Wordpress Best way to move existing WP site (shared hosting) to centmin mod ?

Just take full Wordpress Files backup, zip it.
Also export Database on Sahred hosting.
Then install Centminmod on Fresh VPS.

Just import the files and database manually hen follow this guide: WordPress + Super Cache plugin for Centmin Mod Nginx | wp1.centmincache.com

 

If you are not comfortable with dumping the database in cPanel, zipping the wordpressfiles and changing url manually (either via wp-config.php or editing the sql table)

I recommend using this plugin as it automates everything and is more graphic for new users.

WordPress › Duplicator « WordPress Plugins

1) Install it on your current wordpress installation and run it. A .zip archive and install.php file will be created.

I'm inclined to believe since you are using centminmod, it is good to stick with the standard install using centmin menu #22.

2) At the end of the wp-cli install, there will be details of your wordpress db name, user and pass being printed out automatically.

3) You can then delete everything in your vhost (/home/nginx/domains/yourdomain.com/public) and just upload the .zip and install file created in step 1.

Navigate to yourdomain.com/install.php and key in your DB name, user and pass as noted in step 2.

Select the 2nd option to overwrite database since menu option #22 already created the sql database and user with appropriate permissions for you.

Let plugin do it's job : profit :

 

When I first tested the centmin menu 22, I did a trial install with demowordpress.com domain to observe what is created and at where it was created. The verbose output at the end is really quite helpful. They can be deleted later anyway.

There really isn't any rigid ways that you must setup your .conf files. But if you plan on following some of the guides that @eva2000 wrote such as Redis - How to install Redis server on Centmin Mod LEMP stack | Centmin Mod Community then I think it would be better to stick with the "centminmod way" to prevent confusion and slapping yourself in the face for some silly overlook (been there done that).

It depends on your current setup really. The centmin menu 22 esentially configures your mysql databases, creates a user, grants the permission and via wp-cli installs wordpress with WP super cache and quite many other plugins. I believe a cronjob for updating is also set up.

(Installing via centmin menu 22)
If your current setup does not having any caching plugin (which really should not be the case) or you're not using WP super cache, simply comment out the try_files directive line under super cache plugin and uncomment the try_files directive line under wordpress permalink at /usr/local/nginx/conf/conf.d/yourdomain.com.conf


# for wordpress super cache plugin
#try_files /wp-content/cache/supercache/$http_host/$cache_uri/index.html $uri $uri/ /index.php?q=$uri&$args;

# Wordpress Permalinks
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?q=$uri&$args;

Code:

  location / {

  # Enables directory listings when index file not found
  #autoindex  on;

  # for wordpress super cache plugin
  try_files /wp-content/cache/supercache/$http_host/$cache_uri/index.html $uri $uri/ /index.php?q=$uri&$args;

  # Wordpress Permalinks
  # try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?q=$uri&$args;


  }

Also the centmin menu 22 password protects wp-login.php by default with a random password that you will see after doing the option #22. I personally use Clef so I did not need it; I commented out

#auth_basic "Private";
#auth_basic_user_file /home/nginx/domains/yourdomain.com/htpasswd_wplogin;

Code:

location ~* /(wp-login\.php) {
    limit_req zone=xwplogin burst=1 nodelay;
    #limit_conn xwpconlimit 30;
    auth_basic "Private";
    auth_basic_user_file /home/nginx/domains/yourdomain.com/htpasswd_wplogin;
    include /usr/local/nginx/conf/php.conf;
}

 

Still i didn't see exactly answer about this question. Because, if you have a wordpress website which including custom add-ons and template, how can we move to centminmod's ready wordpress installation ?

After setup new wordpress full configured via option #22:
If we delete the public directory then important add-ons will be deleted too. Or we import the current wordpress backup database, then we will still lose the configurations too.

So, which one easy way to move or existing wordpress to centminmod's nginx ? Because i want use centminmod's nginx installation but i wanna see my template and other a-few plugins too.

Thanks (especially i m waiting an answer from @eva2000)

 

Hello how can I import the database and the files ?