#10 by installs
All-in-One WP Migration and Backup
Trusted by 60M+ sites: The gold standard for WordPress migration and backup. Migrate, backup, and restore your WordPress site with one click.
- Installs
- 5+ million
- Rating
- 4.5 (7.7K)
- Updated
- 4 days ago
WP Migrate Lite – Migration Made Easy
Migrate your database. Export full sites including media, themes, and plugins. Find and replace content with support for serialized data.
- Active installs
- 200,000+
- #235 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 8.5M
- 8,502,315
- Downloads, 30 days
- 117.9K
- 23.8K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5
- 318 reviews
- Last updated
- 19 days ago
- Oct 12, 2026
- Version
- 2.7.12
- 76 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | October 12, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 5.2 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 5.6 or newer |
| First published | December 13, 2009 |
| Support, last two months | 0 of 2 threads resolved (0%) |
Reviews
4.2 / 5 from 318 reviews
| 5 stars | 249 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 4 |
| 3 stars | 4 |
| 2 stars | 9 |
| 1 star | 52 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
WP Migrate is a WordPress migration plugin that makes migrating your database and exporting full sites easy, fast, and stress-free.
WP Migrate Lite Features
Database Migrations
WP Migrate Lite can help move your WordPress database using an easy-to-follow three-step process.
- Find and replace content directly within the user interface.
- Export the SQL.
- Import into your new database using a tool such as phpMyAdmin.
Simple, right? WordPress database migrations shouldn’t have to be overly complicated or cumbersome. With WP Migrate Lite, database transfers become so much easier.
Full-Site Exports
WP Migrate Lite can now export your entire site, including the database, media uploads, themes, plugins, and other files required to create an exact copy of your site in a new environment. In the same friendly interface you know, you can configure your export, choose what you want to include or exclude, and then single-click your way to a downloadable ZIP file of your complete site. A perfect solution for simple migrations and site copying.
Import to Local
Thanks to our good friends at WP Engine, Local—the #1 local WordPress development tool—can now import full-site ZIP archives that have been exported using WP Migrate. Simply drag and drop the downloaded ZIP file into Local and you’re up and running with a complete copy of your site in minutes.
Find & Replace
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
Do I have to manually set up my WordPress migration every time?
No, WP Migrate uses “migration profiles” that allow you to save your WordPress migration settings to make the process as fast as possible.
Is WP Migrate compatible with WordPress multisite?
Yes, WP Migrate is compatible with multisites. With the Lite version, you can export, back up, and run find and replace operations across the entire multisite network. Upgrading to WP Migrate Pro opens up new possibilities for migrating single sites into or out of multisite networks. You can even migrate a subsite directly from one multisite to another.
Can I exclude spam comments from the migration?
You sure can! WP Migrate allows you to exclude spam comments from any WordPress migration in a click.
Will other plugins affect my WordPress migration?
Don’t worry! By default, WP Migrate places all plugins into compatibility mode during a migration, which prevents them from loading for migration requests only.
Specific plugins can be enabled to run during a migration using a straightforward admin interface.
Can I use the command line (WP-CLI)?
Yes, WP Migrate Lite includes export and find-replace commands. Qualifying licenses of WP Migrate Pro include even more WP-CLI commands to push, pull, import, and manage settings from the command line.
Latest changelog entry
- New: Dependencies have been updated for improved security and stability
- Fixed: Files in a symlinked folder now migrate to the correct destination when the symlink and folder names differ
- Fixed: Single-site migrations are restricted to users with the manage_options capability, thanks to sl4x via the Intigriti Bug Bounty program
Screenshots
Migrate actions 
Migration profile 
Database panel 
Media Uploads panel
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin.