Great tutorial, the most important part for me was that you actually deleted the whole website, database and folder which by the way is something that most of us would not do but seeing you do it and restoring everything successfully is what makes your video 100% trustworthy so thank you very much for taking the time to create this tutorial and explaining everything so clearly.
You just saved my life, I have 27 demo blogs to move to a new server and this works with a couple tweaks because of I am movingto a new host :) thanks so much!
I'm happy I could help Zandar! The migration method in this video has worked the same way since 2008 and I bet it will keep working the same way for a long time.
I'm always a fan of not using too many plugins :) Thanks for your continued viewership Susan, I appreciate it and I hope the videos I make will continue to be useful for you!
This was a great and easy to follow tutorial! Thanks for showing this in a straightforward manner. Will def look into other stuff of yours as I use wordpress moving forward.
This particular tutorial is awesome, would be cool if you made one to show how to migrate it to bitnami or some other local WP site to test big site changes before doing them on a live site!
Great tutorial, thanks! For those who were over about 50% of disk capacity like, me, you'll have to zip and download and delete zip folders in smaller chunks. Or delete some files. I had some large old backup files on my server disk that I downloaded and then deleted. Made all the difference!
You are a god send! few minor changes... zipping larger files...being patient! Creating a new database...making sure database, username, password & host name all match in wp_options & wp-config.php..getting 'database error' messages trying to open the website...hey It's my first time migrating, can't be perfect!... since I had to create a new database, the host name will change and the information for your host name is under your hosting plan service where it will show you your DNS aswell...Be patient guys.. make notes of what you have done already to quickly change if necessary. I have realised most backup/restore plugins will backup but won't restore, so we have no choice than to do this manually in most cases. Good luck!!
Thanks so much ... very clear and easy to follow tutorial. I was moving an existing website to a new server and I found it easier/simpler to use the Mysql Wizard to import the data-base file and create a new user and inputting existing user/pass from wp-config file instead of creating a new database altogether.
Excellent only one suggestion and that is to do these walk though a bit slower so it is easier to understand and be careful that everything is as it appears to be. There are no load or time limits so why rush. Thanks again for a great video.
Very good presentation. The last two minutes were particularly interesting. What to do when the WP install has been botched and you need to start over. What to do when the hosting company goes bust and another outfit inherits hosting of your site. Those are real problems.
i really enjoy your tutorials. you're a great instructor and you don't add cheesy music, which is a plus for me. i'm going to try this method. currently i use All-in-One Migration and Updraft Plus. they both work great but when i do a restore, i'm expecting everything to be wiped out and replaced by the restore file but this is not the case. have you used either of those and is this cpanel method your go-to backup/restore method? with your method, i know i'll get a perfect restore because i'm replacing the entire folder. you mentioned that it's not possible to zip via FTP, but actually it IS possible. i use Transmit (Mac) and after setting up SFTP, i can send commands to zip and extract - pretty cool! lastly: at 9:09 after restoring the DB, you said it "looks pretty similar to what we had before" but i think you meant to say that it looks EXACTLY like it did when it was backed up, right? thanks for the great tutorial!
I use Updraft Plus quite a bit because I have lots of sites to manage and I can automated the backups with UP and MainWP. I have a tutorial for my current backup procedure here: ruclips.net/video/54fGdhpqrnA/видео.html The process in that video is best suited for people with multiple sites under their management. This manual backup method was my go to for a long time. And if I'm doing any major work on a site I make a manual backup like this as well as a plugin-based backup. I hope that helps, let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!
Great video! I agree, always best to understand what the plugin is doing before just having blind faith in the plugin. So, in theory could you also use this process to change webhosting companies? Do the restore on the new webhost?
Amazing video. One question about the database. Do we not have to worry about user credentials for exporting and importing? It seemed to not care at all eh?
You can also do the backup from the WordPress dashboard. I'd suggest Updraft WordPress Backup Plugin, a couple of clicks, and voilà. Thanks for the video!
@@wplearninglab Although you had touched upon difference between files (public html) & DB (myPHP admin), I still am not clear. Any tutorial specifically on it would be appreciated. Thanks
Great video! Thanks a lot. I just have one question: if, for example, I do have a broken website after an update (all the files aren't deleted they're just broken yeah) what do I do? Do I manually delete them in CPanel and do what you did here (same with database, delete everything, restore) or is there a better way to do it?
