How to migrate a WordPress website to a new domain?
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To migrate a WordPress website to a new domain, you can follow following steps:
1)Backup of your WordPress website using backup plugin or a third-party backup service
2)Create a new database for your new domain on your hosting provider’s cpanel
3)Export your WordPress database from your old domain or we can use a WordPress Plugin as well for the same
4)Import the new database on your hosting provider’s cPanel
5)Changing the domain name in your wordpress settings or we can do this by editing wp-config.php file
6)We can setup redirects from old domain to new domain to ensure the visitors who type your old domain are automatically redirect to new domain
7) And at last you can test your website