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WordPress website
We’ve successfully migrated 500K+ sites with our WP Engine Automated Migration plugin. In fact, our average migration takes less than an hour, whether you’re migrating 1 or 100s of sites. Get started today with these four easy steps.
Step 1:
Sign up for a new WP Engine account. We offer solutions for businesses and agencies of all sizes, completely risk free.
Step 2:
Once signed up, you’ll receive a link to the WP Engine Automated Migration plugin to install and activate on your current site.
Step 3:
Configure the plugin with credentials from your current hosting account and your new WP Engine account.
Step 4:
Start your automatic migration! WP Engine will notify you when it's ready.
How to migrate your
WordPress website
We successfully migrate 50K+ sites annually with our WP Engine Automated Migration plugin. In fact, our average migration takes less than an hour, whether you’re migrating 1 or 100s of sites. Get started today with these four easy steps.
Step 1:
Sign up for a new WP Engine account. We offer solutions for businesses and agencies of all sizes, completely risk free.
Step 2:
Once signed up, you’ll receive a link to the WP Engine Automated Migration plugin to install and activate on your current site.
Step 3:
Configure the plugin with credentials from your current hosting account and your new WP Engine account.
Step 4:
Start your automatic migration! WP Engine will notify you when it's ready.
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– Bret W.
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