WordPress standalone site relocation:
In our daily use of independent sites, there may be several situations where we need to back up our data or even migrate our site. For example, we need to change the server. Especially if you are using siteground, we know Siteground’s server has great discounts in the first year, but its cost is very high in the second year, so at this time I may need to buy a new host and then migrate the previous site to the new host. , or I migrate to another server. At this time we need to migrate the site.
As for the data backup of our independent site, many of the hosts we purchase support it, or our backend can use the backup plug-in we talked about earlier.UpdraftPlus, you can also complete this action. So in fact, the main purpose of using this plug-in is to complete the data migration of the site, which is what we call website relocation. So for the independent website we built using wordpress and woocommerce, what data do we want to migrate?
WordPress program files:
In fact, it is mainly our program files. For example, the folder we are opening now is a program file on our local site.
First of all, it contains many default files of WordPress. In fact, during the process of moving, or when we use WordPress to build an independent website, the most important program files are placed in the wp-content folder. of.
We see that in this folder, the first one is its cache file language file, and then there is plugins, which are the plug-ins we usually install in the site and are placed in this folder.
Then the other one is our themes, which is our theme file. All our themes are stored in this folder. Then there is another more important file, that is, our uploads are mainly used to store pictures or some banner content on our independent site, so these files are all that we need to migrate normally. Of course, our migration instructions here What is needed is to migrate all the files, which means backing up all the files in it.
WordPress database information:
In addition to our program files and our media, another important thing is that our database is opened in a similar form. Of course, some use software such as php my admin to open it. We are just showing it to you now. To show you, this is a local database file.
We see that when we use wordpress to build an independent site, it will generate a lot of database tables, and these database tables will store the information in our independent site, such as our articles, or the IDs of our articles, including our URL links, etc., are all stored in our database tables, including the username and password of our independent site, and all sensitive information is placed in the database.
Of course, some of the plug-ins we install will also generate some database tables, such as the one we installed earlier for multiple merchants.dokan Such a plug-in also generates a lot of database tables. We will explain these database tables one by one later when we have time.
Here we only need to know that when we move, the first thing we mainly move is our program, and the second thing is our database.
WP Staging Pro plugin introduction:
Then we follow the traditional moving method. We will first package and back up all the program files, then export and back up our database, and finally upload it to the new server. This method of operation is suitable for many WordPress is not very friendly to novices, so here we use a plug-in like wp staging to help us quickly complete such an action. It can package our program and our database together, and then upload it to our new On the WordPress site, it can complete one-click relocation.
This plug-in has many functions. For example, we can see one-click backup and make some modifications to our backup files.
For example, we can back up only our program or our database. In addition, we can also perform regular backups or clone our site with one click. The one-click cloning here refers to Our existing site is directly cloned to a subdomain name or a directory, and then we modify it in the subdomain name or directory. After the modification is completed, we then transfer it to our main site, so that it will not affect Go to our main site.
The wp staging plug-in can also target our files, including our user names, and new databases. We can back up the database of our current independent station to another database.
There are also some other functions, such as site transfer. These so-called transfers are website moves. We can just move one site to another site. Of course, we can also do some authorization, and its speed is relatively fast. It’s fast, and the whole process doesn’t require us to do a lot of manual actions.
WP Staging Pro plugin relocation process:
Now we will show you how to use a plug-in like wp staging to complete the migration of our site.
Here we have prepared two sites. The first one we call our A site is the site we will migrate.
We want to migrate all the data in this site to another site B. Site B is a new site we built using wordpress. Here we can refresh it.
We can see that this site is a new site with nothing, so we need to migrate all the data in site A to our site B with one click. In addition to our site, of course we also give it to everyone. Now that the wp staging plug-in is ready, we will give you a detailed demonstration below.
We need to perform three steps in the whole process:
The first step is to install the wp staging plug-in in the background of site A;
In the second step, after installation, we need to back up data through this plug-in;
In the third step, we need to also install this plug-in on our B site, and then directly upload the data we just backed up.
In this way, we have completed the entire site migration from site A to site B.
WP Staging Pro plug-in installation and activation:
We first enter the backend of site A. After entering, we first install the wp staging plug-in. After uploading, we install the plug-in directly. After the installation is successful, activate the plug-in. When we activate the PRO version of the plug-in, it will ask us to install the free version of the plug-in, because it only has the free version and PRO Only by using both versions can you use all its functions, so we directly click the blue button to install and activate.
When the plug-in is successfully activated, you can see a button like wp staging PRO in our function button, and then we click to enter. When we enter for the first time, there will be a reminder. This reminder tells us if there are some security risks. It will notify us that we actually don’t need it, and then we just click to skip, because if we need to make our site secure, we can use the security plug-in we talked about earlier.Wordfence Security Premium.
After entering, we can see that the use of this plug-in is very simple.
First of all, the first one is staging. Staging is a staging site. It can generate a staging site from our current site, for example, in our secondary directory or on our subdomain name to generate an identical one. site, and then we make changes on the site, so that it will not affect our main site, which is one of its functions.
The second is data backup and data migration, and the third is plug-in settings. The next one will also list the system of our program. In our system, we can see our system status, such as the system we use. Database, PHP version, etc., these are actually not important.
The last one is its license. We see that the PRO version is currently activated, so we can use it directly.
In this way, we have completed the installation of wp staging and pro versions. In the next lesson, we will demonstrate in detail how to move data and website.