{"id":24331,"date":"2022-02-02T14:30:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/plesk-how-to-import-a-website\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T13:22:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T13:22:29","slug":"plesk-how-to-import-a-website","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/plesk-how-to-import-a-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Plesk: How to Import a website ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This article provides you with steps to import your website to Plesk .<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To perform a website import <span style=\"font-family: Lato, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; display: inline !important;\">\u00a0<\/span>you only need to specify the source website\u2019s domain name and the username and password of the FTP or SSH user that has access to the source website\u2019s files. Plesk tries to automatically detect and apply optimal settings for the import. Below we will cove the steps for import with FTP credentials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; color: #183247;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\">Step 1<\/strong>&#8211; Login to Plesk.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: disc; line-height: 17px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\">\n<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 18px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif !important;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; color: #000000;\">Login with username and password received when you completed your subscription.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; color: #183247;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33092306844\/original\/svZ0zgnUE1sOQOBdjgrnVnWANqyNjWnZAQ.png?1677668757\" width=\"292\" height=\"307\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"33092306844\" data-identifyelement=\"502\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; color: #183247;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\">Step 2\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Click on <strong>Website Importing<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; color: #183247;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33092381243\/original\/80031xBSunLaEbahfIYFxXNs58b4MP7YHw.png?1677758500\" width=\"221\" height=\"348\" data-id=\"33092381243\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; color: #183247;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\">Step 2\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Enter FTP details<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; color: #183247;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33092381179\/original\/5flq2K1iJuXwRWyAQKRKcerucgxpwQM10w.png?1677758436\" width=\"440\" height=\"359\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"33092381179\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 4px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; line-height: 17px; list-style: disc; color: #000000; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #222222; font-family: Lato, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Plesk will try connecting to the source website and scanning it for content. If the connection is successful,<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered fr-shadow aligncenter\" style=\"width: 517px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33040321145\/original\/MbAl-ocGWBIbki4n2V2U3uz5ivwtb_zRkQ.png?1588760197\" height=\"210\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"33040321145\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; color: #222222; font-family: Lato, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Upon successful connection content will be imported.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dii aligncenter\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: 174px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33040321592\/original\/9vfLgl14MTcziodXAoAQzLy5Bj15qXvssA.png?1588761074\" alt=\"image-78364.png\" width=\"448\" align=\"bottom\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"33040321592\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: #183247;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article provides you with steps to import your website to Plesk . 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