Title: moving wordpress went wrong
Last modified: September 19, 2018

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# moving wordpress went wrong

 *  [alanpmcd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alanpmcd/)
 * (@alanpmcd)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-went-wrong/)
 * (This is the first time I’ve moved a WordPress site) I moved my WordPress site
   from one account to another within a provider (FastHosts) having previously moved
   the domain name to my control. I then restored the backed-up database into a 
   new database I’d created. I amended my backed-up wp-config.php to reflect the
   new database name, username, password and host. I then restored the site’s files
   from a winscp backup.
 * When I tried to login I was invited to reinstall WordPress.
 * I wondered if the table prefixes were wrong as when I looked in the database 
   the prefixes were not ‘wp_’. So I changed that setting in wp-config.php to reflect
   reality.
 * I’m still invited to reinstall WordPress.
 * I’m unsure what to do next and would appreciate advice. Can I simply reinstall
   WordPress yet recover my old pages and posts, which are after all sitting there
   on the server? If so, how? If not, what is a check-list of what I should try 
   now? I’m stuck.
 * alanpmcd
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fmoving-wordpress-went-wrong%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [stefsternyc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stefsternyc/)
 * (@stefsternyc)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-went-wrong/#post-10705099)
 * Just clear the new database and try again. Check your prefix and make sure it
   matches the tables in the database.
 * You can also use a plugin called All In One Migration and another called Duplicate

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 * [moving site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/moving-site/)
 * [wp-config.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-config-php/)

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-went-wrong/#post-10705099)
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