Title: wordpress migration
Last modified: August 9, 2021

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# wordpress migration

 *  [xp2600](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xp2600/)
 * (@xp2600)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-migration-16/)
 * Dear all,
    I am moving wordpress site from cpanel to local server, i had mysql
   databases restored, and i copied everything in public_folder from cpanel (include
   all wordpress files) to a folder, i installed fresh installation of Apache and
   wordpress, checked wordpress and it was working fine, i deleted the whole contents
   of the wordpress files, then copied the old site contents (public_folder contents)
   and edited wp_config added the new mysql user name /pw and made sure the db name
   is correct, even though, when i open the web server its open the default wordpress
   page, not the old wordpress site, any clue ?

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 *  [Dave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvaer/)
 * (@dvaer)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-migration-16/#post-14748751)
 * Not sure what’s going on, but if your site is not huge you could consider creating
   your local install with the duplicator plugin. This might be quicker than troubleshooting.
 *  Thread Starter [xp2600](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xp2600/)
 * (@xp2600)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-migration-16/#post-14748799)
 * Thanks you for replying, i assume this plugin require the old wordpress hosting
   being available, i don’t have it anymore, i just have a directory from the old
   hosting contains the WordPress site(Public_Folder), and a mysql backup
    I restored
   sqlbackup successfully, but i don’t have an apache virtual host for the old site,
   i installed wordpress from scratch, and just tried to delete the cpanel default
   files, then copied the old site on its location (using the same default page 
   Apache using.
 *  [Dave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvaer/)
 * (@dvaer)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-migration-16/#post-14748949)
 * Yes, it would need the old site being available.
 * In that case as far as I can see you’ve done everything you need to.
 * So you can get a fresh wordpress install working on your localhost?
 * Maybe there’s an incompatible plugin in your old site? What happens if you rename
   the plugin folder?

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 * Last reply from: [Dave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvaer/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-migration-16/#post-14748949)
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