Cloning a WordPress Website

Cloning a WordPress website involves creation of a full website copy with all website files, database, and settings.

You may want to clone your WordPress website in one of the following situations:

Clone a WordPress website:

  1. Go to WordPress and then click “Clone” on the card of the WordPress installation you want to clone.

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  2. Select the target where to clone the website:
    • Keep “Create subdomain” to have the WordPress Toolkit create a new subdomain with the default “staging” prefix. You can use it or type in a desired subdomain prefix.
    • Select “Use existing domain or subdomain” and then select the desired domain or subdomain from the list.
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Caution: Make sure that the domain or subdomain selected as the target is not being used by an existing website. During cloning, website data existing on the target may be overwritten and irrevocably lost.

  1. (Optional) Change the name of the database automatically created during cloning.
  2. When you are satisfied with the selected target and the database name, click Start.image-78084.png

When the cloning is finished, the new clone will be displayed in the list of WordPress installations.