

    Thank You,

    would only make sense if this is a new site. If it is an existing site, then you would have to constantly comment out the hosts file in order to access the live site.

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28. Justin Esparza says

    Sep 26, 2013 um 1:34 am

    Thank you very much for this clear concise how-to. It helped immensely. You have a new follower.

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29. Satyanarayana says

    Sep 23, 2013 um 9:33 am

    Hi Dude.
    Actually i followed the process as you explaned above is very nice and clear.
    but i was getting the error „page not found“. when i click on link in a website
    i am changing my files from main server to localserver
    Can you please help

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30. Carol says

    Sep 19, 2013 um 7:53 pm

    New to WP and completely lost. But I managed my first migration thanks to this article.
    Thank you! Thank you!

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31. Steve says

    Sep 19, 2013 um 1:29 am

    As a beginner, I found this article very helpful, but couldn’t get my site up live after developing locally. Everything was fine until Step 6. I did see the Error Establishing Database Connection error, and then edited the wp-config.php file. However, my site became a blank screen at that stage and I haven’t been able to change it.

    I continued on and went to my WordPress admin panel, and checked Settings » General. They still showed the localhost web address so I changed it to my site url. This is when things turned ugly. I was automatically logged out of WordPress and can’t get back in. In fact, when I ask WordPress to email me a new password to log in, its sends a localhost URL that takes me to a sign-on page with a message that reads „Sorry, that key does not appear to be valid.“ I have no idea what caused that.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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    • WPBeginner Support says

      Sep 19, 2013 um 10:48 pm

      Open your database in phpMyAdmin as mentioned in Step 5 and make sure that in wp_options table, your site url and home url options point to your live website.

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      • Steve says

        Sep 19, 2013 um 11:31 pm

        Thanks for your suggestion. I double-checked and yes I had completed that step. Both have the correct URL

        Part of my confusion is that I now have two databases for this website. I originally had one accessible through a URL that starts with the number of an IP Address/phpmyadmin. Then I have the one I created in Step 3, which I did through my hosting company’s e-panel. They have different passwords and names. But I’ve tried both combinations in the wp-config file and still get the blank screen. Which one of these databases should I be using? They seem to have identical content.

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    • Patrick says

      Sep 25, 2013 um 4:05 pm

      Sparky!
      Your step-by-step guide was spot on. I am a mac user, and after MAMP, I am live now. Thanks a lot. It worked perfectly for me.
      Hat docked!

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32. Vishal Kumar says

    Sep 14, 2013 um 2:28 pm

    I have done migration form live site to localhost successfully. But I noticed that Comment facility is not there after this. I have also checked all the option in ‚Setting->Discussion‘ page. Everything is cheked but Commenting option and Leave comment box is not visible anywhere in the localhost. Please give me any suggestion for this because I am new in wordpress I am a Zend framework developer basically.

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    • WPBeginner Support says

      Sep 14, 2013 um 4:11 pm

      Did you check comments template? Ity is usually comments.php file in your theme.

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33. NARESH says

    Sep 13, 2013 um 3:21 am

    Instead of moving the wordpress site, I would like to fresh install wordpress using fantastico or hostgator’s quick install, so will I be able to do like this too just by exporting and importing databases and uploading the themefiles? or this is the only way we can do it?

    I don’t know why. my local machine wordpress loads very slow than one, whichever is installed on live server using fantastico or quick install.

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    • WPBeginner Support says

      Sep 13, 2013 um 1:37 pm

      Naresh yes you can import your posts and comments using import/export tools in WordPress, then you can upload theme and other files using FTP. There are multiple ways to do things you need to choose one that works best for you.

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34. Siddharth Khare says

    Aug 11, 2013 um 7:14 am

    Best Explanation Ever. I was able to set up in a mere 5-10 mins

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    • Editorial Staff says

      Aug 11, 2013 um 11:14 am

      Thanks Siddharth.

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35. Mark Jones says

    Jul 29, 2013 um 3:30 pm

    Do all of these instructions remain the same if there’s already an older, existing, non-wordpress page built where you want to move your wordpress page? For instance, rebuilding an existing site as a wordpress site, then switching over.

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    • Editorial Staff says

      Jul 29, 2013 um 10:48 pm

      Yes because in theory, you will be overriding everything that is there.

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36. Erwin says

    Jul 25, 2013 um 4:56 am

    Best way (IMO) to change the URL in the database is via the Search and Replace tool of Interconnect it > http://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/

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    • Editorial Staff says

      Jul 25, 2013 um 7:13 am

      Thanks for leaving a comment Erwin. Yes, some others have recommended that tool as well in the comments.

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37. Abrishca says

    Jul 22, 2013 um 7:50 am

    It’s easy to forget just how much work a good plugin really does for us – I personally use the Duplicator plugin to transfer new websites from my development server to the client’s domain and you can see how much time this plugin (and Backup Buddy) can save you.

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    • Editorial Staff says

      Jul 25, 2013 um 7:54 am

      Totally agreed with you there

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38. Praveen says

    Jul 21, 2013 um 1:03 am

    Hi,
    I am facing problem in changing the database after creating the new database.
    Is there any problem with my hosting service or anything else

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39. Iskandar Dzulkarnain says

    Jul 20, 2013 um 10:18 am

    thanks, your tutorial is solution for my problem

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40. Anna says

    Jul 19, 2013 um 9:54 am

    Are you reading my mind?! Just a little while back I sat down at the computer to figure out how to add a Facebook like button to my first website, currently in development. Whala! „How to add a Facebook like button to your posts“ was that day’s article. Then I’m wondering how to begin the local to live migration today, and AGAIN, here’s this post! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

    And seriously, thank you very much for the invaluable help you’ve given to a beginner like myself.

