Importing WP settings to another host

Follow the steps:

  1. Copy/Move all files to new location
  2. Export database from old mysql server and import data in new server (you can use phpmyadmin for that)
  3. Select wp_options table using phpmyadmin from new location.
  4. Edit 2 entry in option table with option name home and siteurl . set option value = new location url
  5. Login to wp-admin.
  6. Go to setting >> Permalink and update permalink structure if you were using that on old location
  7. And you’re done. Your new site is live now.

Source: http://wpeden.com/tipsntuts/moving-wordpress-to-new-locationserver-from-an-old-locationserver/

Related Posts:

  1. Are transients garbage collected?
  2. Are all options loaded to memory on each request?
  3. How to pass variable to add_settings_section() callback?
  4. Using widget options ‘outside’ the widget
  5. How to load WordPress on non WP page?
  6. Difference between Option_Group and Option_Name in Register_Settings
  7. Why does WordPress use serialize rather than json_encode for the options table? [duplicate]
  8. Plugin options will not save in database
  9. How to Create a Custom WordPress Install Package?
  10. Settings API – creating reusable form elements?
  11. Efficient way of saving plugin options
  12. register_setting() vs add_option()
  13. Where to hook register_settings for Settings API when also want to update options outside of Settings API?
  14. How much string content can I store in an option?
  15. Why isn’t get_option array contents displaying?
  16. How to Save Different Settings Options Using Settings API and/or the Theme Optimizer
  17. Define WordPress image size in img tag
  18. get_option() is not working even db contains the corresponding option_name and option_value
  19. Proper use of option_page_capability_{$page_name}
  20. update_option method with support of utf8
  21. Can I use a space in an option name/key?
  22. How to save WordPress Options as an array?
  23. update_option not working in stand-alone PHP script
  24. How to verify this checkbox is checked?
  25. What to use , set_transient, set_option or file system? [closed]
  26. Settings API get_option best practices
  27. Deploy pre-configured database
  28. Character Encoding for wp_options
  29. Tab from Settings API resetting all options with INSERT INTO [closed]
  30. display all posts in wordpress admin crashing after 999 screen option
  31. Allow spiders to crawl my site (selectable option in wp)
  32. Putting my site live
  33. get_option array value defaults and best practices
  34. Add an option to a Child theme of Twenty Eleven
  35. The Settings API – What is the purpose of default value in register_setting?
  36. WordPress options page not saving
  37. How to store a value on WP_option table
  38. Changing the language in Site Language does nothing
  39. Two settings_fields in one form
  40. Custom blog settings
  41. wp_usermeta wp_usersettings
  42. Can’t save checkbox option
  43. How to set wp_editor to be email friendly?
  44. Work flow for multiple developers
  45. i changed my wordpress address url in SETTINGS – GENRERAL – wordpress address site url. cannot login anymore
  46. update object options on option form
  47. Functions to edit wp-config.php [duplicate]
  48. Saving plugin options page
  49. Transients API conditional
  50. How to use a newly registered setting with a checkbox and the default value ‘true’
  51. help using get_option
  52. Testing for addon plugin activated
  53. How to check False booleans when using get_option?
  54. Where have the Privacy Settings gone in WordPress 3.5?
  55. Is there any other place – besides a theme, a plugin, or a mu-plugin – that an option page might conceivably be used?
  56. How to save custom settings api fields with custom section fuction
  57. Custom options in plugin, register_settings not working as no options.php?
  58. Verify Values Using Settings API
  59. How can I increase the font sizes used by the WordPress visual and HTML post editors?
  60. Which Hook can I use when creating unique post but not update/save/delete
  61. How to use update_option() without replacing/losing the old value?
  62. how create an html table with all values from a serialized array in option_value
  63. Settings API and ‘type’ => ‘font’
  64. Create a counter variable in wp_options that increments when submit button is pressed
  65. Options page: values don’t show up in dashboard
  66. Accept code input into Options Framework
  67. WordPress Settings API settings not saving for some users
  68. Sharing Buttons not Working – Sharing Settings [closed]
  69. Character \ appearing before ‘ after saving a settings page
  70. How to add a Reset to Defaults button with Settings API?
  71. How can I clear memcached WordPress site options by hand?
  72. Settings API no update status? (refering to the yellow bar when you save settings)
  73. PHP class to add pages and fields in admin panel
  74. get_option() and update_option() in a transaction (for an autoincrement value)
  75. How to change color of a word in text after WP update
  76. display category name based on its equivalent id
  77. Retrieve my custom settings in the settings/ API endpoint
  78. Is it possible to have a global parameter page which allows to configure other plugins in the same place?
  79. Multiple checkbox doesn’t work in wordpress settings api
  80. Help to create the best plugin settings!
  81. Move website from root to sub
  82. Encoding matter – ? instead of € after settings field callback
  83. Problem with checkbox in Settings API
  84. add image in dropdown select
  85. User specific settings, limited by role
  86. Remove Edit Profile option but still have the profile viewable
  87. Dynamically Update Key in Associative Array When Saving Settings
  88. Move one option value into another option
  89. Adding data to options table
  90. Incorporating the Settings API in WordPress Themes – by Chip Bennet
  91. WordPress options text format
  92. Caching of SQL queries
  93. WordPress theme options tabs
  94. Only show theme option if it option exists
  95. The issue of redirecting my site to a new domain
  96. Custom general settings (textarea field) don’t output HTML correctly
  97. Using get_option() for check box field
  98. Where to adjust presets for slider options “auto rotate” (3, 5, 10, 15 seconds)? [closed]
  99. change backend header options
  100. If Home Page Do Nothing, If All Else Show This Content