How to move a website without downtime
A safe step-by-step plan for moving your site, database and email.
Migrations go wrong when they are rushed. With a backup, a test copy and a planned switch, visitors barely notice.
What can go wrong
- Lost emails during the switch.
- Broken links and missing images.
- Forms that stop sending.
The safe migration plan
- Take a full backup.
- Copy the site to the new server and test it.
- Lower DNS TTL a day before.
- Switch during low-traffic hours and recheck.
Keep the old hosting active for a few days after the move, just in case.
