A WordPress migration is the process of moving your website from one home to another - a new host, a new domain, or from a staging copy to live - without breaking anything or losing content along the way.
Also known as: Site migration, host migration, site move
In plain English
Migration is moving your entire WordPress site - files, database, uploads, and settings - from one server or domain to another. Done properly it's invisible: same site, new address, no lost content.
Why it matters for your business
Migrations go wrong in predictable ways: serialized data breaking when URLs change, missed files, DNS cutover mistakes that take the site dark. A botched migration is one of the most common ways businesses lose their site during a host move.
When you'll run into it
When changing hosts, domains, or promoting staging to live. The safe sequence is: backup, move, test thoroughly on the new host, then update DNS and verify everything.
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