Hi
I am hosting a WordPress website on DigitalOcean which hasn’t been updated for a long time. I did a redesign of the website on an offline server and want to upload it to the online version.
I thought of using the Duplicator Plugin and I would do as follows:
I install the duplicator plugin on the live website I import the offline version of the website to the live version using the import function in the plugin
Is there anything I need to take into account? Database, FTP and so on?
I have read that people have problems migrating to DigitalOcean with the duplicator plugin, when they change hosts. Note: I am already hosting the website on digital ocean.
Thanks in advance
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Hello,
I would recommend following the steps here on how to migrate a WordPress website to a DigitalOcean droplet with no downtime:
I will also recommend the All-in-One WP Migration plugin. The plugin will update the references for you during the import and will take care of the whole process. The Duplicator plugin is also a good alternative, however, I will recommend using the All-in-One WP Migration plugin.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-migration/
Hope that this helps! Regards, Alex
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