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How to migrate wordpress website from shared hosting to LEMP droplet on Ubuntu 20.04
Not a single tutorial available on
- Migration of a wordpress website from shared hosting to LEMP stack droplet on Ubuntu 20.04.
while existing on DO explain how to create / configure LEMP stack on Ubuntu 20.04 but no article correctly explains the process to manually upload wordpress file and data backup into a new wordpress installation in LEMP stack droplet.
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We have a series of tutorials that cover the process of migrating from one Linux server to another which you can check here:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorial_series/how-to-migrate-to-a-new-linux-server
In general, depending on your site/application you will need to spin up a droplet that matches your current hosting provider environment or at least is suitable for your app/site needs (e.g running the same PHP version). Then you need to migrate your data (files, users, database and etc).
Another option is to use the All-in-One WP Migration plugin. The plugin can handle the migration process on your behalf.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-migration/
This article also covers the process, although it is outdated:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-migrate-wordpress-from-shared-hosting-to-a-cloud-server-with-zero-downtime
The final step will be to test everything and make sure it is working fine and then switch the DNS settings and push your site live from DigitalOcean.
Hope that this helps! Regards, Alex
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