How can I Migrate WordPress off of Google App Engine

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There are dozens of articles for migrating a WordPress install TO Google App Engine, but I can’t find any to migrate it FROM GAE to something like WPEngine.

I’d simply love to UpdraftPlus to do it, but I can’t create a backup because the filesystem is not writeable in GAE.

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I could simply use a copy of the database dump and my local version of the filesystem, but that loses all the remote uploaded images that I created.

Also, I don’t really know how to “undo” many of the GAE configurations that have to do with the filesystem, uploads, database connectivity, etc. If I change the
db credentials and deactivate the GAE plugin, will my site just work?

Thanks!
Lou

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  1. For anyone else experiencing the same issue, I did the following and it was really quite simple:

    1. uploaded the wp-content folder from the source GAE folders (on my local machine) to the new host
    2. used the native ‘export’ feature in the WordPress admin: /wp-admin/export.php
    3. used the import feature in the WordPress admin (you do have to install a plugin): /wp-admin/import.php
    4. Went through and activated my theme and my plugins
    5. Updated all my settings on all my pages

    Then I had to edit my function.php and header.php files as they included a few hardcoded references to IDs (posts, pages, categories).

    After that, it was done!