Hostinger runs hPanel rather than cPanel and LiteSpeed rather than Apache, so the two things most migration guides assume are both absent.
Two assumptions break on this move: that there is a cPanel backup, and that the caching plugin will keep working.
LiteSpeed Cache issues instructions to a LiteSpeed server. On any other stack it is a plugin talking to something that is not there, and the site quietly stops caching.
The standard cPanel backup route does not exist, so the export is done differently. Worth knowing before you go looking for a button that is not there.
Rewritten asset URLs persist in the database after the account closes, so each one is repointed at your own domain.
hPanel writes its own cache and redirect directives into .htaccess. Those are read and reimplemented rather than carried into a stack that reads them differently.
Hostinger plans commonly bundle email on the domain, so the MX position is settled before the DNS change rather than after.
The first hour of a Hostinger migration is usually spent discovering the export route is not the one the guide assumed. We start from the right one.
A site whose cache plugin lost its server looks like a hosting downgrade. It is a leftover plugin, and removing it is the difference.
These are the specific things this move needs, and they follow from a different panel and a different web server.
| Setting | What we do | Why |
|---|---|---|
| LiteSpeed Cache plugin | Removed, with caching rebuilt at our edge | The plugin issues instructions to a LiteSpeed server; without one it is overhead that also stops anything else caching properly. |
| Export route | Planned for hPanel rather than cPanel | The cPanel backup path most guides assume simply does not exist here, and discovering that mid-migration costs a day. |
| CDN asset URLs | Rewritten to your own domain across the database | Rewritten URLs are saved into content over time and outlive the account that served them. |
| Panel-written .htaccess | Read and reimplemented rather than copied | hPanel adds cache and redirect directives you did not write, and they behave differently on a stack that is not LiteSpeed. |
| MX position agreed before the DNS change | Email is commonly bundled on the same plan, so moving the domain takes the mailboxes unless that is decided first. |
Every plan includes free migration, daily backups, SSL and 24/7 support.
Free migration planned for hPanel, the orphaned cache plugin removed, and CDN URLs brought home.