The Ultimate WordPress Migration Guide

post-migration checks are where most moves go wrong: permalinks, mixed content after an https change, and scheduled tasks. (i’m with cloudways, so take this with salt) staging a copy first is a good habit, and it’s built into our platform. what’s the most common failure you see after a move?

Freezing the database during the final sync is the step that gets skipped most, and on a WooCommerce store it's exactly where an order goes missing. Lowering the TTL 48 hours ahead also matters more than people think, since some resolvers hold the old record until the original TTL runs out. Testing through the hosts file before the switch catches broken absolute URLs early too.