Easy Way To Migrate Localhost WordPress To Hosting

Let’s say you want to host your localhost wordpress site 💻

Get Ready 📦

Just copy a whole folder won’t work. Here is the list of what is in use for this guide.

  • Localhost WordPress Site
  • FTPClient (recommend filezilla [https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client](https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client))
  • Web Hosting (For ITE337 Student you can get it for free here )
  • Duplicator – WordPress Migration Plugin (link)
Install Duplicator Plugin on localhost website 🔄

Step 1 – Install and Activate Duplicator



Step 2 – Create new Duplicator’s Package to Migrate



Step 3 – Download “Installer” & “Archive”


Step 4 – Upload package files to hosting via FTP (Make sure “public_html” folder is empty)



Step 5 – Browse “installer.php” and install package (normally it is your domain name)


Step 6 – Create Database on Web Hosting for Migrating WordPress Website.


Step 7 – Finish Migrating Website with Installer



Step 8 – Login WordPress Admin (with localhost password) to Finalize Migration


Done!! You localhost website has been migrated to your hosting 🥰


From now on, you can access your migrated website with your domain name.