{"id":27367,"date":"2018-05-07T11:04:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T16:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendly-stocking.flywheelsites.com\/?post_type=help&#038;p=27367"},"modified":"2024-12-06T12:46:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T18:46:57","slug":"group-migrations","status":"publish","type":"help","link":"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wordpress-support\/group-migrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Group Migrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve discussed moving a high volume of sites over to Flywheel, our team will activate our Group Migration tool for you. Whether you&#8217;re moving 10 sites or 10,000 our video below covers all the features of this time-saving tool.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/jyeltshc8d.jsonp\" async><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding: 52.71% 0 0 0; position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_jyeltshc8d videoFoam=true\" style=\"height: 100%; position: relative; width: 100%;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_swatch\" style=\"height: 100%; left: 0; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0; transition: opacity 200ms; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/move-your-wordpress-sites-to-flywheel\/#js-group-migrations\">Start a custom group migration here!<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Or, if you feel like digging right in, here are some steps to get you started:<\/p>\n<div class=\"help-step\"><div class=\"help-step__content\"><div class=\"help-step__number\">1<\/div><h4>Access the Group Migration form<\/h4><p>After logging into Flywheel, hover over the Manage tab and select Group Migrations from the list. You&#8217;ll be taken to the Group Migrations dashboard where you can access the group created for you by our team. Go ahead and click &#8220;Add to Group&#8221; to get started.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"help-image-border alignnone wp-image-34973 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Image-2020-03-11-at-3.46.56-PM-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"692\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Image-2020-03-11-at-3.46.56-PM-1.png 692w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Image-2020-03-11-at-3.46.56-PM-1-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Image-2020-03-11-at-3.46.56-PM-1-223x97.png 223w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Image-2020-03-11-at-3.46.56-PM-1-446x195.png 446w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Image-2020-03-11-at-3.46.56-PM-1-157x69.png 157w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Image-2020-03-11-at-3.46.56-PM-1-225x98.png 225w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Image-2020-03-11-at-3.46.56-PM-1-218x95.png 218w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Image-2020-03-11-at-3.46.56-PM-1-435x190.png 435w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Image-2020-03-11-at-3.46.56-PM-1-195x85.png 195w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Image-2020-03-11-at-3.46.56-PM-1-390x170.png 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"help-image-border aligncenter wp-image-34975 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migrations-add-to-group.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"790\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migrations-add-to-group.png 790w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migrations-add-to-group-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migrations-add-to-group-768x231.png 768w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migrations-add-to-group-223x67.png 223w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migrations-add-to-group-446x134.png 446w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migrations-add-to-group-157x47.png 157w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migrations-add-to-group-225x68.png 225w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migrations-add-to-group-315x95.png 315w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migrations-add-to-group-631x190.png 631w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migrations-add-to-group-282x85.png 282w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migrations-add-to-group-564x170.png 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"help-step\"><div class=\"help-step__content\"><div class=\"help-step__number\">2<\/div><h4>Add your sites to the form<\/h4><p>From here you can add sites one at a time or several at once, simply type the number of sites you desire and click the &#8220;Add&#8221; button in the top right corner.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34982\" src=\"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-add-sites.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-add-sites.png 189w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-add-sites-157x66.png 157w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><br \/>\nWe will need to be able to access your WordPress\u00ae sites as administrator to perform the migration, so the following info is required for each site<\/a>:<a href=\"#legal-disclaimer\"><sup style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;\">1<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Site Name<br \/>\n\u2022 Site URL<br \/>\n\u2022 WP-Admin URL<br \/>\n\u2022 WP Username (Administator level account)<br \/>\n\u2022 WP Password<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"help-image-border alignnone wp-image-34983 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-required-fields.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"870\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-required-fields.png 870w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-required-fields-300x78.png 300w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-required-fields-768x200.png 768w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-required-fields-223x58.png 223w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-required-fields-446x116.png 446w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-required-fields-157x41.png 157w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-required-fields-225x59.png 225w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-required-fields-364x95.png 364w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-required-fields-728x190.png 728w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-required-fields-326x85.png 326w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-required-fields-652x170.png 652w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"help-note\"><h4>Note<\/h4>We recommend adding no more than 50 sites to a single form at one time. If you have more sites than this, no problem, you can always add more later! If you have questions or need additional groups, feel free to reach out to your Customer Success Specialist or Account Manager.