There are 3 Steps
1. Prepare the site for transfer
2. setting up the site on the new host
3. minor cleanup
Back the site :
important files:
wp-content folder that contains themes, plugins,uploads etc
wp-config.php file
So compress the wp-content file, then download it,
download the wp-config file–telling what database to go to
The other important file to download is the Database:
go to Phpmyadmin
