Use 1-click migration to move your WordPress site to another directory

The easiest way to migrate your site is with our WordPress 1-click migration tool. It's included in Managed WP and most of our hosting plans, except for Beginner.

Tip: If you can't use our 1-click tool, please follow this guide instead: Move your WordPress site within the same domain

With the 1-click tool, follow these steps:

• Step 1 - Prepare
• Step 2 - Start the WordPress migration
• Step 3 - Clean up old files
• Step 4 - Redirect traffic from your old directory

Step 1 - Prepare

To ensure that the migration runs smoothly, you need to prepare a few things.

1. Make sure the destination directory is empty.
2. Check that your website is at most 1GB (700 MB files + 300MB database). If it is more than 1GB, you need to migrate it manually.
3. Locate the login details for SFTP and the database and keep them at hand.
4. Find the current table prefix in the database, and note it down. The prefix is the bit before the underscore, for example, "blog_" or "www_".

Tip: Before starting a migration, it's a good idea to clean up your WordPress database. Check this guide for more instructions: How to optimize the WordPress database.

Step 2 - Start the WordPress migration.

Follow the general migration guide: Using 1-click WordPress migration

Note: You need to enter the subdomain address like this: https://directory.one-example.nl and not the subdirectory: https://one-example.nl/directory.

Step 3 - Clean up old files

Once the migration is completed, you need to remove your old WordPress installation. If you leave the files, they become a vulnerability that hackers can exploit.

1. Make sure that your migrated website is working.
2. Create a backup of your webspace and database.
3. Delete the files and folders in your old directory via File Manager.
4. Remove the tables with the old prefix from your database.
5. Additionally, if your old WordPress installation was connected to the one.com Control Panel, you must delete it there. 

Step 4 - Redirect traffic from your old directory

For SEO purposes, it's a good idea to add a 301 redirect; that way, visitors and search engines are automatically redirected to the new location of your website.

1. Create a file called .htaccess.
2. Add the following configuration to the .htaccess file and replace old-directory with the directory where your website used to be and newlocation.com with your website's current location.

RewriteEngine On
Redirect 301 /old-directory/ https://www.newlocation.com

Tip: Alternatively, you can create this redirect with a plugin. We recommend the Redirection plugin.

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• Change the table prefix for WordPress