Remove the htaccess file and then regenerate it by hitting save at settings->permalinks Also make sure to change site_url and home (options table), to reflect the updated path. P.S.: You should really have a local dev env.
The pro version of “Duplicator” should be able to handle that. I remeber to have used that once for a situation similar to what you describe.
How did you search and replace? If you just used a text editor, some of the data is likely corrupt as WP stores a lot of serialized information – if the new URL contains a different number of characters than the old URL, everything can go sideways fast. It’s safer to use a db migration … Read more
did you change the urls in the database? add these to your wp-config.php define(‘WP_HOME’, ‘http://example.com’); define(‘WP_SITEURL, ‘http://example.com’); Then update the ones in settings and remove those from the config file. also update your permalinks as well
There are a couple of possibilities: 1 – your site hasn’t fully propagated yet When you said you “created an installation of WordPress” it sounds like you have a completely new install with new username and password. If you are using that new login and you can’t get it, DNS probably has not completely propagated. … Read more
You sure you follow the Codex advises when Moving your WordPress, from what you said, it’s not clear to me if you export/import the database or just did the changes you mentioned.
You can reupload files via ftp, i believe you did via cpanel and filenames corrupted. Also you can use plugin like this https://wordpress.org/plugins/clean-image-filenames/
In SQL Server Management Studio right-click your database and select Tasks / Generate Scripts. Follow the wizard and you’ll get a script that recreates the data structure in the correct order according to foreign keys. On the wizard step titled “Set Scripting Options” choose “Advanced” and modify the “Types of data to script” option to … Read more
I’d use a Search/Replace plugin (I like “Better Search and Replace”) to look for any old URLs. (That plugin has a ‘test-but-don’t-change’ option.) If you find any old URL, use the same plugin to replace with the new URL. Although you can use SQL commands to make the changes, the plugin has always worked better … Read more
Migrating WordPress is not that a big deal. The only tricky part is if the website changes domain, e.g. from https://domain.com to https.//newdomain.com. As general instructions: Pack up the WordPress directory using tar You have to create a package to transfer over to the new location. To do this navigate inside the main wp directory … Read more