1. Log into wp-engine
  2. Go to Sites > +Add site > type the name in (no spaces) and click Add Site
  3. Under Add Production > Create new > Name the environment > Click Create environment
  4. Log into wordpress admin of the site
    1. Go to Plugins
    2. Add New > install WP Engine Automated Migration > Activate the plugin (make sure the plugin is shown on the left menu)
  5. Go back to wpengine login and refresh the page to to make sure the installation is ready (Yellow stripe should be gone after refresh)
    1. Click on Site migration
    2. Copy everything from this site onto the WP Engine plugin
    3. Click “I agree to WP Engine’s Terms of Service”
    4. Click Migrate
    5. If site migrates correct expect question marks appear… You need to make sure you’re defining the database collation and character set in your wp-config.php.define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);
      define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ‘utf8_unicode_ci’);
  6. Go to where the domain is hosted (example: godaddy, register.com, etc)
  7. In Godaddy > click on DNS from the site you are migrating
  8. Go back to WP Engine and get the IP address in Overview
  9. Go to http://whatsmydns.net/
    1. Put in the domain and check to make sure IP Address is correct
  10. Go back to WP Engine and add domains
    1. Add www version of the domain
    2. Add the non www version of the domain
      1. Make this one as “Set as primary”
        1. You know when it is set when the text is grey out
    3. Turn CDN on by checking all and Save
    4. SSL
      1. Get FREE certificates
      2. Check of the domains and Terms and Conditions checkbox
      3. Request SSL Certificate
  11. Once migration from BlogVault and SSL are completed
    1. Go to the domain and login to wordpress admin
      1. Go to Settings > General
      2. Change the WordPress address and site address to https:// site
      3.  Go to SSL > Expand the URLs > Click on Secure All URLs and Save all Changes
    2. Go to Advance and click on “Run Perm-Reload-Apply”
  12. Go back to Godaddy and change the A-record to the number you copied > Save