{"id":1543,"date":"2019-02-08T10:35:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583289-how-to-manually-transfer-a-website-to-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T11:21:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:21:53","slug":"1583289-how-to-manually-transfer-a-website-to-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583289-how-to-manually-transfer-a-website-to-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to manually transfer a website from another provider to Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"5\"><span data-path-to-node=\"5,1\"><span class=\"citation-401\">Hostinger offers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4455931-how-to-migrate-your-website-to-hostinger\">free assisted migrations<\/a> to move your website from an external provider to our servers<\/span><\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"5,3\">. <\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"5,5\"><span class=\"citation-400\">However, if your current host has technical limitations or architectural restrictions that prevent an automated move, you can follow this guide to transfer your data manually<\/span><\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"5,7\">.<\/span><\/p><div class=\"source-inline-chip-container ng-star-inserted\">\n<h1 id=\"h-before-you-start\">Before you start<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure you have an active Hostinger hosting plan with sufficient resources to host your website.<\/li>\n<li>Verify that you have access to your current hosting provider&rsquo;s control panel and file directory.<\/li>\n<li>Confirm your website is built using standard files and databases (such as WordPress); websites created with custom or proprietary website builders cannot be transferred manually.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"h-step-1-back-up-and-upload-website-files-to-hostinger\">Step 1 &ndash; Back up and upload website files to Hostinger<\/h1>\n<p>To move your website content, you must first create a copy of your files and move them to your new Hostinger account:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Download a backup of all website files from your current hosting provider to your local computer.<\/li>\n<li>Log in to your Hostinger hPanel and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583214-how-to-add-a-website-in-hostinger\/\">add a &lsquo;Custom PHP\/HTML&rsquo; website<\/a> to your hosting plan.<\/li>\n<li>Open the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1869114-how-to-upload-backup-with-file-manager\">File Manager<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Upload your website files to the <code>public_html<\/code> folder of your website.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><h1 id=\"h-step-2-migrate-the-website-database-to-hostinger\">Step 2 &ndash; Migrate the website database to Hostinger<\/h1><p>If your website uses a database, follow these steps to transfer the data:<\/p><ol>\n<li>Export your database from the previous server using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4529011-how-to-export-a-phpmyadmin-database\">phpMyAdmin<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1884149-how-to-import-a-database-with-phpmyadmin\">Create a new database<\/a> in your Hostinger hPanel and note the database name, username, and password.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1884149-how-to-import-a-database-with-phpmyadmin\">Import<\/a> your database backup file into the newly created database via phpMyAdmin.<\/li>\n<li>Locate your website&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/3313359-where-to-find-the-configuration-file-of-my-website\">configuration file<\/a>, and update it with the new Hostinger database details.<\/li>\n<\/ol><h1 id=\"h-step-3-point-the-domain-to-hostinger\">Step 3 &ndash; Point the domain to Hostinger<\/h1><p>After moving your data, you must <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1863967-how-to-point-domain-to-hostinger\">direct your domain<\/a> to the new Hostinger server:<\/p><ol>\n<li>Update your domain&rsquo;s nameservers or A record to point to Hostinger.<\/li>\n<li>Wait for DNS propagation to complete, which can take up to 24 hours globally.<\/li>\n<\/ol><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p><span data-path-to-node=\"17,1\"><span class=\"citation-453\">Once propagation is finished, your website will be fully operational on your Hostinger <\/span><b data-path-to-node=\"17,1\" data-index-in-node=\"87\"><span class=\"citation-453\">hosting plan<\/span><\/b><\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"17,3\">. <\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"17,5\"><span class=\"citation-452\">You can now manage your files and settings directly through hPanel<\/span><\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"17,7\">.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTE<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><span data-path-to-node=\"19,0,0,1\"><span class=\"citation-451\">Website migrations do not include email services; these must be moved separately<\/span><\/span>: <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/5240867-how-to-migrate-email-services-to-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to migrate email to Hostinger<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Move your website files and databases manually from another provider to 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":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[209],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-migrating-to-hostinger"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583289-how-to-manually-transfer-a-website-to-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1583289-como-transferir-manualmente-un-sitio-web-a-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1583289-comment-transferer-manuellement-un-site-web-vers-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1583289-bagaimana-cara-transfer-website-ke-server-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/1583289-kaip-rankiniu-budu-perkelti-svetaine-i-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1583289-como-transferir-manualmente-um-site-para-a-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/1583289------hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543","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=1543"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9368,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543\/revisions\/9368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}