Move your website to Hostwoody for free
Our migration tool copies your website files, databases and email from your current host automatically. It’s free, you can run it as often as you need, and your site stays live on the old host until you’re ready to switch.
- Included with WindBoost and SolarPro
- Average migration around 30 minutes
- No data deleted at your old host
Switch hosts in four steps
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Choose your current provider
Select cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin or a WordPress site over FTP.
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Enter your old hosting details
Provide the login details the tool needs to read your existing account.
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Pick what to move
Migrate every site at once, or choose individual websites, databases and mailboxes.
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Preview, then go live
Check the site on a temporary URL, then update your domain’s nameservers or DNS when you’re happy.
What the migration tool can move
| Source | Files | Databases | How it connects | |
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| cPanel / WHM hosts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Generates and imports a full cPanel backup |
| Plesk hosts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Requests a backup via the Plesk API |
| DirectAdmin hosts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Account backup import |
| WordPress (any host) | Yes | Yes | — | Connects over FTP |
| Any mailbox | — | — | Yes | IMAP sync with no email downtime |
Domain registrations aren’t moved automatically — transfer them separately or simply update the nameservers.
If a migration doesn’t complete
Most migrations finish without help, but the old server sometimes blocks the process. These are the most common causes and fixes.
- Stuck at “Waiting for cPanel backup”: the old account may be over quota or suspended, the server may be busy, or the site is simply large.
- Connection blocked: allow our migration IP range 45.8.227.0/24 in your old host’s firewall.
- Plesk migration fails immediately: ask your host to enable Plesk API access.
- WordPress over FTP fails: keep wp-config.php with the core files, use 755/644 permissions and make sure the domain points to the old host.
Nothing. Automated migrations are included with WindBoost and SolarPro, however many sites you move. Sprout is a website-builder plan, so there’s nothing to migrate.
It depends on the size of the site. The average migration takes around 30 minutes, and very large sites can take a few hours.
No. Your website stays live on your previous host until you change your DNS, so visitors aren’t affected during the copy.
If the tool can’t complete a move, contact us and our team will help work out what’s blocking it.
Moving in? We’ll do the lifting
Free automated migrations and a 30-day money-back guarantee on hosting.