{"id":522,"date":"2024-04-18T08:06:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T08:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2024\/04\/18\/9214881-how-to-transfer-website-ownership-in-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:01:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:01:45","slug":"9214881-how-to-transfer-website-ownership-in-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/9214881-how-to-transfer-website-ownership-in-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to transfer a WordPress website between Hostinger accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Transfer website ownership<\/strong> feature allows you to develop a WordPress site on your account and move it to your client&rsquo;s hosting plan. This process moves the website files and databases while excluding the domain name and emails.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-availability-by-hosting-plan\">Availability by hosting plan<\/h2><p>The availability of this feature depends on your hosting plan.<\/p><ul>\n<li><strong>Web and Cloud Startup hosting<\/strong>: Available for purchase as an add-on.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cloud Professional and Enterprise<\/strong>: Included for free.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Agency hosting<\/strong>: Currently not available.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-before-you-start\">Before you start<\/h2><p>Ensure the following requirements are met before initiating a transfer:<\/p><ul>\n<li>The website must be created using <strong>WordPress<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The website status must be active (not suspended).<\/li>\n<li>No other migration requests are currently in progress for the website.<\/li>\n<li>The original hosting plan must have at least 7 days remaining before expiration.<\/li>\n<li>The recipient must have a user account at Hostinger and an active hosting plan. If the hosting plan is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4598546-how-to-set-up-orders-at-hostinger\/\">pending setup<\/a>, complete that first.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 data-path-to-node=\"9\" id=\"h-step-1-initiate-the-website-transfer\">Step 1 &ndash; Initiate the website transfer<\/h2><p id=\"p-rc_0b41f7e1700518f7-48\" data-path-to-node=\"10\">Start the process from the Hostinger account where the website is currently located. Log in to hPanel and go to <a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a>, then follow the steps according to your hosting plan.<\/p><h3>Cloud <strong>Professional and Enterprise <\/strong>hosting<\/h3><ol>\n<li>Click the options button ( &#8942; ) next to the website and select <strong>Transfer website<\/strong>.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9923\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-cloud-professional-transfer-website.png\" alt=\"Hostinger Cloud Professional website menu with Transfer website option highlighted\" width=\"700\" height=\"287\" data-media-id=\"9923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-cloud-professional-transfer-website.png 992w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-cloud-professional-transfer-website-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-cloud-professional-transfer-website-768x315.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Proceed to <a href=\"#h-step-2-set-up-the-website-transfer\">Step 2<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol><h3>Web and Cloud Startup hosting<\/h3><ol>\n<li data-path-to-node=\"10\">Scroll down on the side menu to locate the <strong>More Services<\/strong> option.<\/li>\n<li data-path-to-node=\"10\">Click to expand it and select <strong>WordPress Add-ons<\/strong>.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9888\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostnger-hapnel-more-services-wp-addons.png\" alt=\"Hostinger billing menu with WordPress Add-ons selected in More services dropdown\" width=\"209\" height=\"309\" data-media-id=\"9888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostnger-hapnel-more-services-wp-addons.png 254w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostnger-hapnel-more-services-wp-addons-203x300.png 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/>\n<ol>\n<li data-path-to-node=\"10\">If you get a bundled offer, select the amount of websites and start the free trial.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9889\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-wp-addons-free-trial.png\" alt=\"WordPress Add-ons pricing page with highlighted Start free trial button for 1 website\" width=\"700\" height=\"403\" data-media-id=\"9889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-wp-addons-free-trial.png 1103w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-wp-addons-free-trial-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-wp-addons-free-trial-1024x590.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-wp-addons-free-trial-768x442.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/li>\n<li data-path-to-node=\"10\">If you find tabs for each tool, select the <strong>Ownership transfer<\/strong> tab and click on <strong>Transfer ownership<\/strong>.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9890\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-wp-addons-tabs-transfer-ownership.png\" alt=\"WordPress Add-ons tab selected on Ownership transfer and Transfer ownership button highlighted\" width=\"701\" height=\"169\" data-media-id=\"9890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-wp-addons-tabs-transfer-ownership.png 1141w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-wp-addons-tabs-transfer-ownership-300x72.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-wp-addons-tabs-transfer-ownership-1024x247.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-wp-addons-tabs-transfer-ownership-768x185.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><h2 data-path-to-node=\"9\" id=\"h-step-2-set-up-the-website-transfer\">Step 2 &ndash; Set up the website transfer<\/h2><ol>\n<li>If needed, select the website name from the dropdown list.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/2026-02-09_10-18.png\" alt=\"Hostinger WordPress add-ons modal to transfer ownership of a website\" width=\"704\" height=\"255\" data-media-id=\"7854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/2026-02-09_10-18.png 1854w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/2026-02-09_10-18-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/2026-02-09_10-18-1024x371.