Hey Zoya, Good question. I would make a backup of the files and database that are broken (weird right?). Just in case the back you're restoring to doesn't work and you've deleted the broken files then you'll be really up the creek. If that happens, something may be salvageable from the broken files. So, backup the broken files and database and make the file name of the back as such. Then delete all the broken files and database and restore the good backup. I hope that helps!
Awesome video thank you. Can I backup my website and upload this entire backup onto a new domain or does this backup only work on the same domain that it was downloaded from?
Great question! The backup as it is will only work on the same domain you're using. You can *usually* do a little editing to make it work on any domain though. You can unzip your backup and open the .sql file in a text editor like Sublime Text. (Sublime Text is free, but it pops up a request for $20 every once in a while. You can close that request and keep using it.) Inside the SQL file you can search for your domain name and replace every instance of it with new domain you want to move the site to. But, if any of your plugins are serialized (which isn't that common), then they are tied to your domain with no easy way to change it in the database. It maybe be easier to use a plugin like All-In-One WP Migration to move your site. The version has an upload size limit, so if you're site is too big you would have to upgrade to the paid version. I hope that helps!
Excellent video !! Thank you very much, I have a doubt, your site is so light, my backup is 1.5 gb, It's because I use a multipurpose theme, do I have to use a lightweight? What theme do you use? Help please
First of all KUDOS for an amazing channel full of easy to follow and super useful information 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I have a question after watching the video, is it possible to use the same technique to clean a site that's been hacked? Can I zip download all the site and Database to my desktop computer, run a malware scan and after is cleaned, upload it again? Is that possible? Would it work? Thank you for all the great work you share with us ✨✨✨
Great video. Very helpful. I have a backup of all my site files, but I do not have the database. Do I have any hope of restoring? Is it possible my cpanel full backup has the db files in it?
Hi Wayne, Without the database you're up the creek :( In a cPanel host, the WordPress databases are created in the MySQL Database cPanel app. And in cPanel you generally use phpMyAdmin to access the WordPress database. So if you have a full cPanel backup, you might be able to get your databases via one of those apps. May I ask what happened? Did your host close up shop or did a website developer lock you out or something?
@@wplearninglab Thanks for your answer. That is what I thought. No, my host is still there. I have some kind of security issue. Someone, I don't know who. is restoring old stuff on me, whenever they want. So I lose like 2 weeks of work. So I have multiple things to do. Totally secure my site. and then back up after everything that I do on the site.
@@wplearninglab I am currently using BlueHost. How are they for security? What is the host you recommend? What is the fastest easiest way to get my site moved??
This is such a helpful video, thank you! In the event that we aren't interested in deleting everything for demonstration purposes, would you normally leave the Backup .zip in the directory after you've downloaded it? Or just delete it once it's saved elsewhere? I'm working with a tiny website I've just been handed so space isn't my issue (yet), but it feels redundant to keep the backup in the directory if all the site files are still intact...no?
if one had saved a full account backup in cpanel for domain~a + is trying to move that site to domain~b, would deleting all the contents of domain~b within file manager + replacing them w/ the full site backup of domain~a theoretically work? i tried this while also changing the wp-config file to point at the new database {as outlined in this great tutorial} but still the old website on the new domain isn't loading ~ might there just be more files that i'd have to edit to convert the pointing of the old domain + database to the new? p.s. this was an incredibly insightful + straightforward tutorial w/ the humongous bonus of the database creation/rerouting at the end 👌🏽
Hi Linda, Yep, that would work. You can also use a Ninja trick. You can set up a free uptime monitor that visits your site every 5 minutes to make sure it's still online. That uptime visit will also trigger the Cron. I have a video explaining how to do that here: ruclips.net/video/FeCJRBz6aC4/видео.html I hope that helps, let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!
Hi there, this is a great video. I'm trying to leave siteground as the renewal cost is too expensive for me right now. Can I download the Wordpress files as shown here and upload them to another web-host provider later on?
Hi, Nice video! Have you tried using softaculous backups and staging features which I think it's available on all cPanel hosting providers? Just wandering pros and cons since I need to full backup a news WP site. I will appreciate your feedback. Thank you!
