This is just a personal guide for my self as my reference in the future. But, if you find this guide useful to you, I am glad to hear it. If you need official and complete guide, you can refer to this page: Moving WordPress.

In this case, I want to move my wordpress from the old server to a new one with the same domain. I registered this domain along together with hosting service. Now, I need to move the hosting to a new server. Only move hosting, without transferring the domain name. In other side, I’ve registered another hosting account in new server.
Ok, here are the simple things to do:

1. Edit the Name Server of your domain in your old hosting and point it to the Name Server of new hosting.
(change nsX.oldserver.com to nsX.newserver.com where X = number)

2. Login to cPanel account in new server (if already registered), go to addon domain, and add your new domain name.

3. While it takes little times (a few minutes – few hours), backup your files and database from the old server.
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written by Ryan Isra \\ tags: cPanel, DNS, domain, website, wordpress