WordPress Domain Changer

A stand-alone tool that helps ease the migration of WordPress sites from one domain/URL to another.

Instructions

1. Backup your WordPress site's database.
2. Seriously, Back Up Your Database!
3. Situation One: The WordPress files and database have not moved -- only the domain/URL has changed.
   • Skip to step 5.
4. Situation Two: You intend to move an existing WordPress site to a new server.
   1. Export the current WordPress database to a SQL dump file.
   2. Create a MySQL database on the new server and import the SQL dump file.
   3. Open up the WordPress wp-config.php file and set the DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, and DB_NAME constants to the correct values for the new server.
   4. Upload the WordPress files to the appropriate directory on the new server.
5. Open up the wpdc/config.php file and replace the default password with a VERY secure password of your choice.
6. Upload the wpdc/ directory itself to the root directory of your WordPress site.
   • Note: The root directory is where the wp-config.php file is located.
7. Open a web browser and navigate to: http://whatever-your-new-domain-is.com/wpdc
8. Login with the password you entered in Step 6.
9. Follow the on-screen instructions & steps.
10. Remove the wpdc/ directory from the server when you're finished.

Website

Blog Post & Overview

License

WordPress Domain Changer is released under the New BSD license.

Author

Daniel Doezema

Contributors

• Kevin deLeon
• mike-rsi
• Salko Dmytro
• Nils Rückmann
• Stuart Maynes