Hi Najwa, You can migrate sites with the updraft plus plug-in only if you have the migrator add-on. Here's info on that: updraftplus.com/migrator/. For migrating a site I recommend the WPVivid backup plugin. The reason is the free version will migrate sites without size limitations. The only limitation will be whether your hosting server will allow sites of the size you're migrating. I have a tutorial for it here: ruclips.net/video/D1aYbayFpfU/видео.html The All-in-One WP Migration plugin is great, but it has file size limitations in the free version. I have a tutorial for that one here: ruclips.net/video/n45K2PYSAmo/видео.html The Duplicate plugin also works well, but again, it has a file size limitation in the free version. I have a tutorial for that one here: ruclips.net/video/SkjAxA48SA8/видео.html I hope that helps :) Let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!
@@wplearninglab so is WPVivid backup plugin can also be used to backup data if we want to recreate hosting account ? As recreating the hosting will affect the data.
WPVivid is a backup plugin, a migration plugin and a staging plugin all in one. I'm not sure what you mean by 'recrete hosting account.' You can definitely move sites from one hosting account to another. Check out the video, I explain all of it.
@@wplearninglab I understand, thank you very much for responding. I appreciate it. I enjoy your tutorial it's an eye opener of what am I doing currently :) Not everyone can reply as fast as you've done to your viewers. Thanks for the great tutorial!
Great video! You mentioned uploading file sizes that are bigger than the max limit. I'm currently facing that issue and it's been a thorn on my foot. I want to transfer a website to another hoster which is siteground, but the max I can upload is 512 MG. However my file is 750MG, please can you advise me on how to solve this without having to pay extra money? Thanks
Great tutorial Bjorn as always. You explained it all great. I had a similar situation when I had to manually backup the site with all the data in the database, but after the backup some plugins stopped working. I hat to install some of the plugins all over again. Could it be that the newer version of the "PHP" caused this problem. Yesterday I got a mail from my provider, they informed that I have to upgrade to PHP version 7.2 and I have to do it manually, but if I don't do it manually they will do it for me automatically. If any problems appear with the plugins or some other functionalities I can revert to PHP 7.1. Have you encountered any problems with PHP 7.2? If you have, could you please explain what problems have you encountered. Thanks :)
I most cases yes. Some plugins will "serialize" the domain name they're installed on. Meaning the domain name is coded into the plugin code when you install it. I haven't run into that too often. The solution is using a backup plugin like WPVivid (see video here: ruclips.net/video/Dl9G9b6ztto/видео.html) which will take of the serialized plugins. Or when you restore the site to the new domain you can delete any plugins that are causing problem and reinstall them. I hope that helps :) Let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!
hello Bjorn great tut. how do i specify a new wp-admin username and pass if for example i forgot my old wp admin login, and why im restoring it to a new domain. thanks
Hello Sir. I hope you're doing good. I've a question. Can I use the new database with the Zip file? Actually, I backed-up my whole website on Zip file but could not backup my database.
This is super helpful for someone who is very much a novice like me. I am having a problem though. Hoping someone can help me. When I try to compress all the files through File Manager, it just keeps running and never completes. I am able to compress some individual files, but none of the folders. I have left it going for days thinking it might take some time. But it never completes. Any ideas or help is greatly appreciated.
can you make a video on how to update WordPress via Cpanel while not losing your content. For example, if you need to update WordPress manually for trouble shooting purposes.
That's a tall order. Updating the files would be doable, but many WP come with database updates. That would be a real challenge to update manually and it would probably need to be done differently every time. You would have research the WP change logs to figure out how the db is updated in each update. What sort of problem are you trying to troieshoot? There must be an easier way.
I used these instructions and the video for switching hosting to get my site 90% restored. However, my plugins and photos are not restored. Do you have any idea of what could be causing plugins and images to not load? A little background, I made a backup of my site 6 months ago using cpanel on siteground. I'm trying to restore that backup on siteground now, but they switched from cpanel to site tools. I was able to get the pages to populate. However, the plugins and photos wont load.
hi. i have a situation :) my domain was redirected to siteground. my hosted content is still with godaddy. i have access to the cpanel but eeven in the file manager i dont see the actual name of the domain. just its sub domains. do i just take the entire files or can i locate the last back up before this mess and do what yoe do here to migrate the contents.
If you're GoDaddy account is unchanged, it maybe easiest to redirect your domain back to GoDaddy? Then you can make a backup and import more easily to SiteGround? There is also a good chance the site will work if you transfer all the files and database from GoDaddy to SiteGround.
cPanel doesn't exist at SiteGround anymore with "new" customers. I recently purchased 2 packages, and was told they have their "custom" panel setup now, and it's not so bad.
