GoDaddy to WordPress Migration
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Discover how easily you can perform GoDaddy to WordPress Migration with LitExtension’s expert services. If you’re a non-technical person unsure where to get data or how to test it after migration but still want to move your blogs and CMS from GoDaddy to WordPress, our all-in-one service is perfect for you. The GoDaddy to WordPress migration process is guaranteed to be 100% safe, secure, and accurate.
What Data Can Be Migrated from GoDaddy to WordPress
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- Title.
- Created Date.
- Description.
- Categories.
- Thumbnail Image.
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- Title.
- Created Date.
- Description.
- Categories.
- Thumbnail Image.
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Products
- Name, SKU, Short Description, Full Description, Status.
- Manufacturer.
- Tax Class.
- Price, Special Price.
- Quantity, Manage Stock.
- Meta Title, Meta Description.
- Weight, Width, Height, Depth.
- Product Tags.
- Up-sells, Cross-sells.
- Attributes: Name, Values.
- Downloadable Products: Files, Max Downloads, Expiration Date.
- Grouped Products: Associated Products.
- Variants: Name, SKU, Weight, Quantity, Manage Stock, Image, Price, Special Price.
- Thumbnail Image, Additional Images.
Product Categories
- Name, Description.
- Sort Order.
- Image.
- Meta Title, Meta Description.
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- First Name, Last Name, Email.
- Billing Address: First Name, Last Name, Company, Address 1, Address 2, Country, State, City, Zip Code, Telephone.
- Shipping Address: First Name, Last NameCompany, Address 1, Address 2, Country, State, City, Zip Code, Telephone.
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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.
- Order Comments.
- 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)
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- Name.
- Image.
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- Tax Class (Name).
- Tax rate (Country, Rate).
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- Name.
- Description.
- Coupon Code.
- Coupon Date.
- Customer Groups.
- Uses Per Coupon, Uses Per Customer.
- Discount Amount/Percent.
- Coupon from date, Coupon to date.
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- Created Date.
- Status.
- Rate.
- User Name, User Email.
- Comment.
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- Products (Name, Description, Attribute)
- Categories (Name, Description)
- CMS Page (Name, Description)
- Blogs (Name, Description)
(*) 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
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How to Perform GoDaddy to WordPress Migration
With LitExtension’s GoDaddy to WordPress migration services, you can easily move essential data like products, customers, orders, and blogs to your new platform. The GoDaddy to WordPress migration is handled automatically, ensuring safety and accuracy, all within just three easy steps.
LitExtension WordPress Migration Experts
Your unique needs will be meticulously analyzed by our WordPress Migration professionals, who will propose key actions to optimize the GoDaddy to WordPress migration setup.
Get your WordPress store ready by setting it up, adding essential apps, and creating the right environment ahead of migration.
Let’s kick off the GoDaddy to WordPress migration. Once it’s underway, the process will continue uninterrupted, even with your browser closed.
How to Perform GoDaddy to WordPress Migration with LitExtension?
If you have a running GoDaddy website that contains thousands of content and images, manually transferring all that amount of data to another website builder like WordPress can be overwhelming.
Instead, you should opt for a better migration method, such as hiring a specialist like LitExtension. With over 10 years of experience & 300,000 successful migrations, we can help you migrate your website from GoDaddy to WordPress seamlessly, accurately, and securely.
With our All-in-One migration package, you can transfer most of the data, such as products, customers, etc., from GoDaddy to WordPress instead of just transferring some contents through manual migration.
If you want to know more about our All-in-One migration service, you can check out the video below.
Next, we will show you detailed steps to transfer GoDaddy to WordPress with our All-in-One service.
Step 1: You schedule a meeting with LitExtension
To begin with, fill out the form to schedule a free one-on-one meeting with us over Google Meet. For more convenience, please schedule your meeting at least two hours in advance and email us your issues beforehand.
Step 2: You receive a tailored technical consultant
During the virtual meeting, our migration experts will first listen to your specific expectations and requests. Then, we will provide you with technical consultation regarding the size and complexity of your GoDaddy website’s database.
Once we have a clear understanding of your migration needs, our specialist will present a proposal outlining the necessary steps, cost estimates, and other relevant details.
Step 3: LitExtension configures migration
Then, based on our mutual agreement from the meeting, our migration experts will proceed with configuring your migration from GoDaddy to WordPress.
If you have any further customizations or special requirements, don’t hesitate to let us know in the Customization Requirements box, and our sales specialist will contact you for a price estimate.
Step 4: Our migration experts run a free demo migration
In the next stage, LitExtension experts will perform a free demo migration with a small set of data, including product, customer, and order information. This will provide you with a clearer grasp of the migration process and its effectiveness.
*Please note that if your total entities are under 2000, the demo migration will be skipped unless you request us to perform one.
Once the demo migration is finished, we will inform you so that you can assess its results. If you have any comments regarding the demo migration results, feel free to discuss them with our migration specialists. Otherwise, we will proceed to the full migration.