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    • Editorial Staff says

      Jul 19, 2013 um 2:09 pm

      Haha the little birdie told us that you needed this article Glad to be able to help.

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41. Jean says

    Jul 19, 2013 um 3:19 am

    Nice tutorial, thanks.

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42. riaz ali shah says

    Jul 19, 2013 um 12:43 am

    great article, the technique i often use for develop wordpress sites for clients, i use dummy text and images for local and then i move my theme only on server.

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43. John Coleman says

    Jul 18, 2013 um 12:09 pm

    This was a great article. Another option to address the broken links issue is to do a find/replace on your .sql file (in a text editor) of the local URL to the production URL before you import it. This is also handy when moving a site to/from a sub-directory, or to push from staging (e.g. http://staging.domain.com) to production (e.g. http://www.domain.com).

    Thanks for putting this out there. I am sure it will help a lot of people.

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44. David says

    Jul 18, 2013 um 11:16 am

    Could have used this article 20 months ago. The trick I discovered in making the move was to open the database file in a good text editor. From there I did a search & replace maneuver to change localhost to the proper URL. It discovered numerous instances without me tracking down the tables, or worrying if my command syntax was correct.

    There’s a plugin called Broken Link Checker that’s worth running as well after the move.

    There are some web-hosting sites who’s infrastructure keeps everything in your WordPress site as localhost. No need to change anything in your local build. Just copy it over. Will definitely chose one of them next time.

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45. Mark says

    Jul 18, 2013 um 10:56 am

    2 suggestions to make it easier to move:

    1. When developing locally edit your HOSTS file (c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts) to point your domain name at local server. This avoids having to change the SITE URL and other links/images. Note: this will require config changes to your local web server.

    2. If you have to modify the SITE URL etc, after you have exported the local database and before import, Open the file in notepad and search for all instances of localhost/yourtestsite and replace with http://www.yourlivesite.com

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    • Editorial Staff says

      Jul 18, 2013 um 11:02 am

      Mark,

      1. would only make sense if this is a new site. If it is an existing site, then you would have to constantly comment out the hosts file in order to access the live site.

      2. Yes that would make sense.

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      • Mark says

        Jul 18, 2013 um 11:31 am

        Changing the hosts file is something I do quite often and have a shortcut on my desktop giving me quick access.

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46. Gregg says

    Jul 18, 2013 um 10:31 am

    I also recommend DeskTop Server which I have been using for more then a year. Desktop Server allows you to create a local version of your site and then direct deploy it. Awesome!

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47. Sü Smith says

    Jul 18, 2013 um 10:30 am

    Great post! I typically just do find and replace on the .sql file with Notepad++ before uploading it to phpmyadmin. This is a nice alternative.

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48. Mike Ott says

    Jul 18, 2013 um 10:28 am

    Unfortunately this only works for some sites. A lot of wordpress plugins store serialised data in the database (Gravity Forms is one such plugin), and serialised data isn’t portable so doing an SQL dump and importing via PHPMyAdmin won’t work properly because of the string length differences between your local URL and live domain. You can’t even run an SQL query over serialised data.

    The best thing I’ve found to get around this problem is by using the WP Migrate DB plugin (http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-migrate-db/). It handles the serialised data problem flawlessly every time and you won’t have to do half the other things you mentioned in this post.

    Have fun.

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    • Mark says

      Jul 18, 2013 um 11:39 am

      Just had a light bulb moment! I have run into this issue before, thanks for the heads up Mike and pointer to the plugin,

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    • Augustas says

      Jul 18, 2013 um 1:18 pm

      For replacing paths and URLs I always use „Search and Replace“ tool ( http://goo.gl/MCsKl ). It replaces serialized data, and it can be used for other CMSs as well, not only for WordPress.

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49. estudiowp says

    Jul 18, 2013 um 9:49 am

    Nice article an well explained steps!

    However, many people will find troubles in their migrations because of the serialized data.

    Some plugins and themes use serialized data, and the replaces in step 5 and step 7 won´t change all the urls and paths that need to be changeed.

    For those steps you could use these tools or plugins:

    · wp migrate db plugin: http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-migrate-db/

    · search and replace tool: http://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/

    I hope this comment will be useful and sorry for my english!

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50. RW says

    Jul 18, 2013 um 9:15 am

    awesome post! I could have used this with my first local > server migration!

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51. Jean says

    Jul 18, 2013 um 9:10 am

    Great article – best I’ve read on this subject.

    I moved a site a while back and the only thing I would add is that you might need to re-save the permalinks settings. I had to do this because none of my menu links worked so this was an easy fix (luckily!)

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    • Editorial Staff says

      Jul 18, 2013 um 9:32 am

      Good suggestion. Added that to the article.

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    • Mike Ott says

      Jul 18, 2013 um 6:32 pm

      If anyone wants to know what that happens, it’s the .htaccess file shows a different RewriteRule between local and live.

      A quick edit to .htaccess fixes the problem or as Jean pointed out, re-saving the permalinks settings will also do the trick as it’s just fixing the RewriteRule.

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