Hey Ron, I recorded this video yesterday afternoon, so maybe I don't have access you the new cpanel yet. I'll have to take a look and see if I can upgrade to the new one and make a new video if it's subsystem substantially different. I knew the new SiteGround dashboard was coming, but thought it would be rolled out to everyone at once.
@@wplearninglab It isn't cPanel at all anymore, it is their own CUSTOM version I suppose. Totally different. I got these websites last week. Probably something to do with pre-existing customers vs new customers for the time being.
They keep talking about this exciting new dashboard, and they show us demos which look good, but so far only new customers get the privilege. It was promised to us loyal customers that they would roll it out in September but no sign of it yet. It should be the other way round: reward the loyal customers!
@@StephenPiddingtonLongbow To me it is a two way street. If you are accustomed to CPanel, which I am, well that's what I prefer. The new way is more concise and perhaps easier for someone new, but awkward if you have cPanel stamped in your brain. On the other hand, I am with you to companies being loyal. For example, someone new can buy a Internet/Phone/TV package for $99 a month at a cable company. I have done business 35 years with the cable company, and I pay way more, and they won't even discuss me getting such a deal. Or when you walk in a restaurant and they give the drive through customer more respect and time than walk-in customers, and make someone standing wait longer within their establishment than someone in a car sitting down. This generation isn't quite getting things correct. You are correct, LOYAL customers lose out.
I see your point. cPanel is pretty much universal, so we're all familiar with it - but I've always thought it's a bit old-fashioned and clunky so was excited by Siteground's "promise" of a new, slick, UI. Maybe I'm just not loyal enough!
Great tutorial, the most important part for me was that you actually deleted the whole website, database and folder which by the way is something that most of us would not do but seeing you do it and restoring everything successfully is what makes your video 100% trustworthy so thank you very much for taking the time to create this tutorial and explaining everything so clearly.
No problem. I try to make useful and helpful tutorials :) Thanks for letting me know what you like.
Geez. One of the best WP upper-level Tuts out there. Like and Subscribed!!!
Thanks man! Much appreciated :)
I don't comment often on videos. This was a really useful tutorial. Thank you.
This is the best Wordpress tutorials channel on RUclips. I can't believe this doesn't have more views! Thank you very much for your help, Sir!
Straight to the point without all the bs from other youtube videos... great example of what a good explanation should be. Thanks a lot
You just saved my life, I have 27 demo blogs to move to a new server and this works with a couple tweaks because of I am movingto a new host :) thanks so much!
YOU HAVE JUST SAVED MY LIFE. I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, GOD BLESS 🙏
I’m happy I could help! 😃
So useful information and easiest steps that I have never seen before, thank you from 2022
I'm happy I could help Zandar! The migration method in this video has worked the same way since 2008 and I bet it will keep working the same way for a long time.
Thank you so much, just came across your video and its helped me to restore my staging site without having to purchase a plugin.
Bjorn, another great tutorial!!! Easy to follow instructions - NO plugins needed. I'm always excited to get your new video notifications!!!
I'm always a fan of not using too many plugins :) Thanks for your continued viewership Susan, I appreciate it and I hope the videos I make will continue to be useful for you!
The best tutorial you will get anywhere!!! Just so apt and brilliant
I see why you are like an undefeated champion at 61-0 likes. Now you are 62-0. Great video and easy to understand. Thanks!
This was a great and easy to follow tutorial! Thanks for showing this in a straightforward manner. Will def look into other stuff of yours as I use wordpress moving forward.
thanks u helped me. i migrated my site to new host and used this technique and it worked
You saved my website! Thank you for this video!!
That's awesome Grace! But it was you who saved your website, I simply showed you the way :)
AMAZING. Exactly what I needed, thank you for sharing your expertise with a succinct, clear tutorial!
I’m happy I could help Megan, thanks for watching!
Love it! Please keep the videos coming. Love and blessings to you and yours.
This particular tutorial is awesome, would be cool if you made one to show how to migrate it to bitnami or some other local WP site to test big site changes before doing them on a live site!
Great tutorial, thanks! For those who were over about 50% of disk capacity like, me, you'll have to zip and download and delete zip folders in smaller chunks. Or delete some files. I had some large old backup files on my server disk that I downloaded and then deleted. Made all the difference!
