I have been put to task to move a WordPress site made in 2010 to a new server. I dont have access to the old websites admin panel, but have been given the source files and exported version of the database. The website has a number of plugins installed and I think it will more difficult to transfer over all the old files etc over a fresh install hence I want to make the old site to work.
I have copied over all of the files into my testing server, and made changes to the wp_config.php file to find the new database location. The issue is that all of the links appear to be from the old website. Logically I assume I need to change both the absolute path and then the links to the individual posts.
Where do I change these values and are there any other files/values I need to change to ensure the website works perfectly?
You’ll see lots of different approaches to this (migration scripts/plugins, exporting/importing etc). I’m assuming here that your problem stems from changing the domain the site is running on, which is different from changing the server?.
For me the best way by miles to transfer a WordPress site is using the following answer I gave here – the Interconnectit script is a major time and hassle saver.
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