Start Migration – Local Migrations

Local migrations are Transferito Premium feature.

To start your local migration,

Log into the WordPress dashboard of your active site and click on the Start Migration link

Enter your details:

  • Enter the URL for the destination site
  • Click on the local migrations check box
  • Then click the continue button.

Your backup process will start, once your site is ready to be migrated a notification appear in the plugin:

Using Transferito Desktop, to complete your Local Migration:

  • Open Transferito Desktop
  • Click on the migrations navigation tab. (This is where migrations created in the plugin will be displayed)

Viewing your backup:

Your backup will appear on the migration screen.

  • This will show you the active site URL,
  • The time of the backup created
  • The destination site URL.

Selecting your destination site:

Select your destination site, if there are no destination sites in the site list. You will need to create a destination site.

Adding a site:

Click on the sites menu item in navigation bar., then click on the “Add Site” button

Select the following options for your environment and site type:

  • Environment: Local
  • Site Type: FTP

Enter your site details, this will include

  • A name to identify this site
  • The directory/folder of the Local site
  • Site URL
  • Database details

Using the newly created site:

Navigate back to the migrations menu item and select the destination site that we’ve just created.

Starting your migration:

Click the Start Migration button and very shortly you migration will be completed.