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I got frustrated with an unresponsive webhost who charged too much and have a blank WP instance setup in Lightsail. I also have Filezilla connected successfully. My local site was built through MAMP and is stored on my local drive.
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Via Filezilla I can see /bitnami/wordpress and /opt/bitnami/wordpress.
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I can’t seem to find simple instructions or a clear list of which files I need to move from where locally to where via Filezilla.
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Thanks in advance!
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That’s a tough one. The only files are the plugins and the media files. Most of the info is in the database. You will need to export the db from local and then import it. Phpmyadmin can be used for this if you take the time to learn it.
It might be better to buy one of the plugins that will export a WordPress site and import it in another location.
Also what url did you use to develop the site? Is it the same as the one you will use for production? If not and the wp export/import plugin doesn’t change it you will have to do it manually. I think I used Better search replace.
Sorry about being so high level. It was a couple of years since I did it.
I use aws/light sail and like it. But I am in IT and use Linux at work. So I like the control I have.