Start Migration – Local Migrations

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.