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Jesus Mendoza
23,289 PointsHow to migrate WordPress database?
I made my WordPress site locally and now I want to migrate my database to a web host, how do I do that?
3 Answers
Jacobus Hindson
14,429 PointsHi Jesus,
Wordpress offer a great howto in the codex locate here.
Rich Bagley
25,869 PointsHi Jesus,
Following on from the Codex link that Jacobus has mentioned there is also a video on this in the Local WordPress Development course called Migrating WordPress from Local to Live Server.
Hope that helps :)
-Rich
Jesus Mendoza
23,289 PointsThanks mate. I already migrated it but when I try to enter to my website it changes the url to myurl:8080, any idea of how to fix that?
David Durant
4,387 PointsHey Rich,
i have been following the wordpress track and when i get to the "Migrating WP from Local" i get to the point where i edit the config.php and it tells me i have an "Error establishing a database connection"
did i miss something?
Jacobus Hindson
14,429 PointsIt sounds like there is a redirect in action, ensure that your WordPress site location is set correct in settings, have a look at your .htaccess file on your Live Server.
Perhaps a link to the live site would be useful also.
Jesus Mendoza
23,289 PointsJesus Mendoza
23,289 PointsThanks mate. I already migrated it but when I try to enter to my website it changes the url to myurl:8080, any idea of how to fix that?