Top WordPress Migration Plugins Comparison

WordPress is the easiest way to create a website or blog. Migrating your site from one web host to another? Not so much.

An adequate migration will make sure that your website faces zero downtime. All links must stay working correctly on completion of migration procedure. No data must be lost. Automating WordPress migration is the best way to make sure that your site will be up and running quickly.

Moving your WordPress site on your own is a very tedious choice, since there are many steps that must be finished to enable an effective migration. If by any chance, you commit any error at any stage, you can end up with a fatally damaged site.

On the other hand, using a migration plugin is definitely a reasonable choice. Plugins are just so much easier to use. Most of them do the required task without the manual migrations involved. Migration plugins are simpler to configure. In this way, WordPress migration plugins make WordPress website migration a better experience, overall.

Four WordPress Migration plugins have been put to the test. These are:

Duplicator plugin helps WordPress users to migrate, copy, move or clone a site from one location to another.

Duplicator creates a package that bundles all the site’s plugins, themes, content, database and WordPress files into a simple zip file called a package. This package can then be used to easily migrate a WordPress site to any location you wish.

Pricing: Free. The pro version starts from $39.

All-in-One Migration plugin exports your WordPress website. This includes database, media files, plugins and themes. Technical knowledge is not required for this plugin to be used.

You can upload your site to a different location with a drag and drop into WordPress.

There is an option to apply an unlimited number of find and replace operations on your database during the export process. The plugin will also fix any serialization problems that occur during the Find Replace operation.

Pricing: Free. Extensions are paid, starts from $69.

WP Migrate DB allows you to copy your database from one WordPress, and install to another in your dashboard. It’s a useful plugin for syncing a local development database with a site.

This plugin is for those developers who build client sites locally.

As well as handling content, widgets, and menus to a new site’s URL and it can handle serialised data.

Pricing: Free. Pro version starts from $99

Migrate Guru user Jim Carroll who says,”(As a global futurist,) I’m often moving my websites on various platforms. I’ve used Migrate Guru to do this of late, and I gotta say — it just works, is easy, and does a site migration completely, without errors or fuss. The migrated site was a perfect clone of the original site!”

Pricing: Free!

This table will give you an overview of all that you’ve learnt about all the WordPress migration plugins above:

Automatic or Manual Migration Automatic One click migration Manual work required Manual work required Manual work required Minimum No. of Steps Required Three steps only At least Twelve steps At least Twelve steps Five steps Crash Proof Migration Absolutely crash proof Depends on source site server Depends on source site server Depends on source site server Source Server Usage User servers are not used at all. High High High Technical knowledge required No. Truly meant for anyone with minimum tech expertise Yes. It requires above average technical skill. Yes. Comes with a disclaimer that it needs technical expertise. Yes. Mid-level technical knowledge makes it easier to use. To and from any Web Host Yes. Can migrate to any host in the world Yes. Over 25 web hosts compatible. No. Only a few popular ones can be used. Unknown Real time or Email Alerts Yes. Both features are conveniently available. No. Email alerts are possible only in pro versions. No. Real time Progress Display Yes. Access real-time progress page at any time. No. Yes, with pro versions only No. Zero Downtime Migrations Yes. Guaranteed because of off site server usage. No No No Manual Find and Replace in database No. Migrate Guru handles string functions. Yes. User has to select string to be replaced Yes. User has to select string to be replaced Yes. User has to select string to be replaced Manual package/

zip upload

No. Migrate Guru can handle packaging and upload. Yes. User has to manually import FTP package Yes. User has to manually import FTP package Yes. User has to select the cloud services to upload. Multi-site network migration support Yes. Free Only with paid version For better multisite migration, paid plan is recommended Only with paid version Average Migration Time <12 minutes

(for 500 MB)

Few Hours Few Hours Few hours Site Size capacity No limit. Even >200 GB Limited to 512 MB for free version. Limited Unknown Cost Free. Always and forever. Free/ Starts from $59 Starts from $39 Starts from $99

Duplicator requires some high level technical expertise, so you need to be confident about your technical skills. 10% to 20% chance of failure might be scary though. All-in-One WP Migration claims mobile friendliness but it is available as a premium account only. The same regarding the paid premium features goes for WP Migrate DB.

Migrate Guru, however, is the new kid on the block. It is free and comes from the reliable folks who created BlogVault, which in itself is popular backup plugin garnering a lot of acclaim since the past 5 years. It ticks all the requirements boxes spectacularly well.

That said, one of these plugins may suit you over than the others depending on your technical knowledge and precise needs.

Have chosen your WordPress migration plugin to use for now?

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