Wordpress hosted on 1and1

BackUp / Restoration / Migration

Initial problem1and1 basic hosting doesn’t gives you direct

access to MySQL database

UpdraftPlus pluginA solution is to use a plugin that makes a

backup of your wordpress files and also the database

Make a BackUpYou can store files on Dropbox, Google Drive,

Amazon, etc and have the files zipped.

Install new wordpressWordPress installation process It’s completly

documented but in case You’re using XAMPP Lite It can be resumed like this:

Install WordPress in local machine (localhost)Files: Uncompress WordPress.zip on subfolder

HTDOCSData: Create a new database using PhpMyAdmin

Connect WordPress with the databaseFill database name, user and password in WP-CONFIG

(file created from WP-CONFIG-SAMPLE)Open install URL on browser

http://*new_location*/wp-admin/install.php

Install updraftplus pluginReinstall UpdraftPlus plugin in your new Wordpress instalation and restore the

BackUp

Select restore everythingWe want to restore all the files and the

database

Now the process is finishedCongratulations! You’re close to a successful

migration / restoration

But the url is different!As you can see there are some changes to

do on the database yet

Sql queries to replace old urlUPDATE wp_posts SET guid = replace(guid, ‘http://www.old-domain.com’,'http://www.new-domain.com’);

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = replace(post_content, ‘http://www.old-domain.com’, ‘http://www.new-domain.com’);

UPDATE wp_postmeta SET meta_value = replace(meta_value, ‘http://www.old-domain.com’, ‘http://www.new-domain.com’);

UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = replace(option_value, ‘http://www.old-domain.com’, ‘http://www.new-domain.com’) WHERE option_name = ‘home’ OR option_name = ‘siteurl’;

You got it!After the SQL queries are executed your

migration / backup is ready to work

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References:How To Install WordPress on XAMPPMigrating a WordPress Site