There are times when you may find yourself needing to move a WordPress site to a new domain or host. Most times you’ll be able to perform the WordPress migration by using a plugin such as Duplicator Pro, however there are times when a plugin[…]
The WordPress Error Log is your Friend
Diagnosing WordPress issues, especially for non technical individuals can be daunting. This guide shows you a quick way to use the error log to give you feedback on what’s wrong with your site. Retrieving error log entries allows you to either fix the problem yourself[…]
Quickly Restore a WordPress Site with a “Recovery Point”
When maintaining a website, one needs to periodically perform various operations that have the potential to be destructive to the operation of the site. These operations might include the updating of plugins/themes, files and data within the database, and changes to web server configuration files[…]
How to Import or Export a Database using cPanel
You may occasionally need to export a database from or import a database to your web host. The following procedures explain how to achieve each of these using the phpMyAdmin web application. How to Export a Database using cPanel The following procedure explains how to[…]
All You Need To Know About Backing Up WordPress
In an age of hackers, bad plugin updates, and accidental content overwriting, backing up your WordPress site on a regular basis is critical. But the question is, how often and what type of backups should you run? An effective backup strategy is highly dependent on[…]
How to Replace a Live WordPress Site
In this article, we’ll show how you can overwrite an existing site using a package created with Duplicator Pro. Note that packages created with Duplicator Lite do not support overwriting of sites and would require some manual steps not shown here. Companion video showing how[…]
4 Ways to Manage Multiple WordPress Sites
Whether you’re a developer, marketer or business owner with multiple websites, managing them all individually is a headache. Each time you need to perform updates, you have to log into each site separately. Not only is that time consuming, but it also involves remembering multiple[…]
How to Move a Very Large WordPress Site
When you need to move a very large WordPress site, it comes with special challenges not found with small and ‘standard’ sized sites. Shared hosts, especially cheaper budget hosts, can be tightly limited in both CPU and I/O. What follows are a couple of options[…]
How to Easily Move a WordPress Site
When you need to move WordPress to a new host or domain it can be a frustrating experience. In theory it should be easy to execute the transfer – just copy the files and database to the new server right? Unfortunately this it isn’t that easy[…]
How to Clone a WordPress Site
This infographic provides basic steps on How to Move, Migrate or Clone a WordPress site. For a more detailed set of instructions with screen-shots, see our blog post: How to Easily Move a WordPress Site.