WordPress migration

Migrate WordPress, your way

Bring your WordPress site over yourself with Plesk WordPress Toolkit, or let our team move it for free. Either way, your old site stays online until you switch.

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  • Free migration by our team
  • Posts, plugins, themes and users
  • No downtime
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Two ways to move

Same result, same free hosting features. Pick the one that suits you.

Do it yourself

Use WordPress Toolkit

Plesk has a WordPress migration tool and a site import tool (Migrator) built in. Point it at your old site and it copies the files and the database for you.

  1. Order a WordPress plan with your domain.
  2. Open Plesk from the client area and go to WordPress.
  3. Choose Migrate, enter your old site's details and start the copy.
  4. Check the site, then point your DNS to us.

Best if you are comfortable with a control panel.

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Free

Let us do it

Open a ticket and our team moves the whole site for you, then tests it on a temporary link before you switch.

  1. Order a WordPress plan with your domain.
  2. Open a ticket with the subject "Migration".
  3. We copy and test the site on a temporary link.
  4. You point DNS, or we do it if your domain is on our Cloudflare.

Best if you want it done for you. Usually 1 to 2 business days.

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What your site gets on our WordPress plans

Move once, then enjoy a faster and safer home for WordPress.

  • Cloudflare caching

    Images, scripts and styles are cached on Cloudflare's network, close to your visitors, on every WordPress plan.

  • Business and Agency

    Staging environment

    Try updates and new designs on a copy of your site, then publish when you are happy.

  • Automatic updates

    WordPress core, plugins and themes can update on their own, so you stay patched.

  • Business and Agency

    Daily backups

    A fresh backup every day, ready to restore in a few clicks.

  • Business and Agency

    Malware scanning

    Your files are scanned for known malware, so problems are caught early.

  • Free SSL and HTTPS

    A free certificate, issued and renewed automatically, with HTTP redirected to HTTPS.

From old host to live

Whichever path you choose, the move follows the same safe order.

  1. Pick a plan

    Choose a WordPress plan. Your hosting is set up automatically.

  2. Copy the site

    Use WordPress Toolkit yourself, or open a ticket and we copy it for free.

  3. Check it

    Click through your site on our servers before anything goes live.

  4. Switch DNS

    Point your domain to us. Your old site works until the switch is done.

Questions, answered

Still unsure? Our team answers tickets in 17 languages. Moving more than WordPress? See full website migration.

No. Migration by our team is free on WordPress, shared and reseller plans.

No. Your old site keeps running until you switch DNS, and we copy and test before that happens.

Yes. The whole site moves: posts, pages, media, plugins, themes, settings and users. Your WordPress login stays the same.

Yes. Every WordPress plan includes Plesk with WordPress Toolkit, which has a migration tool, plus Plesk's site import tool. Our knowledge base and support can help if you get stuck.

Staging is included on WP Business and WP Agency. See all WordPress plans for the details.

Not usually. Large sites take longer to copy, and we will tell you up front how long. Check that your plan's storage fits your site.

If your mail is hosted at your old host, we can move the mailboxes and messages too. Mention it in your ticket.

Bring your WordPress site home

Pick a WordPress plan and move it yourself in Plesk, or let our team do it for free.

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