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title: "Migrating a WordPress Site: Guides | Hosterwise"
description: "Switch hosts and migrate a WordPress site with no downtime: backup, copy, DNS, TTL, propagation and checks, step by step."
url: https://hosterwise.com/en/category/migration-en/
language: en
updated: 2026-10-16
source: Hosterwise
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  fr: https://hosterwise.com/category/migration.md
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Canonical page: <https://hosterwise.com/en/category/migration-en/>

# Migrate a WordPress site with no downtime

Switching hosts, moving a WordPress site, pointing a domain name elsewhere: our guides cover every step, from the backup to DNS propagation, for a migration with no data loss or downtime.

- 1 article

Categories

## Start here

[Migration](https://hosterwise.com/en/category/migration-en/)

### [How to Migrate a WordPress Site With Zero Downtime](https://hosterwise.com/en/blog/migrate-wordpress-site/)

Migrate your WordPress site with zero downtime: lower the TTL, copy manually or with a plugin, test via the hosts file, switch DNS. Or ask for a free move.

October 8, 202612 min read

A successful migration is prepared: full backup, copy of the site to the new server, checks, then the DNS switch with a lowered TTL. If you would rather hand it over, our team migrates your WordPress site for free.

## Useful pages

- [Free migration](https://hosterwise.com/en/free-migration/)
- [Domain names](https://hosterwise.com/en/domain-names/)
- [Pricing](https://hosterwise.com/en/pricing/)

## Key terms

- [DNS](https://hosterwise.com/en/glossary/#dns)
- [TTL](https://hosterwise.com/en/glossary/#ttl)
- [DNS propagation](https://hosterwise.com/en/glossary/#dns-propagation)
- [Name server](https://hosterwise.com/en/glossary/#nameserver)
- [A and AAAA records](https://hosterwise.com/en/glossary/#a-record)
- [301 redirect](https://hosterwise.com/en/glossary/#redirect-301)

## All articles

[Migration](https://hosterwise.com/en/category/migration-en/)

### [How to Migrate a WordPress Site With Zero Downtime](https://hosterwise.com/en/blog/migrate-wordpress-site/)

Migrate your WordPress site with zero downtime: lower the TTL, copy manually or with a plugin, test via the hosts file, switch DNS. Or ask for a free move.

October 8, 202612 min read

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