Prime Mover – Migrate WordPress Website & Backups

Description

Prime Mover is the simplest all-around WordPress migration tool and backup plugin. It allows you to easily transfer your WordPress site to a new host, server, or domain. You can move single-site installations to another server or migrate multisite subsites seamlessly.

This plugin supports multisite backup and migration, enabling you to clone your WordPress site or subsite effortlessly. It is cross-platform compatible with various server types, including Nginx, Apache, and Microsoft IIS.

With Prime Mover, you can back up your WordPress database before making changes and restore it with just one click. The PRO version includes features like scheduled backups, direct site-to-site package transfers, and enhanced security options for your backups.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free Prime Mover – Migrate WordPress Website & Backups plugin.

Backup

Clone

Migrate WordPress

Multisite Migration

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FAQ

The free version has no restrictions on package size, number of websites, or migration mode (single-site or multisite will work). (Note: Exporting/Restoring a multisite main site is a PRO feature)
The free version supports WordPress multisite migration on any number of subsites, except that exporting/restoring the multisite main site is a PRO feature.
It can back up WordPress multisite sub-sites or migrate multisite.
No need to delete your WordPress installation, create/delete the database, and all other technical stuff. It will save you a lot of time.
This is not hosting-dependent. Prime Mover is designed to work with any hosting company you choose.
The free version has full multisite migration functionality, usually missing in most migration plugins’ free versions.
Full versatility—migrate from your local host dev site or from a live site to another live site.
The entire migration will be done inside the WordPress admin. Anyone with administrator access can do it. Hiring a freelancer to do the job is unnecessary and will save you money.
You won’t have to mess with complicated migration settings; the free version has built-in settings. You can choose only a few options to export and migrate—that’s it.
You can save, download, delete, and migrate packages using the management page.
No need to worry about PHP configuration and server settings. Compatible with most default PHP server settings, even in limited shared hosting.
Prime Mover works with modern PHP versions 5.6 to 8.5+ (Google Drive feature requires at least PHP 7.4).
The code follows PHP-fig coding standards (standard PHP coding guidelines).
The free version supports backup and restoration of non-UTF8 sites. However, you need the PRO version to migrate non-UTF8 to the UTF8 (utf8mb4) database charset and vice versa.
After migration, you don’t need to worry about setting up users or changing passwords. It does not overwrite existing site users.