a checklist like this is what stops a migration turning into panic at 2am. two things i’d add if they’re not covered: lower the dns ttl a day before the switch, and keep the old host live until email and forms are confirmed working on the new one. disclosure: i work at cloudways, where there’s a free wordpress migration plugin, but the order of steps is the same on any host. do you test the new server with a hosts-file entry before touching dns?
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a checklist like this is what stops a migration turning into panic at 2am. two things i’d add if they’re not covered: lower the dns ttl a day before the switch, and keep the old host live until email and forms are confirmed working on the new one. disclosure: i work at cloudways, where there’s a free wordpress migration plugin, but the order of steps is the same on any host. do you test the new server with a hosts-file entry before touching dns?