GoDaddy to WordPress Migration
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The GoDaddy to WordPress migration process involves transferring crucial data, such as products, categories, customers, and orders, to your new WordPress website. If you’re a non-technical person unsure where to get data or how to test it after migration but still want to convert GoDaddy website to WordPress, our all-in-one migration service is perfect for you.
The GoDaddy to WordPress migration process is guaranteed to be 100% safe, secure, and accurate. One key advantage is that your existing GoDaddy site remains fully functional during the migration, so you can continue accepting orders and gathering customer information without interruptions, ensuring smooth business operations. Let’s explore now!
What Data Can Be Migrated from GoDaddy to WordPress
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Products
- SKU
- Full Description
- Status.
- Price
- Special Price
- Quantity
- Manage Stock.
- Meta Title, Meta Description.
- Weight, Width, Height, Length.
- Variants
- Thumbnail Image
- Additional Images.
Product Categories
- Description
- Meta Title, Meta Description.
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- First Name, Last Name, Email.
- Billing Address
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- Order ID.
- Order Date.
- Order Status.
- Order Items (Name, SKU, Option), Product Price, Quantity.
- Sub Price, Discount Price, Tax Price, Shipping Price, Total Price.
- Customer Name, Email.
- Billing Address (First Name, Last Name, Company, Address 1, Address 2, Country, State, City, Zip Code, Telephone).
- Shipping Address (First Name , Last Name, Company, Address 1, Address 2, Country, State, City, Zip Code, Telephone)
(*) Please note that if you want to import store data other than CMS/Blogs, plugins may need to be installed before migration.
Additional Options
Clear Sample Data On WordPress Before Migration
You can delete the sample data on WordPress in accordance with selected entities for migration… More Details →
RecommendedPreserve Order IDs on WordPress Store
This option helps keep your order ID the same during your store migration… More Details →
How It Works RecommendedCreate 301 Redirects on WordPress Store
Automatically redirect your old store’s URLs to the new ones during the migration… More Details →
RecommendedMigrate Images from Products, Categories, Blog Descriptions
This option helps you to migrate images in descriptions of products, categories, and blog posts… More Details →
Strip HTML Tags from Category and Product Names
Strip HTML tags from category and product names automatically when migrating your store … More Details →
How to Perform GoDaddy to WordPress Migration Manually?
If you don’t want to hire an expert for any reason, you can still manually migrate GoDaddy to WordPress.
Step 1: Back up your GoDaddy website
1. Back up your content
Before starting to move GoDaddy website builder site to WordPress, you should back up all content on your website first. There are several methods for you to back up your GoDaddy site content.
Firstly, if you only have some pages of content and images, you can back up your content simply by copying the text into Word files and saving your images to your computer as well. To organize your files better, you should create separate files for each website page.
Secondly, you can quickly back up your content by visiting each page on your website and saving each one as a file. Press “CTRL+S” (or “Command+S” for Mac) to open the save dialog box. Next, choose “Webpage, Complete” in the Save as type field.
Another option is to use a free tool called HTTrack to save all pages of your GoDaddy website to your computer.
Once you have installed this tool, open it, fill in the required information, and click “Next.”
Next, fill in your website’s URL and click the button “Next.”
Although this tool is useful, there is one drawback that you should be aware of. Since the GoDaddy website and its themes store their database on different CDN servers, there might be some errors during the process of saving your images.
So, remember to double-check all your data after the saving progress is completed to ensure that there is no issue.
2. Back up your link structure
The next important step is backing up your link structure. If you don’t save your URLs, your customers will not be able to find your website with the old links, and this will badly affect your webpage. Backing up your old URLs will help you redirect your customers to your new WordPress site.
You will need to save all of the URLs on your website into a list in order to back up your link structure. If the number of your website URLs is few, you can simply copy and paste them into a file on your computer.
Or, you can use a free online tool on the Chrome store, such as Klipper, to extract all URLs of your website.
Once you have added it to your Chrome extension, open it on your website homepage and follow the instructions.
Step 2: Set up a new WordPress site
After backing up all data and URLs from your GoDaddy website, let’s create a WordPress website.
1. Install WordPress
You can go to WordPress.org to download and use WordPress for free. If you need more detailed instruction, please read here.
2. Choosing a Hosting service
Then, you have to choose a hosting service for your website since WordPress is a self-hosted website builder.
If you have already registered for hosting with GoDaddy’s hosting service, you can use it for your new WordPress website. (Remember to deactivate your GoDaddy website builder service before connecting your new WordPress store to GoDaddy’s hosting service.)
Step 3: Point your domain name to new WordPress hosting service
This step is for users who registered a domain name with GoDaddy and want to use it with a new WordPress hosting service. If you don’t register a domain name with GoDaddy, you can skip this step.
You can point your domain to a new hosting service simply by changing its nameservers to those of the hosting company you registered with before. If you need more detailed information, please follow the instructions here.
Step 4: Import all your GoDaddy website content into WordPress
Now, it’s time to import all content from your GoDaddy website into your new WordPress site.
In the WordPress dashboard, move to the “Pages” section and choose “Add new” to import your pages to your new website.
After uploading your content completely, double-check it and click the “Publish” button to make your page live on the website.
To import your blog posts, move to the “Posts” section and do the uploading pages.
