This guide explains how to perform a website transfer on which WordPress is installed, using one of its extensions, All-in-One WP Migration.

Prerequisites

• Order a Web Hosting / Cloud Server if you don't have one yet.
• Create a site on your new hosting by choosing to install WordPress Infomaniak (option offered when adding a site - you can also install a WordPress site after creating a blank site).

Complete backup of the WordPress site

To back up all files and the database of an existing WordPress site:

1. Install then activate the extension All-in-One WP Migration from the WordPress administration interface of the current site.
2. Go to the dashboard of the newly installed extension.
3. Click on Export.

4. Download the exported archive:

Site restoration

As specified in the prerequisite above, install a new WordPress on your Infomaniak web hosting and then:

1. Install and activate the extension All-in-One WP Migration from the administration interface of the new WordPress (it is sometimes necessary to use the preview URL to connect to the new site, e.g. if the domain is being transferred).
2. Go to the dashboard of the newly installed extension.
3. Click to import a file, in this case the exported archive of your previous WordPress site.
   • If the archive is large, you need to increase, in the website settings, the value of the maximum size allowed for imports on the server.
4. Once the site is re-imported, reconfigure the main address of the site on the Infomaniak side.
5. When the conditions allow (e.g. domain name transfer completed), install an SSL certificate and check point 4 above again to select the address httpS://.