{"id":1294,"date":"2019-12-24T08:57:15","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T08:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/12\/24\/3592280-how-to-move-a-website-s-content-to-another-domain-name-in-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:14","slug":"3592280-how-to-move-a-website-s-content-to-another-domain-name-in-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/3592280-how-to-move-a-website-s-content-to-another-domain-name-in-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Move a Website\u2019s Content to Another Domain Name in Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">If you wish to move your website&rsquo;s content to a <b>different hosting account<\/b>, you can do so with the <b><a href=\"\/support\/5981410-how-to-restore-a-backup-on-a-new-hpanel-hosting-account\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">help of backups<\/a><\/b>. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">In case you only want to change the domain of your website while leaving the content as it is (for example, if you were using <b>domain.tld<\/b> and now want to use <b>newdomain.tld <\/b>instead), and both domains are in the same hosting account, you just need to <b>move<\/b> the website files from one domain to another. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">For <b>WordPress-based <\/b>websites, if you have a Premium hosting plan or greater, you can use the <b><a href=\"\/support\/6601521-how-to-copy-a-wordpress-website-to-another-domain-name\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Copy Website<\/a><\/b> feature.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If you are using <b>any other CMS<\/b>, have a Single hosting plan, your website is <b>custom-coded<\/b>, or you are moving a WordPress website <b>from a subdomain to a domain or subdomain<\/b>, here are the steps you can follow:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"step-1---preparations\">Step 1 &ndash; Preparations<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">First, you need to define your final goal and check your hosting account, as the process is slightly different according to your case: <\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">To have your website accessible by the new domain, while leaving the original domain still working and <b>both domains will lead to the same content<\/b>, the best option for you is to <b><a href=\"\/support\/1583404-how-can-i-park-a-domain\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">park your new domain on the original<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you want to <b>completely move the website&rsquo;s content to a different domain name<\/b>, make sure that the new domain name is <b><a href=\"\/support\/1583214-how-to-add-a-website\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">added to your plan<\/a><\/b> and go to the next step &ndash; you can check if your domain is added in the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a> <\/b>section in hPanel<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h_49c8006fc5\">Step 2 &ndash; Move the Content<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">To move the website content, <b><a href=\"\/support\/2298928-how-to-make-backups-at-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">generate and download backups<\/a> <\/b>of the website&rsquo;s files and database on your original domain.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Next, <b><a href=\"\/support\/1884234-how-to-upload-backup-at-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">upload the backup<\/a> <\/b>to the new domain&rsquo;s <b>public_html<\/b> folder.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If your website requires <b>configuration files<\/b> and the domain name is mentioned in those files (like OpenCart, Joomla, and many more), make sure to <b>update the domain name<\/b> wherever it&rsquo;s mentioned. You might need to contact a developer or a forum specified on your CMS for additional guidance.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If you are also using a database, make sure to complete these steps as well:<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"\/support\/1583542-how-can-i-create-a-new-mysql-database\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Create a new database<\/a> <\/b>for your new domain<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"\/support\/1884149-how-to-import-a-database-with-phpmyadmin\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Import your old database&rsquo;s backup to the newly created database<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Update the URLs in the new database along with the <b><a href=\"\/support\/3313359-where-to-find-configuration-file-of-my-website\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">configuration file<\/a><\/b> on your website<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p class=\"no-margin\">That&rsquo;s it &ndash; your content is now located on the new domain &#128522;<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTE<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">To see the updated version of your website on the new domain, it is recommended to <b><a href=\"\/support\/1583501-how-to-clear-cache\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">clear the cache<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changing the domain of a website and transferring the content at Hostinger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[274],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-website-development"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/3592280-how-to-move-a-website-s-content-to-another-domain-name-in-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/3592280-como-mover-el-contenido-del-sitio-web-a-otro-nombre-de-dominio-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/3592280-comment-deplacer-le-contenu-d-un-site-web-vers-un-autre-nom-de-domaine-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/3592280-cara-memindahkan-konten-website-ke-nama-domain-lain-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/3592280-como-mover-o-conteudo-de-um-site-para-outro-dominio\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/3592280-------\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}