WordPress hosting for sites leaving GoDaddy.
GoDaddy runs two very different products under one brand - Managed WordPress and cPanel hosting - and which one you are on changes the entire shape of the move.
What leaving GoDaddy actually involves.
Which plan you are on decides whether there is a database to export at all, so that is the first thing we establish.
The system plugin you cannot switch off
GoDaddy installs a must-use plugin that wp-admin gives you no way to deactivate. It expects their cache and CDN to answer, so it comes out during the copy rather than throwing errors on your first day here.
Core updates handed back
Managed WordPress applies core updates on its own schedule, which means sites often arrive having never had an update rehearsed. Here the timing is yours, and you can try one on a clone first.
Pre-installed plugins, audited
A migrated site usually carries plugins whose only job was talking to the host it no longer runs on. We identify which those are instead of moving dead weight.
CDN URLs rewritten
Asset URLs pointing at their CDN are replaced with your own domain, so nothing keeps loading through an account you are closing.
Your plan established first
Managed WordPress has no cPanel and no direct database access; their shared plans do. Getting that right before anything is copied is the difference between a clean move and a stalled one.
Nothing switches until you have looked at it.
The copy is staged on a temporary domain and you review it there. Your GoDaddy site keeps serving traffic the whole time.
- Plan and access confirmed before the export
- Staged copy on a temporary domain for review
- Cutover at a time you choose
- Old host left running until you confirm
The same site, without the platform overhead.
A meaningful share of what a migrated GoDaddy site gains is simply code that no longer runs - platform plugins loading on every request for a host that is no longer involved.
What we change when a site arrives from GoDaddy
These are the specific things a GoDaddy site needs, as opposed to a general WordPress migration.
| Setting | What we do | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Platform mu-plugin | Removed with the rest of the host's code during the copy | It cannot be deactivated from wp-admin and expects GoDaddy's cache and CDN endpoints, so it fails on the first request after DNS moves. |
| Core auto-updates | Handed back to you, with staging to rehearse on | Managed WordPress updates core on its own schedule, so sites arrive having never had an update tested before it applied. |
| Bundled plugins | Audited and removed where the platform was their only purpose | A migrated site otherwise carries plugins built to talk to a host it no longer runs on, some of which keep trying. |
| CDN asset URLs | Rewritten to your own domain across the database | Assets otherwise keep resolving through an account you are in the middle of closing. |
| Export path | Chosen after confirming which GoDaddy product you are on | Managed WordPress offers no cPanel and no direct database access, so assuming the wrong one wastes the first day of the move. |
Simple, transparent pricing.
Every plan includes free migration, daily backups, SSL and 24/7 support.
- 1 WordPress site
- 10 GB NVMe disk
- Free SSL
- Daily backups
- One-click deployment
- Support tickets
- 5 WordPress sites
- 50 GB NVMe disk
- Free SSL
- Daily backups
- One-click deployment
- Priority support tickets
- 20 WordPress sites
- 200 GB NVMe disk
- Free SSL
- Daily backups
- One-click deployment
- Dedicated support
Questions, answered.
I am not sure which GoDaddy plan I have. Does that matter?
What is the GoDaddy system plugin, and can I just delete it?
Will my email move as well?
Do I keep getting automatic core updates?
Can I move part-way through a billing cycle?
Leave GoDaddy without carrying its platform code with you.
Free migration, the system plugin removed, and update timing back in your hands.