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/2026-02-09_10-18-768x278.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/2026-02-09_10-18-1536x556.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Enter the email address associated with the recipient&rsquo;s Hostinger user account and click <strong>Continue<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Confirm the details, check the box to accept the removal of the website from your account, and click <strong>Transfer ownership<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol><h2 id=\"h-step-3-accept-the-transfer\">Step 3 &ndash; Accept the transfer<\/h2><p>The recipient will get an email notification of the transfer attempt. The request is active for 7 days.<\/p><ol>\n<li>On the recipient&rsquo;s Hostinger account, go to the <strong>Your to-dos<\/strong> section on the hPanel <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Home<\/a> and click <strong>Accept<\/strong> on the pending ownership transfer request.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9908\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hpanel-accept-website-transfer-ownership.png\" alt=\"Website ownership transfer request banner with Decline and Accept buttons, expiring in 6 days\" width=\"706\" height=\"95\" data-media-id=\"9908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hpanel-accept-website-transfer-ownership.png 973w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hpanel-accept-website-transfer-ownership-300x40.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hpanel-accept-website-transfer-ownership-768x103.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/>\n<ol>\n<li>If the request is not displayed, click on <strong>Show more<\/strong> to expand.<\/li>\n<li>Alternatively, the recipient can click the link provided in the automated email.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Select the destination hosting plan for the transferred website.<\/li>\n<\/ol><p>The process usually completes within 30 minutes. Both parties will receive an email notification once completed, and the recipient will also get a notification on hPanel. After completion, the website is permanently removed from the original account.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-step-4-optional-connect-the-domain\">Step 4 (Optional) &ndash; Connect the domain<\/h2><p>Since domain names can only be associated with one website at a time, the website is first transferred to a <strong>temporary domain<\/strong>. Once the original website is removed from the source account, it can be connected to the new destination.<\/p><ul>\n<li>To transfer the ownership of the domain name to the new account, follow these steps: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4068055-how-to-move-a-domain-between-hostinger-accounts\">Move domain<\/a>. After the domain is moved, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/10085905-how-to-connect-a-preferred-domain-name-instead-of-a-temporary-one-at-hostinger\/\">connect the domain<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If the domain name remains in the original account, you must <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4771440-how-to-verify-domain-ownership-at-hostinger\/\">verify it using a TXT record<\/a> to connect it to the website on the new account.\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure to update the domain&rsquo;s DNS records to point to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4407303-where-to-find-the-a-record-of-your-hosting-plan-at-hostinger\/\">IP address<\/a> of the new hosting plan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>After performing any changes to the domain&rsquo;s DNS records, allow up to 24 hours for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation\">propagation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-step-5-optional-move-email-content\">Step 5 (Optional) &ndash; Move email content<\/h2><p>If the domain has associated mailboxes, they will not be transferred automatically. To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/9719163-how-to-move-data-between-hostinger-email-accounts\/\">move the email data<\/a>:<\/p><ol>\n<li><span data-path-to-node=\"25,0,0,1\"><span class=\"citation-292\">Export the mailbox data from the original Hostinger account<\/span><\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"25,0,0,3\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Set up a Hostinger email order on the new account.<\/li>\n<li>Create the same mailboxes.<\/li>\n<li>Import the email content per mailbox.<\/li>\n<\/ol><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p>Once all steps are completed, the website will be fully manageable on the new owner&rsquo;s Hostinger account.<\/p><p><strong>NOTES<\/strong><\/p><ul>\n<li>If the request is not accepted within 7 days, it will expire and a new request must be created.<\/li>\n<li>For Agency hosting, or as an alternative to the automated website ownership transfer, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-migrate-an-internal-website-manually-at-hostinger\/\">move websites manually<\/a>&nbsp;using backups.<\/li>\n<li>Websites created using Hostinger Horizons or Hostinger Website Builder cannot be transferred to a different Hostinger account.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>Additional resources<\/strong><\/p><ul>\n<li>To move a WordPress website between hosting plans in the same user account, refer to this guide: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-migrate-an-internal-website-automatically-at-hostinger\/\">Move WordPress website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Move a WordPress website to a client or colleague&#8217;s Hostinger account<\/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":[204],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-account-sharing"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/9214881-how-to-transfer-website-ownership-in-hostinger\/","default":1}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522","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=522"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9924,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522\/revisions\/9924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}