Cloudways WordPress Migrator

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1. ★★★★★ jefferies1

   10mo ago

   This plugin works great! I successfully migrated two different WooCommerce sites without any issues. I did have a little trouble at first understanding what to copy, since the labels didn’t match exactly, and I’m not very experienced with site migration. Fortunately, there are plenty of tutorials online that answered all my questions, so I didn’t need to contact support.

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2. ★★★★★ casper

   1.0y ago

   I have used this plugin dozens of times, successfully. I usually migrate standard WordPress sites, meaning no Bedrock or other funny business. I also once migrated a very large multisite successfully with it (~24 sites in one multisite) … that worked great. Today I tried migrating a WP site built using Bedrock, and that did not work, because the site abstracts WP admin code into a /wp/ subfolder and also changes where uploads are stored, and this plugin can’t deal with that. That’s unfortunate, but not the end of the world.

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3. ★★★★★ Mickpunt

   1.8y ago

   This migrator plugin does what it’s supposed to do and fairly quickly as well.I used it to migrate websites from TransIP to Cloudways.There are a couple of details to be mindful of though:– Add the domain via Domain Management (and make it the primary)– In the migrated wordpress site – search and replace the temporary domain to the real domain using WP-CLI– After migration the Migrator plugin has a built-in preference for the Breeze cache plugin (maintained by CloudWays). The Migrator plugin apparently deactivates other caching plugings like WP-Rocket without explicitely letting you know. This kinda freaked me out as I wasn’t sure the clone was a 100% accurate.– Remember to clear the cache– Remember to restart Redis service– Remember to purge Varnish service

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4. ★★★★★ olibrodesign

   1.9y ago

   We have used this plugin many times and it has worked flawlessly every time.

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5. ★★★★★ antonyjosephsmith

   2.1y ago

   My main issue is that it tends to be incredibly slow

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6. ★★★★★ Jorge

   2.2y ago

   I could migrate a WP Multisite with this plugin. Database, files and most configurations went on perfectly but at the end you may have to do some hacking on files like wp-config.php to fix URL direction problems. The whole Multisite was 9GB and it took a couple of hours so don’t despair. As long as the progress bars move eventually the process finishes. Of course this was my experience and I’ve only tested it once. This topic was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by Jorge.

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7. ★★★★★ aph5

   2.6y ago

   Just used this plugin to migrate 2 sites, and it worked well. Main thing I needed to do after was a “find and replace” on the database for cloudways URLs, to replace them with the domain URL. Would happily use again.

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8. ★★★★★ paoolo

   2.8y ago

   I honestly created an account just to post this.This migration tool is dumb and not working at all! We are trying to migrate our site using this for 4 TIMES using this and all failed. Support is no help at all. Im so DISAPPOINTED! If you need to migrate a critical site, do not use CLOUDWAYS!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 6.55 Tweak: Connection key support 6.55
2. — Version 5.88 Tweak: Code Restructuring Tweak: Added support for PHP 8.4 5.88
3. — Version 5.56 Better handling for Activate Redirect 5.56
4. — Version 5.25 Bug fix get_admin_url 5.25
5. — Version 5.24 SHA256 Support Stream Improvements 5.24
6. — Version 5.22 Code Improvements Reduced Memory Footprint 5.22

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2022-11-03 10K+ → 20K+ up after 1 days in tier
2. 2022-11-02 20K+ → 10K+ down after 5 days in tier
3. 2022-10-28 10K+ → 20K+ up after 5 days in tier
4. 2022-10-23 20K+ → 10K+ down after 4 days in tier
5. 2022-10-19 10K+ → 20K+ up

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 3M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
• Migrate Guru – Site Migration & Cloning 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
• Backup Migration 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• BlogVault Backup & Staging 80K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
• SiteGround Migrator 80K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A

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Cloudways WordPress Migrator: 20K+ active installs, 4.2★ (36 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/bv-cloudways-automated-migration