Marathon Migration
Marathon Migration is the official plugin for moving your WordPress site to Marathon Hosting. It handles everything automatically — your files, database, themes, plugins, and media — so you arrive on Marathon Hosting with a complete, working copy of your site.
No FTP. No cPanel. No manual database exports. No downtime on your current site.
How to migrate:
- Log in to your Marathon Hosting account and generate a migration token from your site’s overview page
- Install and activate this plugin on your current WordPress site
- Go to Marathon Migration in your WordPress admin and paste your token
- Click Start Migration — most sites complete in 2–10 minutes
That’s it. Your current site stays online the entire time.
What gets transferred:
- Your complete database
- All WordPress core files (your exact version — no forced upgrades)
- All themes, plugins, uploads, and media
- Must-use plugins
What does not transfer:
- Server-specific configuration files — your new Marathon Hosting environment provides its own
- Cache files and cache plugin output — these are rebuilt fresh on your new server
- Log files and backup archives created by other plugins
- Host-specific platform code from your previous host — these belong to your old host, not your site
- The migration plugin itself — automatically removed after a successful transfer
What is not supported:
WordPress multisite installs are not currently supported. If the plugin detects a multisite network it will refuse to start the migration with a clear error before any data is transferred. Contact Marathon Hosting support if you need to migrate a multisite network.
External services
This plugin connects to the Marathon Hosting Gateway to coordinate your site migration. This service is required — without it the plugin cannot validate your migration token or connect your current site to your new Marathon Hosting environment.
The Gateway is contacted only after you paste a token and click Start Migration. No data is sent before you explicitly begin.
This service is operated by Marathon Hosting:
- Terms of Service: https://marathonhosting.com/tos.html
- Privacy Policy: https://marathonhosting.com/pp.html