{"id":332,"date":"2015-08-25T18:49:03","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T01:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lornas.wpengine.com\/?p=332"},"modified":"2015-08-25T18:49:35","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T01:49:35","slug":"moving-to-wpengine-is-now-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorennason.com\/2015\/08\/moving-to-wpengine-is-now-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving to WPEngine is now Easier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last month WPEngine announced a new tool\/plugin to make moving to WPEngine even easier. A few months ago I moved this domain to GoDaddy Managed Hosting. No complaints there. Just for me WPEngine works better for all the sites I have there at this time.<\/p>\n<p>When I decided to move this domain back today I used their plugin to move the site back. It was simple and easy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Install plugin. You can get the plugin from your Dashboard by search for it. Or you can download directly from WPEngine and then upload it to you where your current install is<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Activate and run plugin<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:\u00a0<\/strong>Fill in the details as provided by WPEngine for the migration<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-332 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lorennason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpengine-migration3.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/lorennason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpengine-migration3-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lorennason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpengine-migration3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/lorennason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpengine-migration3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/lorennason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpengine-migration3-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-335'>\n\t\t\t\tWPE Details\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lorennason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpengine-migration.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/lorennason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpengine-migration-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lorennason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpengine-migration-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/lorennason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpengine-migration-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/lorennason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpengine-migration-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-333'>\n\t\t\t\tFill in the fields\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Click the Migrate button and wait<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-334\" src=\"http:\/\/loren.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpengine-migration2-300x157.png\" alt=\"wpengine-migration2\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lorennason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpengine-migration2-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/lorennason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpengine-migration2-600x314.png 600w, https:\/\/lorennason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpengine-migration2-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/lorennason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpengine-migration2.png 1203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5:<\/strong> Update your DNS &#8216;A&#8217; record to point at the new IP that WPEngine has given you for your install<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6:<\/strong> Add domain to &#8220;domains&#8221; list for you install<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 7:<\/strong> Go to WordPress Dashboard-&gt;Settings-&gt;General to update your domain\/url settings back to what they were on your site<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 8:<\/strong> Wait for DNS to replicate around the world (2-24 hours)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 9:<\/strong> Get back to blogging<\/p>\n<p>Here is a post from WPEngine with a video tut about the plugin.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wpengine.com\/blog\/free-migrations-20-percent-off\/\">http:\/\/wpengine.com\/blog\/free-migrations-20-percent-off\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Signup by Aug 31st 2015 use coupon code <a href=\"http:\/\/loren.wpengine.com\/ads\/wpengine\/\" target=\"_blank\">FreeMoveA<\/a> and get 2 months free PLUS another 20% off from <a href=\"http:\/\/loren.wpengine.com\/ads\/wpengine\/\" target=\"_blank\">WPEngine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[adsanity id=181 align=aligncenter \/]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month WPEngine announced a new tool\/plugin to make moving to WPEngine even easier. A few months ago I moved this domain to GoDaddy Managed Hosting. No complaints there. Just for me WPEngine works better for all the sites I have there at this time. 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