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Configuring Necessary Options To Migrate A WordPress Site

Last updated on May 26, 2023

The Settings module of the WordPress Backup & Migration Pro plugin configures all the basic plugin settings. All the cloud storage connections are established in this module which caters to easy migration.

How to reach?

  1. Ensure the plugin is installed and activated successfully.
  2. From the WordPress dashboard, navigate through the menu: WordPress Migration Pro.
  3.  Click on the sub-menu: Settings.

What does it contain?

The submodule: Settings has five tabs:

  1. FTP Settings
  2. Google Drive 
  3. Amazon S3
  4. Dropbox
  5. OneDrive

FTP Settings

We can create and maintain multiple FTP profiles that can be used for the import/export of site backups. The section has 2 tabs:

  • FTP Profiles
  • Add new

Viewing FTP Profiles

Click on FTP Profiles to view the added FTP profiles and edit them.

viewing ftp profiles
FTP profile

Creating an FTP Profile

Click on Add New to create a new FTP profile and Save settings.

Adding new FTP profile in FTP/SFTP settings
Adding a new FTP profile

Google Drive

To get connected :

  1. Enter the Client ID and Client secret.
  2. Click on Authenticate to finish.
Successfully connected to Google Drive
Successfully connected to Google Drive

Amazon S3

To get connected :

  1. Collect the Access key, Secret key, and S3 location from your IAM console.
  2. Click on Authenticate to finish.
Successfully connected to Amazon S3
Successfully connected to Amazon S3

Dropbox

To get connected:

  1. Collect the access token and Dropbox location from the Dropbox developer console.
  2. Click on Verify connection and save the settings.
Successfully connected to Dropbox
Successfully connected to Dropbox

Watch this video for more insights.

OneDrive

To get connected:

  1. Collect the OneDrive Client ID and Client Secret value from the Microsoft Azure account.
  2. Add the required URI in the redirect URI section of the Microsoft account to update the authentication.
  3. From the plugin interface, click on Authenticate to finish.
Successfully connected to OneDrive
Successfully connected to OneDrive

Watch this video for more insights.

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