You are a god send! few minor changes... zipping larger files...being patient! Creating a new database...making sure database, username, password & host name all match in wp_options & wp-config.php..getting 'database error' messages trying to open the website...hey It's my first time migrating, can't be perfect!... since I had to create a new database, the host name will change and the information for your host name is under your hosting plan service where it will show you your DNS aswell...Be patient guys.. make notes of what you have done already to quickly change if necessary.
I have realised most backup/restore plugins will backup but won't restore, so we have no choice than to do this manually in most cases. Good luck!!
This was super helpful! Thanks for the walk through :)
Excellent tutorial, straight to the point and so relevant. Thank you.
You're welcome Cheslin, thanks for watching! Let me know if you have any questions :)
Thanks so much ... very clear and easy to follow tutorial. I was moving an existing website to a new server and I found it easier/simpler to use the Mysql Wizard to import the data-base file and create a new user and inputting existing user/pass from wp-config file instead of creating a new database altogether.
This is an excellent walkthrough explanation, thank you! Really appreciate the work! 👐
The one and only backup method i need, thank you.
This is awesome...just did backing up my wordpress site...Thanks mate!
Your tutorial is straight to the point. Thank you for your effort!
Excellent only one suggestion and that is to do these walk though a bit slower so it is easier to understand and be careful that everything is as it appears to be. There are no load or time limits so why rush. Thanks again for a great video.
Its very easy way to take backup....Thank You Sir
Very good presentation. The last two minutes were particularly interesting. What to do when the WP install has been botched and you need to start over. What to do when the hosting company goes bust and another outfit inherits hosting of your site. Those are real problems.
Sir Bjorn You are good as always.
Thanks Mix and thanks for watching!
Great video Bjorn! You make it soo easy to follow.
Thanks Kandaman and thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing a great tutorial. I liked your professional approach.
i really enjoy your tutorials. you're a great instructor and you don't add cheesy music, which is a plus for me. i'm going to try this method. currently i use All-in-One Migration and Updraft Plus. they both work great but when i do a restore, i'm expecting everything to be wiped out and replaced by the restore file but this is not the case. have you used either of those and is this cpanel method your go-to backup/restore method? with your method, i know i'll get a perfect restore because i'm replacing the entire folder. you mentioned that it's not possible to zip via FTP, but actually it IS possible. i use Transmit (Mac) and after setting up SFTP, i can send commands to zip and extract - pretty cool! lastly: at 9:09 after restoring the DB, you said it "looks pretty similar to what we had before" but i think you meant to say that it looks EXACTLY like it did when it was backed up, right? thanks for the great tutorial!
I use Updraft Plus quite a bit because I have lots of sites to manage and I can automated the backups with UP and MainWP. I have a tutorial for my current backup procedure here: ruclips.net/video/54fGdhpqrnA/видео.html
The process in that video is best suited for people with multiple sites under their management.
This manual backup method was my go to for a long time. And if I'm doing any major work on a site I make a manual backup like this as well as a plugin-based backup.
I hope that helps, let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!
Great video! I agree, always best to understand what the plugin is doing before just having blind faith in the plugin.
So, in theory could you also use this process to change webhosting companies? Do the restore on the new webhost?
Amazing video. One question about the database. Do we not have to worry about user credentials for exporting and importing? It seemed to not care at all eh?
Really thank you so much...That's really a great tutorial. You helped me a lot . Thanks.
You can also do the backup from the WordPress dashboard. I'd suggest Updraft WordPress Backup Plugin, a couple of clicks, and voilà. Thanks for the video!
Great tutorial! Well done and thank you so much for your help. Truly appreciate.
You’re welcome Sanjin, I'm happy to help. Thanks for watching!
Life saver ! Thanks for this video !
Excellent work, thanks, learned a lot of new things.
You’re welcome Amer, thanks for watching!
@@wplearninglab Although you had touched upon difference between files (public html) & DB (myPHP admin), I still am not clear. Any tutorial specifically on it would be appreciated. Thanks
Great video! Thanks a lot. I just have one question: if, for example, I do have a broken website after an update (all the files aren't deleted they're just broken yeah) what do I do? Do I manually delete them in CPanel and do what you did here (same with database, delete everything, restore) or is there a better way to do it?
Hey Zoya,
Good question. I would make a backup of the files and database that are broken (weird right?). Just in case the back you're restoring to doesn't work and you've deleted the broken files then you'll be really up the creek.
