Overview
This article describes the various ways you can move from a Dedicated Server hosting plan to another plan at DreamHost.
How to move to another hosting plan
The following sections explain how to move from a Dedicated Server hosting plan to another plan.
Moving to DreamPress
View the Upgrade a WordPress site to DreamPress article to learn about moving an existing WordPress site to DreamPress.
- If you only had a single WordPress site on your Dedicated Server, you can then cancel it.
- If you have other sites on the Dedicated Server, you must continue paying for the plan since only the single site would have been moved to DreamPress.
Moving to a different Dedicated Hosting plan
Contact support for assistance moving data between two Dedicated Servers.
How to downgrade a Dedicated Server hosting plan
The following sections explain how to downgrade to another plan.
Downgrading to Shared Starter
If you have a single website on your Dedicated Server hosting plan and would like to downgrade to a Shared Starter hosting plan, make sure you first understand the limitations described in the Adding a Shared Starter hosting plan article, then contact support to request this.
Downgrading to a Shared Unlimited or VPS plan
Make sure you've added a Shared or VPS hosting plan. You can then delete the Dedicated Server.
When deleting, a message appears informing you that everything on the Dedicated Server will be moved to the Shared or VPS server.
- If you have both a Shared and VPS server on your account, only the VPS server will show as an option to move to when deleting your Dedicated Server.
- If you would prefer to move to a Shared Server, contact support. DreamHost support will then move the data for you.