How to Migrate a Hostinger Website to PlanetHoster

To find out about all the necessary steps for migration, please consult the article explaining how to migrate your website to PlanetHoster.

It explains that two steps depend on your current host: copying the files and copying the database onto your computer. In the following lines, we will explain these two steps in the case of a website hosted with Hostinger.

Prerequisites

Log in to your Hostinger hosting space and choose the site you want to transfer. To do so:

1. Connect to your Hostinger dashboard (hPanel).
2. Navigate to the Websites section of Hostinger dashboard. Locate your domain and click on Dashboard:

How to Copy the Files

A copy of the files on the Hostinger service have to be downloaded to your computer. This will enable you to transfer them to your new PlanetHoster hosting via FTP.

After logging in to your hosting and choosing the site in question:

1. In the left sidebar, select Files -> FTP Accounts :

2. This gives access to FTP Access window:

3. Please note the following:

• active FTP or SSH user (username);
• server address (host) next to FTP username;
• default server connection FTP Port (21).

4. Make sure you know the password associated with this FTP or SSH user. If you do not, you will need to click on Change FTP password to choose another one.
5. Open an FTP session with FileZilla and fill in the Host, Username, Port and Password fields, then click on the Quick Connect button.
6. Once connected, select the contents of the www (root directory public_html Hostinger’s default) in the Remote site section and download it to your computer.
   • The access can be in one of those two forms: /home/u123456789/domains/domain.tld/public_html or /home/u123456789/public_html.
   • If you do not know where your website folder is located, scroll the window to the section Create a new FTP account :

When this is done, you have to copy these files via FTP to your hosting in the public_html folder for your main domain. Please refer to the article How to Migrate your Website at PlanetHoster.

How to Copy the Database

To migrate your database to PlanetHoster, you must first create a backup file on your computer. Here we show you how to export your database to your computer from the PhpMyAdmin utility of Hostinger.

After logging in to your hosting and choosing the site in question:

1. Navigate to Websites -> Dashboard.
2. Select Databases -> PhpMyAdmin on the sidebar and click on it:

3. The database management page opens and displays all MySQL databases and users. Next, click on Enter phpMyAdmin next to the database:

4. You are now in Hostinger’s phpMyAdmin tool. Click on the Export tab.
5. In the phpMyAdmin database export tool, choose the Quick Method export method and the SQL format, then click on the GO button.
6. Your web browser will then offer you the choice of opening or saving the file. Select Save and make a note of your local download directory on your computer, as you will need this file in .SQL format for later.

For the next steps, please refer to the article How to Migrate your Website to PlanetHoster. It explains how to create a database on your PlanetHoster hosting account, import the previously exported database into this new database and, finally, edit the new details that were generated when the database was created.