A little bit confused, did a site migration, using Duplicator Pro, did not change credentials in wp-config and the site worked

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I recall, for all previous migrations, I would always have to change the wp-config credentials to the old site that I was migrating.
For this new migration, which happened on the same account, I first created a WordPress install and I did the migration.
Yet I did not change the wp-config credentials and the site worked, as a matter of fact when I did change the wp-config credentials from the old site, the new site crashed.

I am so confused right now, because in the past, I have always had to go back and change the wp-config credentials on the new site to make them match the old site, but not this time.

Maybe has Duplicator Pro introduced a new feature that I am not aware of ?
Thanks

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2 Comments
  1. Using the method you used, the wp-config file is not overwritten with the old DB strings, since you were running it from an existing WP install. The migration script simply replaces the *data* in the DB – the connection isn’t changed.

 

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