Title: Transfer WordPress without database access
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Transfer WordPress without database access

 *  [SirBellamy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sirbellamy/)
 * (@sirbellamy)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/transfer-wordpress-without-database-access/)
 * Hi,
    I am trying to move wordpress from one host to another with same URL. My
   problem is that I don’t have access to my old wordpress database. I only have
   access to the files (Blog folder). I am using godaddy as a new host and I installed
   wordpress which gave me that Blog folder and new database. Is there a way to 
   copy only that Blog folder from my old WordPress and attach it to the new (empty)
   database on the new host?
 * Thanks!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/transfer-wordpress-without-database-access/#post-3159818)
 * I’m sorry but all of your old site’s content is stored in your old database. 
   Do you have any database backups?
 *  Thread Starter [SirBellamy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sirbellamy/)
 * (@sirbellamy)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/transfer-wordpress-without-database-access/#post-3159842)
 * All I have is FTP and wp-admin access to the old blog. I don’t have phpMyAdmin
   access. Although I hava access to the old wp-config.php and I can see username
   and pass for the database I am not sure how to access it as I don’t have phpMyAdmin
   url. Is there any way I can make backup using those methods have access to?
 * Thanks!
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/transfer-wordpress-without-database-access/#post-3159845)
 * > All I have is FTP and wp-admin access to the old blog.
 * Then use Tools -> Export to create a export file of your old content followed
   by Tools -> Import on the new site to import your old content.
 *  [Jason Bruno](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcwebhole/)
 * (@jcwebhole)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/transfer-wordpress-without-database-access/#post-3159851)
 * even if you dont have phpmyadmin access you can still backup the database via
   plugins…. wp complete backup can do the job… same with a lot of other backup 
   utilities..
 * make your whole site backup and restore it to your new server
 * this works most of the time for me..
 * except for some cases like url change or hosting folder structure difference.
 *  Thread Starter [SirBellamy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sirbellamy/)
 * (@sirbellamy)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/transfer-wordpress-without-database-access/#post-3159953)
 * For some reason I can not manage to backup database. I tried at least 5 different
   tools for backing up database from WP admin. Does anyone wants to do this for
   me. Of course, work will be compensated!
 * Cheers
 *  [fonglh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fonglh/)
 * (@fonglh)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/transfer-wordpress-without-database-access/#post-3159955)
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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
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 * Last activity: [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/transfer-wordpress-without-database-access/#post-3159955)
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