[Connect]
Install the plugin and connect
The plugin goes on the site you are moving and syncs. Nothing on the live site changes while it runs.
Read the docsFeatureMigrations for WordPress
Move your WordPress site in one click
Any host, any size, to a new server or a new domain. The copy is assembled on our servers, the URLs are rewritten for you, and the domain only moves when you say so.
- 2M+Sites migrated
- 5,000+Web hosts supported
- 200 GBLargest site cloned
- <30 minFor a 1 GB site
A migration, as it actually runs
An agency team moves a client’s live WooCommerce store to a new host from inside BlogVault. Orders keep arriving; nothing changes for visitors until DNS does. Migrate Guru, the free plugin, makes the same one-off move.
#hartley-moveAgency team · 3 members
SRPNDKSR
Hartley’s go-live is Friday. Can we move the store today without taking it down? They’re still taking orders.
PN
Yes. I’ll migrate from last night’s backup, check it on the new host, and we only switch DNS when they sign off.
Simulated migration interface
SitesMigrateBackupsStagingReportsSearch sites…
shop.hartleyandco.comStore live · 3 orders in the last hourWooCommerce · last backup today, 02:10
Migration reportOverviewMigrateStagingHistory
New migration
Start migrationMigrating to Cloudways
Files18,432
Database212 tables
Media47 GB
URLsRewritten
Live on the new hostDNS unchanged · visitors are still on the old host
Open on new hostSwitch DNSNothing heavy runs on your site.The work happens on ours.
Old host to new.Nothing left behind.
Assembling on our servers...
▸ Files18,432 copied
▸ Database212 tables
▸ Media library47 GB
What is in the copy
- Media
- Plugins & themes
- Database
Checking the new host...
▸ PagesBrowsable on the new host
▸ URLsRewritten, serialised included
▸ DNSStill on the old host
URLs rewritten, by place
- Posts & pages
- Options
- Serialised data
Connect your site
The plugin syncs the site you are moving. Nothing on the live site changes while it runs.
Copy assembled off-site
Files and database are put together on our servers, not on the one your site runs on.
URLs rewritten as it moves
Search and replace runs across the database and config files, serialised data included.
Visitors see no change
Your origin server keeps serving traffic instead of zipping an archive it cannot finish.
Complete before DNS
The site is finished and browsable on the new host before the domain points at it.
You pick the moment
DNS moves last, not first. If something looks wrong, nothing has changed for visitors.
Any host, any domain
The destination can be a new host, a new address, or development to production.
A way back
The backup taken before the move stays in your history, whichever way the day goes.
Migration, end to end
How a migration runs
Four steps, and only the last one is yours to time.
Start a migrationMigration workflowAssembled off your server
[Destination]
Point it at the new home
Enter the destination host’s details, or a new domain. The destination can be any host you are moving to.
Who it is for[Copy]
The work runs on our servers
Files and database are assembled off-site, so the migration never loads the server your site is running on.
See it run[Switch]
Check it, then move DNS
URLs and serialised data are rewritten for you. The site is live on the new host before the domain moves.
Common questionsWhat the migration covers
Eight things that decide whether a move is painless or a weekend.
Migrate to a new host
The complete site is copied to the new server — files, database, the lot — with no manual work at either end.
Migrate to a new domain
A development copy to production, or production to a staging site. The same single step either way.
Selective migration
Move only what you need: choose the plugins, themes, WordPress files or database tables before it starts.
Search and replace, built in
URLs in the database and config files are rewritten as the site moves, serialised data included. No second plugin.
Zero downtime
The site is built on the new host first. You switch DNS when it checks out, not before.
Any web host
5,000+ hosts are supported: shared, managed WordPress, country-specific, and servers you run yourself.
Large sites
Migrate Guru clones sites as large as 200 GB, where a live-server import would hit its limits and fail.
Multisite networks
Subdomain and subdirectory networks both migrate, with no add-on and no special handling for serialised data.
Any web host
2 million sites migrated, across 5,000 web hosts
Shared hosting, managed WordPress platforms, country-specific hosts, and servers you run yourself. Major hosts use this engine for their own migration plugin.
Start a migrationThe engine doesn’t change with the job. One site, a client portfolio, or a 200 GB store.
- [Agencies]
Move a client portfolio without a maintenance window
Runs from the same dashboard that holds every client site, to any host they are moving to.
- [Hosts]
The technology behind other migration plugins
LiquidWeb, Pantheon and Cloudways use this engine for their own WordPress migration tools.
- [Stores]
Move a WooCommerce store between hosts
Orders keep arriving while the copy is built. The address only changes when DNS switches, at a time you pick.
- [Large sites]
Media libraries that break ordinary importers
Ordinary migrations fail on live-server import limits. Assembling the site off-site removes that ceiling.
“The smoothest & fastest migration of a WP website! Once we installed the plugin & clicked migrate, nothing else was required. Our site had been migrated, lock stock & barrel.”
David AttardiCollectiveRay“I've been migrating WP sites for almost 15 years and it has never been so easy. Just paste the key from the destination and off you go.”
“A straightforward and effortless way to do every migration. Even a Multisite with 5+ domains.”
Documentation
Every step, written out
The migration knowledge base is kept with the product: the standard move, a change of domain, the backup to take first, and where staging fits in.
Browse the knowledge base6 guidesMigration knowledge base
- Migrate to a new web host, same domainThe standard move: the destination host, its credentials, and what to check afterwards.
- Migrate to a new domainMoving a site to a different address, including development to production.
- Back up your site before migratingThe step people skip. Take a fresh backup first so there is a way back.
- Staging and mergeRehearse the move on a staging copy, then merge what you choose.
- All migration articlesThe full migration section of the knowledge base.
- Migrate GuruThe free plugin, its limits and how it differs from a BlogVault migration.
▸ Support knowledge base
Step-by-step articles, kept with the product.
Start hereMigrate to a new host, same domainThe standard move
Migration questions
Will my site go down during the migration?
No. The site is copied to the destination host while the live site keeps serving traffic. Nothing changes for visitors until you point DNS at the new host, and that is your decision, made after you have checked the new copy.
How long does a migration take?
It depends on size, but a 1 GB site is typically cloned in under 30 minutes. Because the work runs on our servers rather than yours, a slow or busy origin server does not stall it.
How large a site can be moved?
Migrate Guru moves sites as large as 200 GB. Large migrations usually fail because of import limits on the live server, which is exactly the step that is avoided here.
Do I need an add-on for Multisite or serialised data?
No. Subdomain and subdirectory networks both migrate as they are, and search and replace handles serialised data without a second plugin.
Do I need storage space for the migration?
No. The copy is held on our servers during the move and erased once it completes.
Which hosts are supported?
Over 5,000, from shared hosting to managed WordPress platforms to servers you run yourself. Several hosts use this same engine for their own migration plugin.
Why stop at migrations
The same engine moves a site, keeps a copy of it, and puts it back — whichever one you need next.
- Staging
Rehearse the change before it is live
A staging copy runs on our servers rather than your host, so a theme swap, a plugin update or a rebuild can be tried where nothing is at stake. Push it back when it is right.
Read the guide - Backups
Nine encrypted copies, off your host
Every backup is stored away from your server, across two storage providers. A host that fails or is compromised never takes the copy with it, and restores run from our machines.
See how it works - WooCommerce
Every order captured as it happens
A store keeps taking orders between scheduled backups. Each one is noted the moment it lands and collected continuously, so no change is missed when you need to go back.
See real-time backups
Backups built for scale. Restores for the bad day.
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