Migrate Quill: Backup & Migration

Migrate Quill is the ultimate solution for securing your WordPress site data and moving it to a new domain or hosting provider. Whether you need a local backup archive or a direct Server-to-Server migration, Migrate Quill handles the heavy lifting safely and efficiently.

Designed to work within standard shared hosting limits, Migrate Quill uses an advanced JavaScript chunking engine. It slices your massive website files and databases into tiny 2MB pieces during transfer, bypassing strict server limits and timeout errors.

Features

• Full Site Backups: Back up your entire database, themes, plugins, and media (wp-content) into a single .zip file.
• Server-to-Server Migration: Move your site directly to a new host using a secure 32-character Migration Key—no need to download files to your computer!
• Smart Chunking Engine: Handles massive WordPress installations (Gigabytes in size) by splitting files into safe 2MB pieces during upload and download.
• Auto URL Replacement: Automatically detects your old domain and replaces it with your new domain in the database after migration.
• Archive Protection: Backup files are stored in a hidden directory protected by Apache .htaccess rules to prevent unauthorized access.
• Server Diagnostics: Built-in dashboard checks your server’s PHP memory, upload limits, and folder permissions to ensure a smooth migration.

How It Works

Migrate Quill offers two powerful ways to protect and move your site:

1. Local Backup: Generates a full .zip archive of your database and files. You can download this to your computer for safekeeping, and later upload it to a new site using our chunked uploader.
2. Remote Migration (Server-to-Server): Generates a secure 32-character token on your source site. Simply paste this token into the Migrate Quill dashboard on your destination site, and it will pull the files directly across the web, extract them, and replace the database URLs automatically!
3. ** After the transfer is complete, automatically log out from your admin panel. Then go to the new site’s File Manager (public_html) and open the wp-config.php file. Check the database details and replace the following values with your new database credentials:
4. Database Name
5. Database Username
6. Database Password

Safe Use & Server Requirements

• File Size Limits: Because Migrate Quill uses a 2MB chunking system, there is no strict maximum file size limit. It can migrate sites that are multiple Gigabytes in size.
• Disk Space: You must ensure your destination server has enough available disk space to hold the .zip file PLUS the extracted files (roughly 2.5x the size of your total website).
• PHP Memory Limit: While the chunking engine is highly optimized, we recommend a minimum memory_limit of 256MB for optimal file compression.
• Permissions: Ensure your /wp-content/uploads/ folder is set to 0755 permissions so the plugin can securely write the backup files.