If that happens, something may be salvageable from the broken files.
So, backup the broken files and database and make the file name of the back as such.
Then delete all the broken files and database and restore the good backup.
I hope that helps!
Awesome video thank you. Can I backup my website and upload this entire backup onto a new domain or does this backup only work on the same domain that it was downloaded from?
Great question!
The backup as it is will only work on the same domain you're using. You can *usually* do a little editing to make it work on any domain though.
You can unzip your backup and open the .sql file in a text editor like Sublime Text. (Sublime Text is free, but it pops up a request for $20 every once in a while. You can close that request and keep using it.)
Inside the SQL file you can search for your domain name and replace every instance of it with new domain you want to move the site to. But, if any of your plugins are serialized (which isn't that common), then they are tied to your domain with no easy way to change it in the database.
It maybe be easier to use a plugin like All-In-One WP Migration to move your site. The version has an upload size limit, so if you're site is too big you would have to upgrade to the paid version.
I hope that helps!
Thank you! Short, clear and pretty well explained!
Great, point to point Explanation- Thanks
Thanks Kamal and thanks for watching!
Excellent video !! Thank you very much, I have a doubt, your site is so light, my backup is 1.5 gb, It's because I use a multipurpose theme, do I have to use a lightweight? What theme do you use? Help please
Awesome.. its was really a superb essy video. keep up the good work.. thumbs up from india.. :)
Thanks so much for this...saved me a lot of time
Great video man!!! keep it up.
Strangely, you were deleting your database in 2019, and MY HEART is racing as I watch this in 2022:)
legendary tutorial, thank you
First of all KUDOS for an amazing channel full of easy to follow and super useful information 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I have a question after watching the video, is it possible to use the same technique to clean a site that's been hacked? Can I zip download all the site and Database to my desktop computer, run a malware scan and after is cleaned, upload it again? Is that possible? Would it work? Thank you for all the great work you share with us ✨✨✨
Great video. Very helpful. I have a backup of all my site files, but I do not have the database. Do I have any hope of restoring?
Is it possible my cpanel full backup has the db files in it?
Hi Wayne,
Without the database you're up the creek :( In a cPanel host, the WordPress databases are created in the MySQL Database cPanel app. And in cPanel you generally use phpMyAdmin to access the WordPress database. So if you have a full cPanel backup, you might be able to get your databases via one of those apps. May I ask what happened? Did your host close up shop or did a website developer lock you out or something?
@@wplearninglab Thanks for your answer. That is what I thought. No, my host is still there. I have some kind of security issue. Someone, I don't know who. is restoring old stuff on me, whenever they want. So I lose like 2 weeks of work. So I have multiple things to do. Totally secure my site. and then back up after everything that I do on the site.
@@wplearninglab I am currently using BlueHost. How are they for security?
What is the host you recommend?
What is the fastest easiest way to get my site moved??
Excellent information, you are a star.
This helps me a lot 💪 thank you so much for sharing you knowledge
You’re welcome, thanks for watching!
Thanks! Is backing up via Cpanel 'backup wizard' same as manually copying public folder?
Thank you so much for this valuable video!!
Thank you
Very quick and useful video
Amazing tutorial... helped me a lot
I’m happy I could help Henry, thanks for watching!
Thanks for your video, liked and subscribed.
Awesome Tutorial, Very clean!
Thanks Ariel and thanks for watching!
thanks man, I guess backup plugins are not needed any more :)
nice explanation.. thank you for guiding
You’re welcome, thanks for watching!
Thank you! Worked well.
You’re welcome Rahul, thanks for watching!
This is such a helpful video, thank you! In the event that we aren't interested in deleting everything for demonstration purposes, would you normally leave the Backup .zip in the directory after you've downloaded it? Or just delete it once it's saved elsewhere? I'm working with a tiny website I've just been handed so space isn't my issue (yet), but it feels redundant to keep the backup in the directory if all the site files are still intact...no?
Thank you, worked perfectly 👌
Very good video. Short, to the point - and it's so easy!
