How to Move Your WordPress Blog to Another Server

1. Log into your current (old) WordPress dashboard in your Web browser if you are also changing the URL of your WordPress blog and installation directory. Navigate to the general settings page and change the URLs of your blog and installation directory to the new addresses. Click the button at the bottom of the page to save the settings.
2. Download your WordPress database by logging into your old host's control panel and click the PHPMyAdmin icon to open the utility. Click the database that contains your WordPress files from the left panel and click the 'Export' tab when it appears on the right.

3. Select the tables that you wish to export (if WordPress is the only script in the database, select them all) from the list. Choose 'SQL' as the output format. Check to select 'Stucture' and 'Data.' Check 'Save As' and type a file name into the text field. Click 'Go' and PHPMyAdmin will create the SQL file for download onto your computer.
4. Log into PHPMyAdmin from the control panel on the new server. Click the database name and click the 'Import' tab. Click the 'Browse' button and navigation to the location of the saved SQL file on your computer. Double-click to select the file. Check to select 'SQL' file in PHPMyAdmin and click the 'Go' button to begin importing. This process may take several moments.
5. Download your old WordPress files to your computer via FTP program or by logging into your file manager via your hosting control panel. You will want to save the WordPress core files in the root of your website or in any directory that you have specified as the WordPress installation directory
6. Open 'wp-config' -- which you downloaded with the WordPress files -- in a text editor if you need to change the name or location of the database, username or password. Type the new entries into each field and save the file on your computer.
7. Log into your new server via browser-based file manager or with your FTP client. Upload the core files, as well as the 'admin,' 'content' and 'includes' folders, to the root of your site -- if you wish to keep all WordPress files in one location. If you had WordPress installed to a separate directory, upload 'index.php,' to the root of your website. Then create the directory on your new server and upload the rest of your WordPress files and folders into the new directory.