WP Migrate Lite – Migration Made Easy
Migrate your database. Export full sites including media, themes, and plugins. Find and replace content with support for serialized data.
4.3(312 reviews)
·200K+ active installs·Updated 3 months agoAs of April 2026, WP Migrate Lite is a WordPress clone plugin with 200K+ active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 312 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.9M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.2+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Downloads are down 6% this week. Support resolution rate: 75%. Top alternative: All-in-One WP Migration and Backup.
4.3/5312 reviews
200K+active installs
75%resolved
17 yearssince 2009
Overview
WP Migrate is a WordPress migration plugin that makes migrating your database and exporting full sites easy, fast, and stress-free.
WP Migrate Lite Features
Database Migrations
WP Migrate Lite can help move your WordPress database using an easy-to-follow three-step process.
- Find and replace content directly within the user interface.
- Export the SQL.
- Import into your new database using a tool such as phpMyAdmin.
Simple, right? WordPress database migrations shouldn’t have to be overly complicated or cumbersome. With WP Migrate Lite, database transfers become so much easier.
Full-Site Exports
WP Migrate Lite can now export your entire site, including the database, media uploads, themes, plugins, and other files required to create an exact copy of your site in a new environment. In the sam…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Won’t import its own export unless you buy – waste of time
by christopheran·1 week ago
Lost respect for WP Engine after trying this
- This topic was modified 1 week, 5 days ago by christopheran.
Works fine
by Muhammad Qureshi·2 months ago
Updated review: It works fine.
- This topic was modified 2 months, 3 weeks ago by Muhammad Qureshi.
- This topic was modified 2 months, 3 weeks ago by Muhammad Qureshi.
Do Not Use
by wp-MeMeMe·7 months ago·1 reply
I tried to use this to get a zip file I can load into LocalWP, but it always creates a corrupted zip. I have run it multiple times, and neither I nor LocalWP can access the zip file it creates. Useless.
Do what it says can do!
by phpone·1 year ago
Loved it!
Struggling how to do a particular edit and found this plugin in a wordpress forum thread.
I solved my issue in 10 seconds!
Doesn’t work, bait to get you to buy.
by dimor·1 year ago
Don’t waste your time trying this plugin for free to migrate your site. Only paid.
Download Trends
Today: 699Yesterday: 990This week: 6KPeriod total: 744K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.2+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.7
57.2%
v2.6
19.4%
v1.0
11.8%
Other
11.5%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
WP Migrate 2.7.7 – 2025-11-11
- Security: Improved security of the cache flush functionality, thanks to security researcher Dmitrii Ignatyev
Contributors
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