(Once you explained it, that is.) :-)
if one had saved a full account backup in cpanel for domain~a + is trying to move that site to domain~b, would deleting all the contents of domain~b within file manager + replacing them w/ the full site backup of domain~a theoretically work? i tried this while also changing the wp-config file to point at the new database {as outlined in this great tutorial} but still the old website on the new domain isn't loading ~ might there just be more files that i'd have to edit to convert the pointing of the old domain + database to the new?
p.s. this was an incredibly insightful + straightforward tutorial w/ the humongous bonus of the database creation/rerouting at the end 👌🏽
Thanks mate for this tutorial
Thank you sir for saving me.
That's what I do. I'm happy I could help!
Thanku so much sir for this tutorial ❤❤❤
Thanks, Bjorn! Can I trigger the cron if I visit my own site or visit as incognito?
Hi Linda,
Yep, that would work. You can also use a Ninja trick. You can set up a free uptime monitor that visits your site every 5 minutes to make sure it's still online. That uptime visit will also trigger the Cron. I have a video explaining how to do that here: ruclips.net/video/FeCJRBz6aC4/видео.html
I hope that helps, let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!
@@wplearninglab Oh, that sounds like an excellent trick! Thank you for the link to it! Happy me!
You’re welcome Linda! Good luck :)
Can I know if I only want to backup my main website and not the add on domains that I have. what are the files I need to take note of? thanks
This helped, thank you so much!
AMAZING EXPLANATION!
Hi there, this is a great video. I'm trying to leave siteground as the renewal cost is too expensive for me right now. Can I download the Wordpress files as shown here and upload them to another web-host provider later on?
This *tutorial* is awesome
Hi, Nice video! Have you tried using softaculous backups and staging features which I think it's available on all cPanel hosting providers? Just wandering pros and cons since I need to full backup a news WP site. I will appreciate your feedback. Thank you!
Thank you for this tutorial!
can we migrating the domain to the new one without doing this but only using the updraft plugin?
Hi Najwa,
You can migrate sites with the updraft plus plug-in only if you have the migrator add-on. Here's info on that: updraftplus.com/migrator/.
For migrating a site I recommend the WPVivid backup plugin. The reason is the free version will migrate sites without size limitations. The only limitation will be whether your hosting server will allow sites of the size you're migrating. I have a tutorial for it here: ruclips.net/video/D1aYbayFpfU/видео.html
The All-in-One WP Migration plugin is great, but it has file size limitations in the free version. I have a tutorial for that one here: ruclips.net/video/n45K2PYSAmo/видео.html
The Duplicate plugin also works well, but again, it has a file size limitation in the free version. I have a tutorial for that one here: ruclips.net/video/SkjAxA48SA8/видео.html
I hope that helps :) Let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!
@@wplearninglab so is WPVivid backup plugin can also be used to backup data if we want to recreate hosting account ? As recreating the hosting will affect the data.
WPVivid is a backup plugin, a migration plugin and a staging plugin all in one. I'm not sure what you mean by 'recrete hosting account.' You can definitely move sites from one hosting account to another. Check out the video, I explain all of it.
@@wplearninglab I understand, thank you very much for responding. I appreciate it. I enjoy your tutorial it's an eye opener of what am I doing currently :) Not everyone can reply as fast as you've done to your viewers. Thanks for the great tutorial!
After changing hosting can we upload backup through backup wizard of c panel!?
Thank you very much for your help, Sir.Great explanation
Great video! You mentioned uploading file sizes that are bigger than the max limit. I'm currently facing that issue and it's been a thorn on my foot. I want to transfer a website to another hoster which is siteground, but the max I can upload is 512 MG. However my file is 750MG, please can you advise me on how to solve this without having to pay extra money? Thanks
What do you think of JetBackup for WordPress?
Thank you very mach bro you are good man you helped me
You’re welcome Mohamed, thanks for watching!
hey, can you please make a video on "how to add a vertical featured product carousel in the sidebar in wordpress site?
Great tutorial Bjorn as always. You explained it all great. I had a similar situation when I had to manually backup the site with all the data in the database, but after the backup some plugins stopped working. I hat to install some of the plugins all over again. Could it be that the newer version of the "PHP" caused this problem. Yesterday I got a mail from my provider, they informed that I have to upgrade to PHP version 7.2 and I have to do it manually, but if I don't do it manually they will do it for me automatically. If any problems appear with the plugins or some other functionalities I can revert to PHP 7.1. Have you encountered any problems with PHP 7.2? If you have, could you please explain what problems have you encountered. Thanks :)
Can this work if the back up is to be uploaded to another domain name?
