How to Migrate a WordPress Website (content and theme)

Migrating WordPress Website

You need to SFTP the following files:

• Ai1WP migration export file
• mydatabase.sql SQL dump
• /wordpress/wp-content/uploads

If you see a blank page, chances are the theme is missing. Log into /wp-admin and install the required theme.

Uploading a WordPress Theme to a live website

• SFTP into this server

  > put mytheme.zip
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• SSH into the server

  $ mv mytheme.zip /var/www/mywebsite/wp-content/themes

  $ unzip mytheme.zip

  $ rm mytheme.zip

• set file permissions for the theme folder

• Log into wp-admin and activate the theme