Step 5: We perform full GoDaddy to WordPress migration
Then, we will perform the complete WordPress migration process. At this stage, the migration will run smoothly and securely on our servers without requiring your PC to stay on. Your existing GoDaddy website will continue to operate normally during the migration, ensuring no disruption to your business.
While the migration is in progress, our Smart Controller tool will continuously monitor it. This tool will alert us to any issues, allowing us to fix them as soon as possible.
Step 6: We check full GoDaddy to WordPress migration results
After the migration is complete, your Personal Assistant (PA) will inspect both the front and back ends of your WordPress website to confirm everything has been transferred without any error.
Once finished, our PA will inform you of the migration results. Please check it thoroughly, and feel free to ask your PA if you have any questions or concerns.
Step 7: You receive post-migration support
With our All-In-One package, you will get free post-migration services. This includes:
- Recent Data Migration: We will transfer all your new orders and customers to your WordPress website.
- Re-Migration: If the first migration does not meet your expectations, you can request our specialist to do a re-migration.
- Smart Update: We will simultaneously import your latest and previously changed data into your WordPress site.
The most awesome part is that these post-migration services are free as long as the number of migration entities is less than 10% of the first migration. Additionally, you can access these services at your fingertips for 6 months after the Full Migration.
If the amount of data is more than 10%, you will have to pay an additional fee. The cost for these services varies depending on the entities you have.
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.
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Why choose LitExtension All-in-One Migration Services
How to Perform GoDaddy to WordPress Migration with LitExtension?
If you have a running GoDaddy website that contains thousands of content and images, manually transferring all that amount of data to another website builder like WordPress can be overwhelming.
Instead, you should opt for a better migration method, such as hiring a specialist like LitExtension. With over 10 years of experience & 300,000 successful migrations, we can help you migrate your website from GoDaddy to WordPress seamlessly, accurately, and securely.
With our All-in-One migration package, you can transfer most of the data, such as products, customers, etc., from GoDaddy to WordPress instead of just transferring some contents through manual migration.
If you want to know more about our All-in-One migration service, you can check out the video below.
Next, we will show you detailed steps to transfer GoDaddy to WordPress with our All-in-One service.
Step 1: You schedule a meeting with LitExtension
To begin with, fill out the form to schedule a free one-on-one meeting with us over Google Meet. For more convenience, please schedule your meeting at least two hours in advance and email us your issues beforehand.
Step 2: You receive a tailored technical consultant
During the virtual meeting, our migration experts will first listen to your specific expectations and requests. Then, we will provide you with technical consultation regarding the size and complexity of your GoDaddy website’s database.
Once we have a clear understanding of your migration needs, our specialist will present a proposal outlining the necessary steps, cost estimates, and other relevant details.
Step 3: LitExtension configures migration
Then, based on our mutual agreement from the meeting, our migration experts will proceed with configuring your migration from GoDaddy to WordPress.
If you have any further customizations or special requirements, don’t hesitate to let us know in the Customization Requirements box, and our sales specialist will contact you for a price estimate.
Step 4: Our migration experts run a free demo migration
In the next stage, LitExtension experts will perform a free demo migration with a small set of data, including product, customer, and order information. This will provide you with a clearer grasp of the migration process and its effectiveness.
*Please note that if your total entities are under 2000, the demo migration will be skipped unless you request us to perform one.
Once the demo migration is finished, we will inform you so that you can assess its results. If you have any comments regarding the demo migration results, feel free to discuss them with our migration specialists. Otherwise, we will proceed to the full migration.
Step 5: We perform full GoDaddy to WordPress migration
Then, we will perform the complete WordPress migration process. At this stage, the migration will run smoothly and securely on our servers without requiring your PC to stay on. Your existing GoDaddy website will continue to operate normally during the migration, ensuring no disruption to your business.
While the migration is in progress, our Smart Controller tool will continuously monitor it. This tool will alert us to any issues, allowing us to fix them as soon as possible.
Step 6: We check full GoDaddy to WordPress migration results
After the migration is complete, your Personal Assistant (PA) will inspect both the front and back ends of your WordPress website to confirm everything has been transferred without any error.
Once finished, our PA will inform you of the migration results. Please check it thoroughly, and feel free to ask your PA if you have any questions or concerns.
Step 7: You receive post-migration support
With our All-In-One package, you will get free post-migration services. This includes:
- Recent Data Migration: We will transfer all your new orders and customers to your WordPress website.
- Re-Migration: If the first migration does not meet your expectations, you can request our specialist to do a re-migration.
- Smart Update: We will simultaneously import your latest and previously changed data into your WordPress site.
The most awesome part is that these post-migration services are free as long as the number of migration entities is less than 10% of the first migration. Additionally, you can access these services at your fingertips for 6 months after the Full Migration.
If the amount of data is more than 10%, you will have to pay an additional fee. The cost for these services varies depending on the entities you have.
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.