• The size and complexity of a site will determine how long the migration takes to complete. Larger sites with many images, files or a large database will take longer than usual.
• Be sure your site isn’t in maintenance mode.
• Be sure your site doesn’t have any kind of security protection.
• Sites hosted by WordPress.com cannot be migrated due to limitations in their hosting, you’ll need to contact their support for help.

No, only the content of the site is being moved. You will have a temporary domain where you can review your site. Once you’re certain the site should go live, you just need to update your domain’s DNS and allow time for propagation.

Yes, you can leave the page, but, please, copy and save the full URL of the migration page somewhere so you can easily come back and check on the progress.

If the migration fails you can try again

• Review your site at the temporary domain, once you’re certain the site should go live, you just need to update your domain’s DNS and allow time for propagation.
• If your plan includes Free SSL Certificate, it will be installed after migration is completed. Otherwise, you can add SSL Certificate from the site overview once the migration completes. This may add some additional propagation time.
• You can add Website Security to protect against the worst threats easily from your hosting dashboard.

You can always reset your WordPress password. If you need help with that please visit our help page.

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