Preparation

  • Lower DNS TTL before migration day if you control it
  • Take a full backup of files and database
  • List critical forms, tracking, redirects, and transactional flows

Copy the site

Import the site to the new host, verify plugins, confirm media paths, and check permalinks before touching production DNS.

Switch traffic

Cut over only after you have tested the destination on its temporary URL or hosts-file override. The goal is for visitors to hit a system you have already seen working.

# useful migration-day checklist
- backup source
- import database
- update wp-config if needed
- verify SSL
- verify redirects
- switch DNS

Verify after cutover

  • Homepage and primary landing pages
  • One article page and one category page
  • Forms, analytics, affiliate links, and sitemap

Keep the next step obvious.

The point of this archive is not to impress you with complexity. It is to help you pick the right hosting path, with fewer avoidable mistakes.

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