The last website migration you’ll ever need

Before we can move your site, you’ll need to prepare the following items from our website migration checklist:

1. A working link to your current provider’s admin area, such as a login screen or a wp-admin link.
2. Your login details – the username and password. For WordPress websites, make sure the username is an admin user.
3. Enough disk space at your previous hosting provider to support the migration. You can find this info on your control panel.

Note that our dedicated migration team can also migrate a multisite WordPress website. For more information on additional requirements and steps, refer to this tutorial.

If you want to migrate your website manually, download:

• Website files. While the process may vary depending on your current hosting provider, generating website backups is fairly similar.
• Database. Refer to our guide on how to export your database with phpmyadmin for more assistance.

Make sure you upload both the website files and the database to our platform when manually migrating, or your website won’t work.

Once done, continue your manual migration by making sure your domain name points to Hostinger. Otherwise, users won’t be able to access your website.

Yes. We recommend migrating your emails and domains to Hostinger, as it will be more convenient to manage everything from one place.

If you have full ownership of your domain and it has been active for 60 days or more, follow our guide on migrating your domain to Hostinger. Once done, start migrating your email service.

You can point your domain name to Hostinger after completing the website migration. We’ll send you an email as soon as the transfer is successful.

If you build websites using any website builder, you won’t be able to migrate them to Hostinger. This is because they are closed-code platforms. Examples of such website builders include Wix, Squarespace, Shopify, and others.

In this case, consider starting your website from scratch with Hostinger Website Builder. Use AI to quickly build your site in a few clicks and copy the content from your old website.

Once you’ve chosen the Hostinger plan that suits your needs, you can migrate as many websites as part of that plan for free. Whether it’s one or a hundred, we’ve got you covered.

Keep in mind that for multiple migrations, you’ll have to make a separate request for each website.

A website migration process mainly depends on the type and platform it is built on. To illustrate, a simple, automatic WordPress website migration is typically done in less than two hours. Meanwhile, it usually takes more than 20 hours for cPanel-based websites that are built with other open-source CMS. This CMS can be Laravel, PrestaShop, or any other – we can still migrate them.

Usually, you don’t have to inform your current hosting provider. However, make sure not to cancel your hosting service before the migration is fully completed.

Yes, your website will work smoothly during the migration process – you won’t lose any visitors or sales. However, you might experience some downtime after the migration during the DNS propagation period.