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Migration

Move a WordPress site between hosts without the usual anxiety

Full file and database transfer with correct URL rewriting including serialised data, verification before you cut over DNS, and the old site left untouched until you are satisfied.

Included on every plan. No add-on pricing.

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MigrationsLive
Queued
6
one portfolio
Completed
23
this quarter
Avg duration
11m
per site
Failures
0
BFbramble-fields.org
Shared host to managed WordPress
VerifiedReady to cut over
MPmeridian-partners.com
Transferring, 68% complete
Running~4m left
NRnorthridge-dental.com
Rehearsal to staging
Testing
LMlakemont-legal.co.uk
Waiting on DNS TTL reduction
Queued
The problem

Migration is where portfolios lose weekends

Manual WordPress migration is a sequence of small tasks that each have a way of going wrong: transferring files without timing out, exporting a database that is larger than the import limit, search and replace across serialised data that breaks if done with a plain text tool, fixing uploads paths, updating hardcoded URLs, and discovering afterwards that the mail configuration was different on the new host.

Multiply by a portfolio and it is why so many people stay on hosting they have outgrown.

What this looks like without a platform

  • Database exports that exceed the import limit
  • Serialised data corrupted by a plain search and replace
  • Broken image paths discovered after DNS has already moved
  • Downtime during the cutover because nothing was verified first
How it works

How to migrate multiple WordPress sites

Complete transfer

Files, database, uploads and configuration, chunked so large sites do not time out on either end.

Correct URL rewriting

Serialisation-aware replacement so widget settings, page builder content and plugin options survive the move intact.

Verify before cutover

The migrated site is reachable at a temporary address for testing. Check it properly, run the health and visual checks, and only move DNS once it passes.

Nothing destroyed

The source site is left running and untouched. If something is wrong you have changed nothing, and you can retry or abandon without consequence.

In practice

Beyond a single site

Bulk migration

Queue an entire portfolio and let it run, with progress and failures reported per site rather than as one opaque job.

Rehearsal runs

Migrate to a staging copy first to measure how long the real cutover will take and catch host-specific issues in advance.

Post-migration verification

Automatic health checks, visual comparison against the original, and a report on anything that differs.

Platform onboarding

The same machinery imports your sites, client groupings, tags and schedules from another management tool.

At scale

Built for a portfolio, not a single site

  • Migrate between any two hosts, in any direction
  • Bulk queue for whole-portfolio moves
  • Temporary preview URL for verification before DNS changes
  • Serialisation-safe URL rewriting
  • Automatic post-migration health and visual verification
  • Source site left running and unmodified
Answers

Questions about migration

What people ask before they turn this on.

No. The source site keeps serving traffic throughout. The only moment anything changes for visitors is the DNS switch, which you make after verifying the copy.

Yes. Transfers are chunked to avoid timeouts, and for stores you can run a final delta sync of orders immediately before cutover so no transaction is lost.

Yes. Assisted migration from ManageWP, MainWP, WP Umbrella, WP Remote, InfiniteWP, BlogVault, WPMU DEV and Modular DS is included.

Early access open

Try migration on your own sites

Connect a site in under two minutes and see this working against something real. Free during early access.

Free during early access. Keep your data, export any time.