Transferring WP to another hosting and domain?

Question

System administration

Hello everyone, I'm transferring a WP site to another domain and hosting, I tried it manually through a backup, I tried it through a duplicator (plugin). I replaced all the links, tried manually and through the plugin to change links, but when I enter the site, just a white page is displayed, what could be the reason?

Answer 1

Logs and again logs, the simplest thing is to transfer all the files and the database, then change the links with requests and change the data in the config to access the database

Answer 2

when you enter the site, it just shows a white page

https://codex.wordpress.org/%D0%A7%D0%90%D0%92%D0%...

Answer 3

Compare hosting settings, which may differ. There may be less memory. Or another php version

Answer 4

Hello.
To resolve the issue, consider the options below.
Option number 1 - transfer by a specialist.
If you have difficulty transferring the site, write to those. hosting support to which you are moving.
Many hosting companies provide free transfers for new customers.
Option number 2 - fixing errors on the site by a specialist
Ask those support to restore the current operation of the site.
Option number 3 - transfer on your own
If you decide to transfer everything yourself and now you are faced with an error on the site (blank white page).
Simple solutions:
1. In the control panel, change the PHP version to the one that was on the previous hosting.
Try multiple versions.
2. Look for PHP extensions on the old hosting. Make sure the new one has them installed as well.
3. Make sure the database has been loaded.
Go to PHPmyadmin, delete all tables and import the database dump again.
Make sure there are no errors during the import.
4. Make sure the .htaccess file is present in the site root.
Try replacing it with the default .htaccess
5. Make sure your hosting has free space.
6. Make sure the PHP parameters max_execution_time, post_max_size, memory_limit have sufficient values. Compare with previous hosting. Change them yourself or ask those. hosting support.
Harder:
1. Start debugging in wp-config.php file
define( 'WP_DEBUG', true )
Open the page in a browser and see what the errors are.
2. Look at the site logs on the hosting.
Somewhere in the files on the hosting there should be error logs.
There can be many problems.
The above describes common problems that are easy to implement.
If you have an extra information, write, we will try to help.