---
title: Fix Conditional Shipping After Site Migration
description: Conditional shipping rules stopped working after a site migration or URL change? Here is how to fix them.
url: "https://wpfactory.com/docs/fix-conditional-shipping-after-site-migration/"
updated: "2026-09-26"
category: Troubleshooting
tags:
  - Conditional Shipping for WooCommerce
---

# Fix Conditional Shipping After Site Migration

## Problem description

If Conditional Shipping for WooCommerce: Restrict Shipping Options by Anything stops applying your shipping rules after a migration or site URL change, the stored condition data is usually damaged. Go to WPFactory > Conditional Shipping, re-enter the values in each condition section you use, and click Save changes, then flush permalinks and clear all caches.

**Common symptoms:**

- Shipping restrictions that worked before the migration no longer apply.
- Customers get unrestricted shipping by default, regardless of the conditions.
- No errors show in the admin, and the plugin appears active.

**Cause:** some migrations change the site URL or leave serialized settings corrupted, especially when a search-and-replace tool did not handle serialized data correctly. When the stored condition data is damaged, Conditional Shipping cannot read it and the rules stop applying.

## Solution, step by step

1. **Review the settings and re-save them.** Go to **WPFactory > Conditional Shipping** (also reachable at **WooCommerce > Settings > Conditional Shipping**). Open each condition section you use, re-select or re-enter the saved values (products, tags, cities, user roles, and so on), then click Save changes even if nothing looks different. This rewrites the data cleanly.
2. **Flush permalinks and clear caches.** Go to **Settings > Permalinks** and click Save changes to flush the rewrite rules. If you use caching plugins or server caching, purge all caches (page cache, object cache, CDN).
3. **Test with a fresh cart and address.** Place a test order with conditions that should trigger a restriction, then change the shipping address or the cart contents to confirm the logic responds.
4. **Check for corrupted serialized data.** If your migration used a search-and-replace tool to swap the old domain for the new one, confirm it handled serialized strings correctly. A plain find-and-replace can break serialized option values and leave the plugin with invalid settings. Re-saving the settings in step 1 fixes most of these.
5. **Reconfigure any changed city values.** If city names or address data changed during the migration, re-enter the correct cities in the Cities condition section so they match the values your customers will submit at checkout.

## Prerequisites

- Admin access to re-save settings and flush caches.
- If the site URL changed, confirm the WordPress Address and Site Address settings were updated correctly.

## Additional notes and prevention

- Always use a migration tool that handles serialized data correctly, such as WP-CLI search-replace or a dedicated database migration plugin.
- After every migration, revalidate all conditional shipping settings before going live.

Need a hand? Our team answers every ticket on the [Conditional Shipping support forum](https://wpfactory.com/support/).

Related articles

- [Enable Debug Logging for Conditional Shipping](https://wpfactory.com/docs/conditional-shipping-debug-logging/)
- [Plugin and Theme Conflicts with Conditional Shipping](https://wpfactory.com/docs/plugin-theme-conflicts-conditional-shipping/)
- [Conditional Shipping: Developer Hooks and Filters Reference](https://wpfactory.com/docs/woocommerce-conditional-shipping-hooks-filters/)
- [Reset a Conditional Shipping Settings Section](https://wpfactory.com/docs/reset-conditional-shipping-settings/)
- [Getting Started with Conditional Shipping for WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/docs/how-to-use-conditional-shipping/)

 

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