- Download the entire Wordpress directory to your local machine
- (Backup/Archive files from your old non-Wordpress website)
- Upload the entire Wordpress directory to the live website directory
- Login into your dev site and change the site URL from the dev site path to the live site path
(After you submit this change, you will automatically be redirected to the login page for your new live site. If not, go to /wp-admin in a web browser on your new live site.)
- Login
Clean up and final steps:
- Remove "/test" or "/dev" from the htaccess file if the Wordpress development site was created in a sub-folder. The final htaccess file's rewrite line should read:
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
- Update any page links and images (navigation/footer/teaser links/etc)
- Update image references in the stylesheet
- Update absolute image references in the Theme
- Widget links and image paths
More
- Update email addresses used in development contact forms
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