Moving my WordPress site from AWS hosting to WordPress.com hosting

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    jetsettergypsy · Member ·

    1. If I’m just moving my site from AWS hosting to WordPress.com hosting, do I need domain transfer or just domain mapping? My domain is through GoDaddy and I do not want to change this.

    2. I need help troubleshooting this move from AWS to WordPress.com plus logging into my WordPress site, which I currently can not do b/c of this error:

    SOLUTION | Error: Cookies are blocked or not supported by your browser. You must enable cookies to use WordPress.
    Here’s the solution that I found but I need help getting to my WP-config php file:

    If you use WordPress multisite and can’t log in to subsites, and get the error “Cookies are blocked or not supported by your browser. You must enable cookies to use WordPress.” you can paste a small code in your wp-config.php file:
    define(‘COOKIE_DOMAIN’, false);
    The location of wp-config.php is in the root of your WordPress install. You can use FTP to download that file, and then uploading it again after adding the line. You can also get into the file manager in cPanel to do the changes here.
    The error can occur e.g. if you use domain mapping.

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    1. If I’m just moving my site from AWS hosting to WordPress.com hosting, do I need domain transfer or just domain mapping? My domain is through GoDaddy and I do not want to change this.

    You don’t need to transfer your domain to us, no. If you prefer to keep the domain registered with GoDaddy, you can leave it there and just connect it to WordPress.com using our domain mapping option.

    2. I need help troubleshooting this move from AWS to WordPress.com plus logging into my WordPress site, which I currently can not do b/c of this error:

    So you’re having trouble logging into the existing WordPress site on AWS’s end? If so, I’m afraid we’re not able to help with that over here – WordPress.com does not work exactly the same as the open source version of WordPress you’re using there, so we simply don’t have the expertise to help you troubleshoot this.

    For help with the open source version of WordPress, you can ask at https://wordpress.org/support/forums/ instead. The people over there should be able to help you figure out how to log back into your site.

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