{"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":"2026-05-08T13:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:03:09","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 move a WordPress website between Hostinger hosting plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the <strong>automated WordPress migration tool<\/strong>, you can move a WordPress website to another hosting plan within your own account. This automated process migrates your website files and databases, helping you reorganize your services. Domain configuration and emails are unchanged.<\/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 hosting<\/strong>: Available as a paid feature.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Agency hosting<\/strong>: Automated migrations to or from Agency plans are currently unavailable. To move WordPress sites from a web or cloud to an Agency hosting plan, use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-clone-a-wordpress-website-to-agency-hosting-plan\/\">Clone website feature<\/a>.<\/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 is built with <strong>WordPress<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The website status is active (not suspended).<\/li>\n<li>No other migration requests are currently in progress for this website.<\/li>\n<li>The original hosting plan must have at least 7 days remaining before expiration.<\/li>\n<li>The destination hosting plan is active. If it&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4598546-how-to-set-up-orders-at-hostinger\/\">pending setup<\/a>, complete that first.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do not delete<\/strong> the original website while the migration is in progress.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-step-1-initiate-the-website-transfer\" data-path-to-node=\"9\">Step 1 &ndash; Initiate the website move<\/h2><ol>\n<li>Go to hPanel and select <a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a>&nbsp;&rarr; <strong>Migrations <\/strong>on the left menu.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-hpanel-websites-migrations.png\" alt=\"Hostinger hPanel Websites menu with Migrations selected\" width=\"263\" height=\"371\" data-media-id=\"9930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-hpanel-websites-migrations.png 297w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-hpanel-websites-migrations-213x300.png 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Migrate website<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Choose the destination hosting plan from the dropdown list.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Use login details<\/strong>&nbsp;and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Enter the website name and click <strong>Next<\/strong> to proceed with the payment.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9929\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-wp-move-within-account.png\" alt=\"Hostinger migration form to enter website URL and move between plans option\" width=\"580\" height=\"372\" data-media-id=\"9929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-wp-move-within-account.png 900w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-wp-move-within-account-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-wp-move-within-account-768x493.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p>The process typically completes within 4 hours. The website is first moved to a temporary domain; verify the new site works correctly before proceeding.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-step-4-optional-connect-the-domain\">Step 2 &ndash; Connect the domain<\/h2><p>A domain can only be linked to one website at a time. Follow these steps to connect it to the new hosting plan:<\/p><ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/3624731-how-to-delete-a-website-from-a-hosting-plan-in-hostinger\/\">Delete the website<\/a> from the original hosting plan to release the domain name.<\/li>\n<li>If the domain has associated mailboxes, ensure the option to delete them is unmarked during the website deletion.<\/li>\n<li><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>&nbsp;to the new plan.\n<ol>\n<li>If using external nameservers, update your DNS records to match 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<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p>DNS changes may require up to 24 hours for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation\">propagation<\/a>.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-step-5-optional-move-email-content\">Step 3 (Optional) &ndash; Move email content<\/h2><p>Email data is not transferred automatically. To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/9719163-how-to-move-data-between-hostinger-email-accounts\/\">migrate your messages<\/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 hosting plan<\/span><\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"25,0,0,3\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Create the same mailboxes in the new plan.<\/li>\n<li>Import the email content per mailbox.<\/li>\n<\/ol><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p>Once these steps are finished, your WordPress website will be fully active and manageable on your new Hostinger hosting plan.<\/p><p><strong>Additional resources<\/strong><\/p><ul>\n<li>To move a WordPress website to a different Hostinger user account, follow the guide for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/9214881-how-to-transfer-website-ownership-in-hostinger\/\">Transfer WordPress website ownership<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><span data-path-to-node=\"25,1,0,1\"><span class=\"citation-373\">You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-migrate-an-internal-website-manually-at-hostinger\/\">move the website manually<\/a> using file and database backups as a free alternative to this automated tool. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Move a WordPress website to another hosting plan within your Hostinger account using an automated tool<\/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":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9936,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6362\/revisions\/9936"}],"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}]}}