A fresh backup before moving your site to a new address
Take a full backup with your own backup plugin, wait for it to finish, then move the site to its new domain or to https:// with your password.
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Time
- about 30 min
- Works with
- UpdraftPlus, Duplicator, All-in-One WP Migration
I'm moving my site from [old address] to [new address], which already points at this server. Tell me when my last good backup was, then take a full backup labelled [Before the move] once I approve, and tell me when it has finished. Only then move the site to the new address once I approve with my password. Afterwards tell me what is left to do, such as old links inside content.
Already connected?
If SAR is already in your AI app, this is enough:
Take a full backup, then move my site to [new address] once I approve.
What happens
- The AI app reads your backup plugin and the age of the last good backup.
- Taking a full backup of the database and files waits for your approval in SAR, then runs in the background with your backup plugin.
- It follows the backup until it is done or has failed; a large site can take many minutes.
- Moving the site is approved with your password, and refused until the site answers at the new address. It can be undone.
- Links inside content still point to the old address; replacing them is a separate step.
Approvals involved
Worked out from the tools this recipe uses.
wordpress_backup_statusBackupsNonewordpress_backup_nowTake a backupApprovalwordpress_get_backup_jobA backup's progressNonewordpress_move_site_addressMove the site to a new addressApproval and password
What you get
The site at its new address, with a full backup from just before the move. SAR never restores a backup; a person does that in wp-admin.
Related recipes
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- Maintenance · about 30 minUpdate WordPress itself, with a fresh backup taken firstTake a backup with your backup plugin, update WordPress to the version offered, follow it to the end and run the database step if one is waiting.
- Agencies · about 10 minThe last good backup of every site, in one tableAsk each WordPress site in an organization which backup plugin it uses and how old its last good backup is, and see which sites need attention.
Try it on your own site
Install the plugin, add SAR to your AI app and paste the prompt. Free to start.