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# Move WP multisite to dev or test site

With Wordpress multi-site, there are several extra steps involved in moving a site around.

* Follow all the steps from [[Set up a New Website]].  At this point you will have an "Error Establishing Database Connection" error when you try to connect.

* Run `wp search-replace https://oldsite.name https://newsite.name`.

* If for whatever reason `wp-cli` doesn't work (e.g. [this bug](https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/pull/4527)) you can use a web-based tool:

 * Download the interconnectit Search-Replace-DB to the Wordpress root: @git clone https://github.com/interconnectit/Search-Replace-DB.git@

 * open http://hcn.local/Search-Replace-DB in your browser.

 * Replace "https://oldsite.name" with "https://newsite.name".

  * When finished, press the "Delete Me" button - this script is a major security risk!

* If this is a new site, make sure these lines are set appropriately in `wp-config.php`:

```

define('WP_HOME','http://hcn.local');

define('WP_SITEURL','http://hcn.local');

define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', false);

define('RELOCATE',true);

```