
If you haven’t signedup for Serverpilot then do it using below link. We can Serverpilot’s free account for this setup! You’ll get an email with your IP address and root password. Then select the region closest to your target audience, give a name to the server and hit Create. If you haven’t signed up for Digitalocean yet then do it using the below link. If your traffic exceeds 500 per day then go for 10$ server. If your site is still new then you can try out 5$ server too. This server is ideal for a WordPress site with decent traffic. I’m using a 10$ server which comes with 1GB RAM, 30GB SSD and 2TB transfer per month. Now go to All-in-One WP Migration > Export from side menu.Ĭlick export to file as shown in image below. Just install All-in-One WP Migration plugin. Only 3 steps? Yeah but there were few problems 😀 Let’s check it out! Exporting Existing site Install All-in-One WP Migration plugin in new site and import the site using the previously downloaded file.Install wordpress on new digital ocean server using serverpilot.Export exisiting WordPress site using All-in-One WP Migration plugin.So this article can also be called “How to install WordPress on DigitalOcean using ServerPilot” or “How to install multiple WordPress sites on a DigitalOcean server” Steps involved in migrating WordPress to DigitalOcean This can be achieved using Server pilot’s setup. But I want to use multiple WordPress sites and few other sites on a single digital ocean server. You should use it too! It makes things so simple, especially for PHP apps and WordPress.ĭigitalocean has a One-Click WordPress Installation but If I use that method then only one WordPress site can be used on one server.

I’m using Serverpilot to manage my digital ocean server. Also, I had 50$ digital ocean credit from a recent Hackathon 😛 So yeah let’s migrate WordPress! I already decided to go for Digital Ocean because of their affordable plans and good support. Also, Openshift announced that their online 2 platform will be shut down by September 30th, 2017 So Its time to move my baby!

As the traffic increased, I wanted to migrate WordPress to a virtual private server and increase the response time of the site. I was using the free tier of their platform which was really good for a new site. CodingisLove was hosted on Openshift online 2 platform for almost 18 months.
