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The Migration Step 1: Setup a WordPress GoDaddy Account This is very good because you can confirm your website is working properly before you point your domain name at the new hosting. Your website can exist without a domain name pointing to it but no one will be able to see it! GoDaddy create a temporary domain name for you when you setup a Managed WordPress Hosting website from them. If you are unfamiliar with what a database is you could consider it to be similar to cluster of spreadsheets, each storing information allowing your website to search through it, order it and retrieve it when needed. This is where all of the textual content (pages, posts, etc.) and settings for your website are stored. These WordPress files need to be copied from your current hosting (the source) to your new hosting (the destination), using a system called FTP (File Transfer Protocol).

Themes, Plugins & Uploads – these are the files that are likely to have been changed or added to in order to form your WordPress website (themes for styling, plugins for functionality and uploads to add images/videos/files to the website).

These files are the same across all WordPress websites (of the same version) and so shouldn’t be touched during a website migation – you leave them in place.

The ‘WordPress Core’ – this consists of the files that make WordPress run.

Your WordPress website has two lots of files: So first off, when migrating a WordPress website (though true for most websites), there are three elements to consider: Files There are lots of guides out there for migrating WordPress websites but there are a few peculiarities about GoDaddy Hosting and I found many of the guides didn’t provide enough detail.