INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
DreamHost has unveiled a new free tool to make it easier for its customers to migrate data between WordPress providers.New customers of the
company's managed WordPress offering DreamPress as well as all new shared website hosting customers will now get access to a plugin that
automates the process of migrating their WordPress sites to DreamHost.This free BlogVault-powered plugin is capable of moving website
content, themes, plugins and configurations between WordPress sites up to 80 percent faster than similar tools.Before now, moving WordPress
websites between hosting providers was often a largely manual process
Website owners often had to rely on software developers or advanced WordPress consultants to help migrate their data across the web which
led to additional costs.By bringing the power of automation to its customers, DreamHost has condensed a number of complicated technical
processes into a simple web-based roadmap that can be navigated with just a few clicks
WordPress sites of all sizes, across hosting providers can now be migrated to DreamHost through a series of simple and easy-to-follow
web-based prompts.Vice president of corporate communications at DreamHost, Brett Dunst explained why data portability is so important in a
Widely-adopted, powerful open source tools like WordPress are supported by user-generated content that is, by its nature, never anchored or
locked down to a single provider
Making tools available to WordPress users that help enable this portability is key to the future of user-generated content and is something
website hosting or its DreamPress managed WordPress hosting service.
