WordPress - moving from one host to another

Question

I am trying to move a WordPress installation from one server to another one, including all of the SQL data, and the file-system data (photos,template files).

I just

Answer 1

One thing to be aware of is that WordPress stores some of it's data using serialised arrays (some plugins in particular, such as cforms, do this).

In instances where the site URL data may be serialised, simply updating the site URL text can change the length of data in the serialised string, corrupting the data and breaking things.

Interconnectit have a php script that takes serialisation into account when doing a search replace in the WordPress database. Github repo of the script here.

I have used this script in numerous WordPress migrations and it has been a lifesaver for me.