<\/div>\n<div class=\"help-step\"><div class=\"help-step__content\"><div class=\"help-step__number\">3<\/div><h4>Include optional info<\/h4><p>If your migration has unique requirements, we&#8217;ve got you covered! By default, we migrate the wp-content folder and the site&#8217;s database, but you can specify any root files or folders by listing them in the &#8220;Root Directories&#8221; section, separated by commas. If the site is a Multisite, let us know if you&#8217;d like the entire Multisite migrated, or if you&#8217;d like us to extract one of the sites from the network. Anything else we should keep in mind? Click the speech bubble to add custom comments on a per-site basis.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"help-image-border aligncenter wp-image-34984 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-optional-fields.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-optional-fields.png 473w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-optional-fields-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-optional-fields-223x107.png 223w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-optional-fields-446x214.png 446w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-optional-fields-157x75.png 157w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-optional-fields-225x108.png 225w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-optional-fields-198x95.png 198w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-optional-fields-396x190.png 396w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-optional-fields-177x85.png 177w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-optional-fields-354x170.png 354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"help-step\"><div class=\"help-step__content\"><div class=\"help-step__number\">4<\/div><h4>Submit the form<\/h4><p>Once all your sites have been added, you&#8217;re nearly there! We will migrate your sites in order from top to bottom, so feel free to prioritize certain sites by clicking and dragging the dots to the left of the Site Name field to reorder the list. You can remove any unneeded sites using the blue &#8220;x&#8221; on the right side. When you&#8217;re ready for our team to get started, click the &#8220;Submit Group&#8221; button. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"help-image-border aligncenter wp-image-34985 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-submit-group.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1353\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-submit-group.png 1353w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-submit-group-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-submit-group-1024x406.png 1024w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-submit-group-768x304.png 768w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-submit-group-223x88.png 223w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-submit-group-446x177.png 446w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-submit-group-157x62.png 157w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-submit-group-225x89.png 225w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-submit-group-240x95.png 240w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-submit-group-480x190.png 480w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-submit-group-215x85.png 215w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-submit-group-429x170.png 429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1353px) 100vw, 1353px\" \/><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"help-step\"><div class=\"help-step__content\"><div class=\"help-step__number\">5<\/div><h4>Sit back and relax while our team migrates your sites!<\/h4><p>You&#8217;ll receive an email update as our team completes each individual site migration. You can also visit your Group Migration dashboard at any time by clicking Manage &gt; Group Migration and choosing &#8220;View Progress&#8221;. When you&#8217;re ready to approve a migration to take a site live, click the &#8220;Accept&#8221; button. Or, if you find an issue with your migration, click on the Flag icon and shoot us a message with what&#8217;s going on and our team will get back with you within one business day.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"help-image-border aligncenter wp-image-34986 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-dashboard.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"941\" height=\"704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-dashboard.png 941w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-dashboard-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-dashboard-768x575.png 768w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-dashboard-223x167.png 223w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-dashboard-446x334.png 446w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-dashboard-157x117.png 157w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-dashboard-225x168.png 225w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-dashboard-127x95.png 127w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-dashboard-254x190.png 254w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-dashboard-114x85.png 114w, https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/group-migration-dashboard-227x170.png 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 941px) 100vw, 941px\" \/><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<hr class=\"help-hr-large-margin\" \/>\n<h2>Need help?<\/h2>\n<p>If you have any questions our Happiness Engineers are here to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/app.getflywheel.com\/help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">help<\/a><\/strong><\/span>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","helpcategories":[2],"class_list":["post-27367","help","type-help","status-publish","hentry","helpcategories-getting-started","help-tag-flywheel-migrations","help-tag-migrate","help-tag-migration","help-tag-migrations"],"acf":{"seo_meta_description":"","meta_robots":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help\/27367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/help"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"helpcategories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpcategories?post=27367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}