[wp-hackers] Moving a WP blog to a different domain

[Aaron Brazell]

As others suggest, refer to the Codex. however, I feel particularly giving
today. These are my steps:

1) Copy all files to new domain
2) Mysqldump > Mysql Import
3) From MySQL prompt or phpMyAdmin: update wp_options set option_value = '
http://mynewdomain.com' where option_name in ('siteurl','home');
   - Set table prefix accordingly if it's not wp_
   - http://mynewdomain.com should be changed to your own new domain
4) Update wp-config.php to use new DB creds
5) Ensure .htaccess is copied over (sometimes it isn't since it is hidden -
depends on how you copy) or recreate

Should be it. YMMV
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Aaron Brazell
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On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Mário Gamito <gamito at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm going to move my WP blog from, let's say, a.com to b.com
>
> What would be the best approach ?
>
> Simply changing all the http://www.a.com ocorrences to http://www.b.com
> in the MySQL dump ?
>
> Would it do the trick or are there any gotchas to be aware of ?
>
> Of course I'll maintain the backup.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Warm Regards,
> --
> :wq! Mário Gamito
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