Downloading your Wordpress From PHPMySQL

Download the Wordpress Directory from your folder on PHPMySQL

1. Follow the steps on Accessing the PHPMySQL Server to connect to PHPMySQL
   
2. Download the "Wordpress" directory - This will take a while based on how many themes and images you had in your Wordpress
   

Backup your database from PHPMySQL

1. Open the PHPMyAdmin for PHPMySQL at https://phpmysql.howardcc.edu/phpmyadmin/index.php
   Login with your username and the database password you were previously provided by your instructor
   
   1. If you can't locate your database password it is also in the "wp_config.php" you downloaded above
      Ex: below the password is InterestedPassword9267
      
2. Once you have signed in, click on your database to the left
   
   
   1. Now click on "Export"
      
   2. Click "Go"
      
   3. Save the file
      

Locate a new webhost if you have not yet

1. Wordpress.org keeps a list of recommended Wordpress hosts
   https://wordpress.org/hosting/

Upload the files to your new WebHost

These steps will vary by webhost, contact the webhost help/support for assistance

1. Edit the wp-config.php you downloaded
   Change it to use new webhost username, server and password for your database/MySQL they provide you
   
2. Using Filezilla or a similar tool, upload the Wordpress folder you had before to the new server
   1. Connect to the host using their FTP connection username, server, and password the new host provides you
      1. If you want to have Wordpress be a subfolder on the new host, upload the folder like below (Ex: https://frank.hosting.com/Wordpress )
         
      2. If you want Wordpress to be the only thing on the new host, enter the directory and upload all the files to the webhost instead (Ex: https://frank.hosting.com/ )
         

Import your database to the new Webhost

 These steps will vary by webhost, contact the webhost help/support for assistance

1. Open the PHPMyAdmin for your new webhost
   1. Login using the new webhosts username and password for your database
   2. Again select your database on the left and but select import this time
      
   3. Click "Browse"
      
      1. select the SQL Export you downloaded from PHPMySQL before
         
   4. Scroll down and click "Go"
      
2. Open the wp_options table under your database on the left
   
   1. Edit the two first items "site_url" and "home" to be your new URL. If you don't know what this is contact the help/support at your new web host
      
3. Open your new URL and test it