WordPress Site Migration to DigitalOcean
Budget: $250 – $750 CAD
I'm moving my real-estate WordPress site from Namecheap's shared hosting to a fresh DigitalOcean droplet. The site is already fully backed up—database and wp-content included—so there's no redesign or optimisation work needed at this stage; I just want an identical copy running smoothly on the new server with zero content loss and minimal downtime.
Here's what I expect you to handle:
• Spin up and secure the droplet (Ubuntu preferred), install the required stack (Nginx or Apache, PHP, MySQL).
• Transfer my full backup, restore the database, and point the domain's DNS to the new IP when everything is verified.
• Update and configure any API endpoints that the website uses to ensure they work properly after migration.
• Activate SSL (Let's Encrypt is fine) so the padlock stays green.
• Test all front-end pages, the WordPress dashboard, and my property-listing plugins to confirm nothing broke along the way.
• Hand over the root/SFTP credentials plus a short note of the steps taken so I have a clean record for future maintenance.
If you've migrated WordPress to DigitalOcean before and are comfortable troubleshooting typical permissions or caching quirks, this should be a quick win for both of us.
Here's what I expect you to handle:
• Spin up and secure the droplet (Ubuntu preferred), install the required stack (Nginx or Apache, PHP, MySQL).
• Transfer my full backup, restore the database, and point the domain's DNS to the new IP when everything is verified.
• Update and configure any API endpoints that the website uses to ensure they work properly after migration.
• Activate SSL (Let's Encrypt is fine) so the padlock stays green.
• Test all front-end pages, the WordPress dashboard, and my property-listing plugins to confirm nothing broke along the way.
• Hand over the root/SFTP credentials plus a short note of the steps taken so I have a clean record for future maintenance.
If you've migrated WordPress to DigitalOcean before and are comfortable troubleshooting typical permissions or caching quirks, this should be a quick win for both of us.