# How can I convert my existing site to use the Bedrock WP Stack?

**URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/how-can-i-convert-my-existing-site-to-use-the-bedrock-wp-stack/1463
**Category:** bedrock
**Created:** 2014-03-25T21:23:06Z
**Posts:** 13
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## Post 2 by @swalkinshaw — 2014-03-26T00:10:34Z

Preface: I don’t know anything about Hostmonster but some shared hosts may just not work with Bedrock. Depends on what kind of access they give you.

I think the best way to move an existing site into Bedrock is to download it into a new separate folder first. Then keep another copy of your project and start moving over files into the correct locations (like moving a theme from `old-project/wp-content/themes/` to `bedrock-site/app/themes` etc.

Start with themes and any custom plugins. Any other plugins that aren’t yours, try and move them into `composer.json` and let Composer manage them.

Then you’ll need to do some manual work and update the Bedrock configs and merge in any custom settings you had before.

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