It sounds like you need to uninstall WordPress. If your web host includes a hosting control panel then you might have an item called “Quick Install” where you can view your current CMS installations. If you see WordPress listed somewhere you should be able to click a red X and remove it. If none of … Read more
make sure your .htaccess file is correct. did you copy that aswell?
A host doesn’t need to specialize in WordPress to be a good environment for it. Many hosts supposedly specialize in it, but don’t provide any different features than their competitors. If you are looking for officially recommended hosts, take a look at the WordPress recommended hosts. However, I’m not a fan of all of the … Read more
It is impossible to guess how is memory spent in your site. In context of WordPress it will simply obey PHP memory limit and will crash upon reaching it. Your description sounds more like the total of server memory, which isn’t just WP, but everything on server (including web server software, database software, and so … Read more
Unfortunately, load times are such a broad question it’s not possible for others to speculate. There are various page speed tools that can help you better understand whether it’s the server or the application, and there are query monitor plugins for WP you can use to determine what part of the application may be slowing … Read more
Migrations are a bit off-topic, but typically you would set up the new WordPress site locally or as a staging site, meaning it could be on the final server, but you’re using a different URL while you get everything set up. Once you have all the content loaded, all the themes and plugins how you … Read more
I personally wouldn’t bother with any of the hosting review sites. Instead ask friends and peers which services they use and if they are any good. Also checkout the userbase and the community at the host you are considering as they will give you a good indication of whether the host is of good quality … Read more
It’s almost certainly a permissions problem – your wp-content folder must be writable by your webserver user. Typically setting permissions to 755 will sort this.
Assuming that the hosting account is capable of meeting the minimum requirements, yes, you can install WordPress in a subdirectory of an existing site. See more info here: https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory
Your question lacks info, but I think you only need a guidance on how to start. If you want do develop locally, you should install XAMPP, WAMPP or any other program that ’emulates’ a server in your computer. After you do that, you need to configure your database with PhpMyAdmin for example, to create the … Read more