{"id":9,"date":"2018-03-24T09:52:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T09:52:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-02-22T01:14:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T01:14:04","slug":"clone-or-migrate-wordpress-to-different-domain-name-fix-static-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/clone-or-migrate-wordpress-to-different-domain-name-fix-static-links.html","title":{"rendered":"Clone or Migrate WordPress to a Different Domain Name & Fix Static Links"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Some WordPress themes and plugins write the full URL of a website inside their temporary files or database which makes it hard to change the domain name of a wordpress Installation.<\/p>\n

In this tutorial, I’ll clone WordPress from xyz.com<\/span> to abc.com\/wordpress<\/span><\/p>\n

This tutorial will cover the following 3 steps:
\n1- Clone or Migrate WordPress
\n2- Fix Static Links in files
\n3- Fix Links and serialized strings in database<\/p>\n

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1- Clone or Migrate WordPress<\/h2>\n

There are several ways to do this, you can
\n– Download all the files and databases and re-upload them to the new server:<\/b><\/span><\/span>
\nJust download the files from cPanel or FTP and the database from PhpMyAdmin and re-upload to new server<\/p>\n

– Or Transfer from a server to another using SSH without downloading\/uploading<\/b><\/span><\/span>
\nOn xyz.com server<\/span><\/span>
\nBrowse to the directory where wordpress is installed and run<\/p>\n

mysqldump -u dbuser -p dbtable > db.sql<\/pre>\n
where dbuser<\/i> is the db user name (usually found in wp.config)
\ndbtable<\/i> is the table name
\ndb.sql<\/i> is a text file containing all your database tables and data<\/p>\n
zip -r wp.zip * .htaccess<\/pre>\n
This will zip\/archive all the files, the database files you have extracted and the .htaccess files (which are needed if your webserver is apache, litespeed..)<\/p>\n
On\u00a0abc.com\/wordpress<\/span> server<\/span><\/span>
\nLogin to your new server\/host using SSH, go to the directory where you want to install wordpress and run the commands<\/p>\n
wget xyz.com\/wp.zip<\/pre>\n
This will download the files you have previously zipped\/archived in the previous step<\/p>\n
unzip wp.zip<\/pre>\n
to extract all the files and db<\/p>\n
mysql -u dbuser -p dbtable < db.sql<\/pre>\n
where dbuser<\/i> is the database user you have created on the new server
\ndbtable<\/i> is the table name you have created on the new server
\ndb.sql <\/i>is the file you have extracted from wp.zip which was on the old server<\/p>\n
vi wp-config.php<\/pre>\n
and modify the database credentials for the new server (user, table, password)<\/p>\n
Make sure to delete db.sql and wp.zip from both servers<\/b><\/p>\n
rm db.sql wp.zip<\/pre>\n
– Or Copy files if both websites are on the same server and you have SSH access (you need root access if they are on a different domain name)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n
On xyz.com server<\/span><\/span>
\nBrowse to the directory where wordpress is installed and run<\/p>\n
mysqldump -u dbuser -p dbtable > db.sql<\/pre>\n
where dbuser<\/i> is the db user name (usually found in wp.config)
\ndbtable<\/i> is the table name
\ndb.sql<\/i> is a text file containing all your database table<\/p>\n
cp -R * \/home\/yourpath\/yourpath\r\ncp .htaccess \/home\/yourpath\/yourpath<\/pre>\n
Where \/home\/yourpath\/yourpath<\/i> is the path of your new installtion\/clone<\/p>\n
On\u00a0abc.com\/wordpress<\/span> server<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
mysql -u dbuser -p dbtable < db.sql<\/pre>\n
where dbuser<\/i> is the database user
\ndbtable<\/i> is the new table name
\ndb.sql<\/i> is the database file<\/p>\n
vi wp-config.php<\/pre>\n
And modify the database credentials for the new server (user, table, password), you can also do it from FTP<\/p>\n
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2- Fix Static Links in files<\/h2>\n
This will be done from SSH<\/p>\n
On\u00a0abc.com\/wordpress<\/span> installation, run in SSH<\/span><\/span>
\nfind<\/span><\/span> -name *.php -exec sed -i\u00a0 “s;xyz.com<\/span>;abc.com\/wordpress<\/span><\/span>;g” {} ;<\/i>
\nfind<\/span><\/span> -name *.js -exec sed -i\u00a0 “s;xyz.com<\/span>;abc.com\/wordpress<\/span><\/span>;g” {} ;<\/i>
\nfind<\/span><\/span> -name *.css -exec sed -i\u00a0 “s;xyz.com<\/span>;abc.com\/wordpress<\/span><\/span>;g” {} ; <\/i><\/p>\n
Make sure to delete db.sql<\/p>\n
rm db.sql<\/pre>\n
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3- Fix Links and serialized strings in database<\/h2>\n
The easiest way is to do it using a php application called search and replace.
\nDownload it from
\nhttps:\/\/interconnectit.com\/products\/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases\/<\/a><\/p>\n
Extract and upload it to a folder in your wordpress installation, example
\nabc.com\/wordpress\/searchr<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
and open it from your browser, it should detect the database information from wp-config, make sure they are correct<\/p>\n
Enter the domain name you want to replace and the new value<\/p>\n
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You can make a dry run to check which tables will be affected.<\/p>\n
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Once you are ready do a live run.<\/p>\n
Once live run is done, delete search and replace, you can either delete the directory you uploaded or delete it from its interface.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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