How do I move my website from SiteGround?

To initiate a site transfer, click Select under Migrate Website. Then, you have the option to choose between an automatic migration available for WordPress sites via our Migrator plugin or a professional migration by our experts.

Does SiteGround offer free migration?

SitePoint recently partnered with SiteGround as our official recommended host, and they offer such a service. They have a team of support people who do migrate websites every day waiting to help. In fact, they’ll migrate your first website for free.

Can I move my website to another host?

The most convenient way to transfer your website’s files to your new web hosting account is via FTP. You should connect to your hosting account and download the files locally to your computer. Then upload them to your new hosting account’s main folder (usually public_html, www or httpdocs).

How can I migrate my website to SiteGround?

Once you have selected a domain, you can easily migrate an existing site to SiteGround on step 2 of the Website Setup Wizard. To initiate a site transfer, click Select under Migrate Website.

Is there such a thing as a site migration?

While the above is just a summary of the magic that goes on behind the site migration, in essence it’s what leads us to the sweetest moment, when we can finally say – Welcome to SiteGround. I have been with SiteGround since it was born and it has always amazed me to watch this company grow and develop its unique personality.

When do you need to move a website?

As a web hosting company we move around tons of websites all the time. The most challenging migrations happen when physical datacenter locations are changed. On such occasions we transfer upwards of 300TB of data. It usually travels over the wire, but we have also physically moved server machines and literally transported websites by the truckload!

Do you have to pay for SiteGround migrations?

If you are using a GrowBig plan or higher, that powers multiple sites, you won’t have to pay extra for your subsequent migrations. This is great for power-users and freelancers, who manage multiple sites at the same time. You won’t have to keep track of multiple logins, accounts, and billing cycles when you manage everything with SiteGround.