WordPress Website Backup & Migration: How to Move Your Site.

Name: WordPress Website Backup & Migration: How to Move Your Site.
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Backup & Move / Restore of WordPress site with plugins & manually. Handle Any Problems including moving your emails!

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Created byChris Scott

Last updated 6/2017

English

What you'll learn

Backup your WordPress site using cPanel
Backup your WordPress site using Plugins
Migrate your WordPress site using multiple tools
Using plugins you will be able to secure your site on your new host.
At the end of the course students will be able to backup and migrate WordPress Websites to a new secure hosting server with confidence!
Site Security

Course content

8 sections • 30 lectures • 2h 56m total length

Introduction2:14

Install Clone plugin on local host test server6:48
Exercise: Install This WP CLONE on your test server. INCLUDES All the Plugins0:05
Moving Cloned WordPress site to cPanel site9:16
Install a WordPress Backup Plugin5:31
Lesson covers installing plugin and restoring backups. Creating backups is covered in: Using Plugins in Combination (for a very good reason).
Install a WordPress Content Migration Plugin8:27
Edit Content Plugin to work on very large sites3:29
Exercise: Unzip and import file on your test server for content plugin0:01
Install a Clone of WordPress in a Testing Directory using a Plugin4:00
Using Plugins in Combination for Best Results7:38
Install Plugins

Change User Names & Passwords using phpMyAdmin8:15
Install Security Plugin5:34
Using online Malware Scanner4:16
Manually Add Security Salts & Access Protection to files and folders9:41
Create or add to your .htaccess in the folder you are protecting.

# Protect Your WordPress Configuration wp-config.php File:

<files wp-config.php>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</files>

#Protect .htaccess file:

<files ~ "^.*\.([Hh][Tt][Aa])">
order allow,deny
deny from all
satisfy all
</files>

#Disable Access to XML-RPC File
<Files xmlrpc.php>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Files>

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
USE: *.php DENY FROM ALL ---- WITH CAUTION! USE ONLY IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING
To prevent .php execution put this in a ".htaccess" file in any folder:

<Files *.php>
deny from all
</Files>
.htaccess Protecting files and folders0:27

Requirements

Prior WordPress Admin experience.
You should have a good understanding of your computer's operating system.
Access to a cPanel Hosted Account

Description

Step-by-step methods of how to: backup / move & restore your WordPress site.

I will show you how to create backups using cPanel and backup plugins. Then you will learn how to create a clone of your site and how to migrate it using plugins and manually. We will then cover moving from one hosting provider to another. We will also cover setting up a localhost testing environment to test on before moving it to your new host.

You do not need any programming experience. You do need some WordPress Admin experience with access to a cPanel hosting account.

What this course will give you is: CONFIDENCE in creating backups & moving your site, including your emails!

I have included a BONUS section on site security enjoy!

Who this course is for:

WordPress Administrators
WordPress Theme Developers
Internet Marketers
Anyone wanting to expand their skills and job opportunities

WordPress Website Backup & Migration: How to Move Your Site.

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 2min

Backup, Backup & Backup5 lectures • 22min

Install a Testing Server on Your Local PC or Mac2 lectures • 16min

Moving Your Site Basics Includes: Installing PLUGIN in BROWSER4 lectures • 31min

Install Plugins to Backup or Move Your Site9 lectures • 45min

Manually Move Your Site3 lectures • 32min

Bonus Section: Site Security5 lectures • 28min

Conclusion1 lecture • 1min

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