I most cases yes. Some plugins will "serialize" the domain name they're installed on. Meaning the domain name is coded into the plugin code when you install it. I haven't run into that too often. The solution is using a backup plugin like WPVivid (see video here: ruclips.net/video/Dl9G9b6ztto/видео.html) which will take of the serialized plugins. Or when you restore the site to the new domain you can delete any plugins that are causing problem and reinstall them.
I hope that helps :) Let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!
hello Bjorn great tut.
how do i specify a new wp-admin username and pass if for example i forgot my old wp admin login, and why im restoring it to a new domain. thanks
Hello Sir. I hope you're doing good. I've a question. Can I use the new database with the Zip file? Actually, I backed-up my whole website on Zip file but could not backup my database.
Thanks! good tutorial
This is super helpful for someone who is very much a novice like me. I am having a problem though. Hoping someone can help me. When I try to compress all the files through File Manager, it just keeps running and never completes. I am able to compress some individual files, but none of the folders. I have left it going for days thinking it might take some time. But it never completes. Any ideas or help is greatly appreciated.
Great, thank you very much
You're welcome Ankit, thanks for watching! Let me know if you have any questions :)
can you make a video on how to update WordPress via Cpanel while not losing your content. For example, if you need to update WordPress manually for trouble shooting purposes.
That's a tall order. Updating the files would be doable, but many WP come with database updates. That would be a real challenge to update manually and it would probably need to be done differently every time. You would have research the WP change logs to figure out how the db is updated in each update.
What sort of problem are you trying to troieshoot? There must be an easier way.
Thanks for the video! :)
I used these instructions and the video for switching hosting to get my site 90% restored. However, my plugins and photos are not restored. Do you have any idea of what could be causing plugins and images to not load?
A little background, I made a backup of my site 6 months ago using cpanel on siteground. I'm trying to restore that backup on siteground now, but they switched from cpanel to site tools. I was able to get the pages to populate. However, the plugins and photos wont load.
hi. i have a situation :) my domain was redirected to siteground. my hosted content is still with godaddy. i have access to the cpanel but eeven in the file manager i dont see the actual name of the domain. just its sub domains. do i just take the entire files or can i locate the last back up before this mess and do what yoe do here to migrate the contents.
If you're GoDaddy account is unchanged, it maybe easiest to redirect your domain back to GoDaddy? Then you can make a backup and import more easily to SiteGround? There is also a good chance the site will work if you transfer all the files and database from GoDaddy to SiteGround.
can this method can be used for transferring website to other hosting?
Hi..what if you're not able to backup then SQL files. Is there a way to still get the website back if u only have the wp backup on the file manager ?
This is amazing. Thank you very much.
cPanel doesn't exist at SiteGround anymore with "new" customers. I recently purchased 2 packages, and was told they have their "custom" panel setup now, and it's not so bad.
Hey Ron, I recorded this video yesterday afternoon, so maybe I don't have access you the new cpanel yet. I'll have to take a look and see if I can upgrade to the new one and make a new video if it's subsystem substantially different. I knew the new SiteGround dashboard was coming, but thought it would be rolled out to everyone at once.
@@wplearninglab It isn't cPanel at all anymore, it is their own CUSTOM version I suppose. Totally different. I got these websites last week. Probably something to do with pre-existing customers vs new customers for the time being.
They keep talking about this exciting new dashboard, and they show us demos which look good, but so far only new customers get the privilege. It was promised to us loyal customers that they would roll it out in September but no sign of it yet. It should be the other way round: reward the loyal customers!
@@StephenPiddingtonLongbow To me it is a two way street. If you are accustomed to CPanel, which I am, well that's what I prefer. The new way is more concise and perhaps easier for someone new, but awkward if you have cPanel stamped in your brain. On the other hand, I am with you to companies being loyal. For example, someone new can buy a Internet/Phone/TV package for $99 a month at a cable company. I have done business 35 years with the cable company, and I pay way more, and they won't even discuss me getting such a deal. Or when you walk in a restaurant and they give the drive through customer more respect and time than walk-in customers, and make someone standing wait longer within their establishment than someone in a car sitting down. This generation isn't quite getting things correct. You are correct, LOYAL customers lose out.
I see your point. cPanel is pretty much universal, so we're all familiar with it - but I've always thought it's a bit old-fashioned and clunky so was excited by Siteground's "promise" of a new, slick, UI. Maybe I'm just not loyal enough!