Migration documentation

Moving a site usually means a database dump, a find and replace that breaks serialized data, and a folder of uploads copied by hand. Migration pushes or pulls the database and the media library between two sites, rewrites URLs and paths on the way, and swaps the new tables in at once.

User guide

Getting starteddraftConnect two sites, run your first pull, and know what stays behind on the destination.Migration moves a WordPress database and media library between two sites: push this site to another, pull another site into this one, or…

For developers

Developer referencedraftThe WP-CLI commands, the actions fired around a migration, and the settings that can be locked from wp-config.php.Everything the admin screen does is also a WP-CLI command, and every migration — started from either — fires the same actions. WP-CLI , ,…

Elsewhere

Migration changelog — every published release, from the release record.
Migration overview — what it does, and what Pro adds.