InstaWP

InstaMigrate provides authenticated REST API endpoints that enable full WordPress site migrations between servers. It handles database export/import with binary-safe hex encoding, file archiving and transfer, and serialization-aware search-replace for domain changes.
Features:
<ul>
<li>Database export with binary-safe hex encoding (preserves serialized PHP data)</li>
<li>Database import with streaming line-by-line parsing (handles large dumps)</li>
<li>File upload, download, archiving (tar.gz/zip), and extraction</li>
<li>Serialization-aware search-replace for domain migrations</li>
<li>Dual authentication: API key header or WordPress Application Passwords</li>
<li>WP-CLI detection (informational, reported in status endpoint)</li>
<li>Admin UI showing API key and endpoint documentation</li>
</ul>
Important: This plugin grants full database and filesystem access via its REST API. Deactivate and delete it immediately after your migration is complete.

InstaMigrate

Secure REST API endpoints for WordPress site migration — database export/import, file transfer, and search-replace.

marathonhosting

Marathon Migration is the official plugin for moving your WordPress site to <a href="https://marathonhosting.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Marathon Hosting</a>. It handles everything automatically — your files, database, themes, plugins, and media — so you arrive on Marathon Hosting with a complete, working copy of your site.
No FTP. No cPanel. No manual database exports. No downtime on your current site.
How to migrate:
<ol>
<li>Log in to your Marathon Hosting account and generate a migration token from your site’s overview page</li>
<li>Install and activate this plugin on your current WordPress site</li>
<li>Go to Marathon Migration in your WordPress admin and paste your token</li>
<li>Click Start Migration — most sites complete in 2–10 minutes</li>
</ol>
That’s it. Your current site stays online the entire time.
What gets transferred:
<ul>
<li>Your complete database</li>
<li>All WordPress core files (your exact version — no forced upgrades)</li>
<li>All themes, plugins, uploads, and media</li>
<li>Must-use plugins</li>
</ul>
What does not transfer:
<ul>
<li>Server-specific configuration files — your new Marathon Hosting environment provides its own</li>
<li>Cache files and cache plugin output — these are rebuilt fresh on your new server</li>
<li>Log files and backup archives created by other plugins</li>
<li>Host-specific platform code from your previous host — these belong to your old host, not your site</li>
<li>The migration plugin itself — automatically removed after a successful transfer</li>
</ul>
What is not supported:
WordPress multisite installs are not currently supported. If the plugin detects a multisite network it will refuse to start the migration with a clear error before any data is transferred. Contact Marathon Hosting support if you need to migrate a multisite network.
<h3>External services</h3>
This plugin connects to the Marathon Hosting Gateway to coordinate your site migration. This service is required — without it the plugin cannot validate your migration token or connect your current site to your new Marathon Hosting environment.
The Gateway is contacted only after you paste a token and click Start Migration. No data is sent before you explicitly begin.
This service is operated by Marathon Hosting:
<ul>
<li>Terms of Service: https://marathonhosting.com/tos.html</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://marathonhosting.com/pp.html</li>
</ul>

Marathon Migration

Move your WordPress site to Marathon Hosting in minutes — no FTP, no manual exports, no downtime.

InstaMigrate vs Marathon Migration