{"id":6362,"date":"2025-11-03T09:28:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T09:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/?p=6362"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:19","slug":"how-to-migrate-an-internal-website-automatically-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-migrate-an-internal-website-automatically-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to migrate an internal website automatically at Hostinger?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p>&#10071;<b>IMPORTANT NOTES<\/b>&#10071;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">This procedure doesn&rsquo;t apply for websites created with Hostinger Website Builder: while builder-based sites can be moved to another hosting plan within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/8591902-how-to-move-a-hostinger-builder-website-to-another-hosting-plan\/\">the same account<\/a>, moving them between different Hostinger accounts is not yet available.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The steps below are meant for WordPress-based websites<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>This procedure doesn&rsquo;t apply to Agency hosting plans. Automatic migrations to or from Agency plans are currently unavailable, with one exception: you can migrate WordPress sites to an Agency plan using our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-clone-a-wordpress-website-to-agency-hosting-plan\/\">Clone feature<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><p><b>How Does It Work?<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>This option is currently available for migration to web and Cloud Hosting plans<\/li>\n<li>The migration will move files, database, and content to the destination hosting plan, excluding emails and DNS zone records.<\/li>\n<li>The website will first be migrated to a temporary domain on the destination hosting plan. After the migration, DNS records will need to be manually connected.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>&#10071; The emails and DNS zone records will not transfer automatically. You can move the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/9719163-how-to-move-data-between-hostinger-email-accounts\">email data<\/a> and copy your DNS Zone Records, and save it as a separate process.<\/p><p><b>Requirements<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>To migrate your website to another hosting plan, it must meet these criteria:<\/li>\n<li>Created using&nbsp;<b>WordPress<\/b>; transfer of websites using other CMS or the Hostinger Website Builder is not supported.<\/li>\n<li>Active status &ndash; the website must not be suspended for any reason. The original hosting plan has at least&nbsp;<b>7 days or more<\/b>&nbsp;before its expiration date.<\/li>\n<li>There are no ongoing migration requests for the website.<\/li>\n<li>The website should not be deleted during the migration process.<\/li>\n<li>Internal migration costs $29 USD per website.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h_c658802d75\">Option 1 &ndash; Migrating your website between hosting plans in the same Hostinger account<\/h2><p>&nbsp;<\/p><h3><strong>Step 1 &ndash; Initiate the internal migration<\/strong><\/h3><p>Use either of the following methods to reach the migration form:<\/p><ul>\n<li>Click&nbsp;<b>Home<\/b>&nbsp;&rarr; click the drop-down under the<a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;<b>Websites<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;section and click<a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/hosting\/migrations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;<b>Migrations<\/b><\/a>:<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6364 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-03-at-09.14.18.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"542\" height=\"722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-03-at-09.14.18.png 542w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-03-at-09.14.18-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><\/p><ul>\n<li>Select the destination hosting plan &rarr; <b>Use login details<\/b> and click <b>Next<\/b>:<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6365 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-03-at-09.15.06-1024x679.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-03-at-09.15.06-1024x679.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-03-at-09.15.06-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-03-at-09.15.06-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-03-at-09.15.06.png 1162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p><h3><strong>Step 2 &ndash; Submit the request&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3><ul>\n<li>Select the name of the website you&rsquo;d like to migrate. Complete the payment by clicking on <b>Next.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6366 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-03-at-09.15.52-1024x335.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-03-at-09.15.52-1024x335.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-03-at-09.15.52-300x98.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-03-at-09.15.52-768x251.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-03-at-09.15.52.png 1114w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"\">\n<h3><strong>Step 3 &ndash; Connecting the website<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The website will be migrated to a temporary domain in the destination hosting plan within <b>4 hours<\/b>. To connect the temporary domain to the hosting plan, you will need to go to <a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Websites<\/b><\/a> and:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Check that the website is working correctly from the temporary subdomain.<\/li>\n<li>Delete the website from the origin hosting plan (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/3624731-how-to-delete-a-website-from-a-hosting-plan-in-hostinger\/\"><b>How to?<\/b><\/a>).&nbsp;<b>Important<\/b>:&nbsp;If you use an email service, make sure to&nbsp;<b>back up your emails<\/b>&nbsp;before deleting the website: (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/9719163-how-to-move-data-between-hostinger-email-accounts\/\"><b>How to?<\/b><\/a><b>)<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Click&nbsp;<b>Connect domain<\/b>&nbsp;and select the website you&rsquo;d like to connect.<\/li>\n<li>Import your emails to the receiving hosting plan (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5866288-how-to-import-emails-to-hostinger-email\/\">How to?<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6367 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-03-at-09.16.54-1024x325.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-03-at-09.16.54-1024x325.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-03-at-09.16.54-300x95.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-03-at-09.16.54-768x244.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-03-at-09.16.54.png 1202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h_c658802d76\">Option 2 &ndash; Migrating your website between hosting plans in a different Hostinger account<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Step 1 &ndash; Initiate the internal migration<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Click <\/span><b>Home<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &rarr; click the drop-down under the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <b>Websites<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> section click on Website list <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6368 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-16.01.12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-16.01.12.png 530w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-16.01.12-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choose the website you want to migrate, press the three dots &rarr; Transfer website<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6369 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-15.41.18-1024x388.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-15.41.18-1024x388.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-15.41.18-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-15.41.18-768x291.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-15.41.18-1536x582.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-15.41.18-2048x776.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Step 2 &ndash; Submit the request&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Enter the recipient&rsquo;s email address, proceed with payment, and click <\/span><b>Continue<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6370 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-15.42.38-1024x579.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-15.42.38-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-15.42.38-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-15.42.38-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-15.42.38.png 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Step 3 &ndash; Accepting the transfer<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Confirmation email will be sent to the destination account. The destination account owner has to accept the transfer request by clicking on the confirmation email. Another option is to accept ownership transfer via hPanel. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;Keep in mind that the request is only valid for 7 days.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6371 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-16.26.27-1024x103.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-16.26.27-1024x103.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-16.26.27-300x30.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-16.26.27-768x77.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-16.26.27-1536x155.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-16.26.27-2048x206.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Select destination hosting plan.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6372 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-16.29.04-1024x402.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-16.29.04-1024x402.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-16.29.04-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-16.29.04-768x301.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-16.29.04.png 1106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Step 4 &ndash; <b>Connecting the domain<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The website will be migrated to a temporary domain in the destination hosting account within <strong>4<\/strong><\/span><b> hours<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. To connect the temporary domain to the hosting plan, you will need:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Check that the website is working correctly from the temporary subdomain.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Delete a website from the original hosting account first. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/3624731-how-to-delete-a-website-from-a-hosting-plan-in-hostinger\/\">How to?<\/a>&nbsp;<strong><b>Important<\/b>: <\/strong>If you use an email service, make sure to <strong><b>back up your emails <\/b><\/strong>before deleting the website: (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/9719163-how-to-move-data-between-hostinger-email-accounts\/\">How to?<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Click the <\/span><b>Connect domain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on the receiving account and select the website you&rsquo;d like to connect.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Import your emails into the receiving account (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5866288-how-to-import-emails-to-hostinger-email\/\">How to?<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Additional resources:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-migrate-an-internal-website-manually-at-hostinger\/\">How to migrate an internal website manually at Hostinger<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#10071;IMPORTANT NOTES&#10071; This procedure doesn&rsquo;t apply for websites created with Hostinger Website Builder: while builder-based sites can be moved to another hosting plan within the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":595,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-migrate-an-internal-website-automatically-at-hostinger","default":1}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6362","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\/595"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6362"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8061,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6362\/revisions\/8061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}