how to fix the repeating installation screen when migrating your wordpress site

problem you may come across when moving your WordPress site from one host to another is the issue of WordPress installation screen.   You soon realize that this is the start screen for setting up WordPress from the beginning.   Before you move, it's easier to set up WordPress site, transfer your old WordPress files to the location, transfer your old WordPress to the location and then do all the necessary adjustments to the nameservers, configuration files, plugins and links to complete the migration.   Either the database name is wrong, the connection credentials are incorrect, or WordPress configuration file includes table prefix that is not present in the database.   Scroll to Current databases list and find your WordPress database.   Find DB NAME, DB USER, and DB PASSWORD. Check all of these settings against what you have created in cPanel MySQL Databases section.   Screenshot of WordPress Database with tables using prefix This database table prefix is matched by the in the wp-config php file.   then WordPress will again not see the information within the database and attempt to install WordPress anew.   In this case, the easiest way to fix this problem is to edit the wp-config php file and make sure that the prefix matches what you are using in the database..   You will now be able to fix the database issues that cause WordPress installation to continually re-start when you go to your WordPress page.   Read more