Step 5: Setup redirects
Then, you can start setting up redirects. By doing so, search engines will guide your customers to your new website when they use the old URLs to search for your pages.
You can easily do this by installing redirect plugins to your WordPress website.
These plugins are easy to use. You just need to fill in your old URLs and the new URLs you want to redirect.
For example, we use 301 Redirects – Easy Redirect Manager by Webfactory LTD:
Click the button “Save” to save the redirect.
Step 6: Check the result, customize, and go live with your WordPress website
After moving GoDaddy to WordPress completely, you should thoroughly recheck all the content on your new website.
Once the initial setup is complete, you can personalize your WordPress site. You can choose a new theme from a vast array of themes that suit your brand’s aesthetic and functionality needs.
Additionally, you can enhance your site’s capabilities by installing various plugins, which can add features like SEO optimization, social media integration, e-commerce functionality, contact forms, and more.
After customizing your website to your satisfaction, you can make it live, allowing your customers to access and interact with your content seamlessly.
Leave The Work For The Experts
If you’re non-tech, let our GoDaddy to WordPress migration experts handle your migration from A to Z.
Save your time for more important tasks.
How Your Data Is Secured During Migration?
Server Security
Data Security
Data Access Restriction
GDPR Compliance
NDA
Payment Security
Why choose GoDaddy to WordPress Migration Services
How to Perform GoDaddy to WordPress Migration Manually?
If you don’t want to hire an expert for any reason, you can still manually migrate GoDaddy to WordPress.
Step 1: Back up your GoDaddy website
1. Back up your content
Before starting to move GoDaddy website builder site to WordPress, you should back up all content on your website first. There are several methods for you to back up your GoDaddy site content.
Firstly, if you only have some pages of content and images, you can back up your content simply by copying the text into Word files and saving your images to your computer as well. To organize your files better, you should create separate files for each website page.
Secondly, you can quickly back up your content by visiting each page on your website and saving each one as a file. Press “CTRL+S” (or “Command+S” for Mac) to open the save dialog box. Next, choose “Webpage, Complete” in the Save as type field.
Another option is to use a free tool called HTTrack to save all pages of your GoDaddy website to your computer.
Once you have installed this tool, open it, fill in the required information, and click “Next.”
Next, fill in your website’s URL and click the button “Next.”
Although this tool is useful, there is one drawback that you should be aware of. Since the GoDaddy website and its themes store their database on different CDN servers, there might be some errors during the process of saving your images.
So, remember to double-check all your data after the saving progress is completed to ensure that there is no issue.
2. Back up your link structure
The next important step is backing up your link structure. If you don’t save your URLs, your customers will not be able to find your website with the old links, and this will badly affect your webpage. Backing up your old URLs will help you redirect your customers to your new WordPress site.
You will need to save all of the URLs on your website into a list in order to back up your link structure. If the number of your website URLs is few, you can simply copy and paste them into a file on your computer.
Or, you can use a free online tool on the Chrome store, such as Klipper, to extract all URLs of your website.
Once you have added it to your Chrome extension, open it on your website homepage and follow the instructions.
Step 2: Set up a new WordPress site
After backing up all data and URLs from your GoDaddy website, let’s create a WordPress website.
1. Install WordPress
You can go to WordPress.org to download and use WordPress for free. If you need more detailed instruction, please read here.
2. Choosing a Hosting service
Then, you have to choose a hosting service for your website since WordPress is a self-hosted website builder.
If you have already registered for hosting with GoDaddy’s hosting service, you can use it for your new WordPress website. (Remember to deactivate your GoDaddy website builder service before connecting your new WordPress store to GoDaddy’s hosting service.)
Step 3: Point your domain name to new WordPress hosting service
This step is for users who registered a domain name with GoDaddy and want to use it with a new WordPress hosting service. If you don’t register a domain name with GoDaddy, you can skip this step.
You can point your domain to a new hosting service simply by changing its nameservers to those of the hosting company you registered with before. If you need more detailed information, please follow the instructions here.
Step 4: Import all your GoDaddy website content into WordPress
Now, it’s time to import all content from your GoDaddy website into your new WordPress site.
In the WordPress dashboard, move to the “Pages” section and choose “Add new” to import your pages to your new website.
After uploading your content completely, double-check it and click the “Publish” button to make your page live on the website.
To import your blog posts, move to the “Posts” section and do the uploading pages.
Step 5: Setup redirects
Then, you can start setting up redirects. By doing so, search engines will guide your customers to your new website when they use the old URLs to search for your pages.
You can easily do this by installing redirect plugins to your WordPress website.
These plugins are easy to use. You just need to fill in your old URLs and the new URLs you want to redirect.
For example, we use 301 Redirects – Easy Redirect Manager by Webfactory LTD:
Click the button “Save” to save the redirect.
Step 6: Check the result, customize, and go live with your WordPress website
After moving GoDaddy to WordPress completely, you should thoroughly recheck all the content on your new website.
Once the initial setup is complete, you can personalize your WordPress site. You can choose a new theme from a vast array of themes that suit your brand’s aesthetic and functionality needs.
Additionally, you can enhance your site’s capabilities by installing various plugins, which can add features like SEO optimization, social media integration, e-commerce functionality, contact forms, and more.
After customizing your website to your satisfaction, you can make it live, allowing your customers to access and interact with your content seamlessly.