How to transfer a Processwire site from one server to another

[modifiedcontent]

Is there a hassle-free way to migrate/transfer a Processwire site from one server to another - both Linux, CentOS to Ubuntu? Install Processwire on the new server and then replace files and database with what was on the old server?

I may have already lost access to the old installation, messing up DNS/IP etc. while transferring other domains to the new server. Is there a way to transfer Processwire sites with just the backed-up files and database?

[zoeck]

1 hour ago, modifiedcontent said:

there a way to transfer Processwire sites with just the backed-up files and database?

Sure 🙂 

You can have a Look at this thread:

 

[modifiedcontent]

What is the best way to move a Processwire site to a new server in 2026?

I have backups from my old sites - almost 2 years old by now... - and have installed empty Processwire sites on my new server.

Do the PW versions still have to be the same to make importing the old templates and database etc. work? How can I find out in my backups what version of PW they were on then and could I still find that version and downgrade to it?

Or are there now other ways to rebuild the old sites?