{"id":4845,"date":"2017-02-08T13:02:21","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T11:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=4845"},"modified":"2026-04-15T09:35:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T06:35:50","slug":"wordpress-staging-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wordpress-staging-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginner&#8217;s Guide: How to Set Up a WordPress Staging Site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We all need to make changes to our WordPress site from time to time. Whether it&rsquo;s to upgrade WordPress core files, add new plugins, implement custom code, or some other reason. Unfortunately, the inherent risk with making changes is that they have the potential to create a domino effect with unintended consequences. In a worst case scenario, a single tweak could unintentionally crash your entire site. Luckily, <strong>it&rsquo;s easy to eliminate the risk of chaos by using a WordPress staging site<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>&#128073; A <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/staging-site\/\">staging site<\/a> is basically an exact replica of your existing website with two key differences:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It&rsquo;s <strong>not<\/strong> available to the public.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Changes you make on your staging site have no effect on your live, public-facing website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In this tutorial, <strong>I&rsquo;ll show you a few different ways <strong>(both free and paid)<\/strong> to set up your very own<\/strong>, so that you can always vet changes before you push them to your live site.<\/p>\n\n\n    \r\n    <style>\r\n        :root {\r\n        --jtoc-progress-bar-color: #4267cf;\n        }\r\n                    .wpj-jtoc.--jtoc-theme-none.--jtoc-has-custom-styles {\r\n        --jtoc-width: 100%;\n--jtoc-toc-padding: 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contents<\/span>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                                                        <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n                                <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--body\">\r\n                        <nav class=\"wpj-jtoc--nav\">\r\n                <ol class=\"wpj-jtoc--items\"><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#via-host\" title=\"Build a staging site through your web host\" data-numeration=\"1\" >Build a staging site through your web host<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#via-plugin\" title=\"Create a WordPress staging site with the WP Staging plugin\" data-numeration=\"2\" >Create a WordPress staging site with the WP Staging plugin<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#blogvault\" title=\"Create a WordPress staging site with BlogVault\" data-numeration=\"3\" >Create a WordPress staging site with BlogVault<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#manually\" title=\"How to create a staging site for WordPress manually\" data-numeration=\"4\" >How to create a staging site for WordPress manually<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#push-changes\" title=\"How to push changes to your live site\" data-numeration=\"5\" >How to push changes to your live site<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><\/ol>            <\/nav>\r\n                                                        <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"ti-tweet-clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ti-tweet_wrapper\">\n\t\t    \t<div class=\"ti-tweet_text\">\n\t\t    \t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Learn+how+to+set+up+a+%23WordPress+staging+%23website+with+this+beginner%27s+guide+%F0%9F%93%9D&amp;via=themeisle&amp;related=themeisle&amp;url=https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wordpress-staging-site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Learn how to set up a #WordPress staging #website with this beginner's guide &#128221;<\/a>\n\t\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    \t<div class=\"ti-tweet_sharebtn\">\n\t\t    \t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Learn+how+to+set+up+a+%23WordPress+staging+%23website+with+this+beginner%27s+guide+%F0%9F%93%9D&amp;via=themeisle&amp;related=themeisle&amp;url=https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wordpress-staging-site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Tweet \n\t\t    \t\t<span><\/span>\n\t\t    \t<\/a>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"via-host\">Build a staging site through your web host<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Many web hosting companies include the option to create staging sites as part of their service. The specifics of how to do it vary from host to host.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, some companies, like <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/go\/hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hostinger<\/a>, have their own custom control panel that lets you launch a WordPress staging site in only a few clicks. <sup data-fn=\"23832849-596a-4cd0-a66d-51375c7df4b2\" class=\"fn\"><a id=\"23832849-596a-4cd0-a66d-51375c7df4b2-link\" href=\"#23832849-596a-4cd0-a66d-51375c7df4b2\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other hosts, like <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/go\/namecheap-web-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Namecheap<\/a>, give you cPanel with a software called Softaculous built into it, and that also lets you do it in a click or two:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=974797010  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1602\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Creating-a-WordPress-staging-site-using-Softaculous.png\" alt=\"Softaculous in cPanel showing the option to create a WordPress staging site\" class=\"wp-image-115104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1602\/h:726\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Creating-a-WordPress-staging-site-using-Softaculous.png 1602w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:136\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Creating-a-WordPress-staging-site-using-Softaculous.png 300w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1024\/h:464\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Creating-a-WordPress-staging-site-using-Softaculous.png 1024w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:768\/h:348\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Creating-a-WordPress-staging-site-using-Softaculous.png 768w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1536\/h:696\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Creating-a-WordPress-staging-site-using-Softaculous.png 1536w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:50\/h:23\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Creating-a-WordPress-staging-site-using-Softaculous.png 50w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:480\/h:218\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Creating-a-WordPress-staging-site-using-Softaculous.png 480w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:794\/h:360\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Creating-a-WordPress-staging-site-using-Softaculous.png 794w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1200\/h:544\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Creating-a-WordPress-staging-site-using-Softaculous.png 1200w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:296\/h:134\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Creating-a-WordPress-staging-site-using-Softaculous.png 296w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:390\/h:177\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Creating-a-WordPress-staging-site-using-Softaculous.png 390w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:270\/h:122\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Creating-a-WordPress-staging-site-using-Softaculous.png 270w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1602\/h:726\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Creating-a-WordPress-staging-site-using-Softaculous.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Launching a staging site using Softaculous<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Simply put, the easiest and fastest way to create a WordPress staging site is by hosting your website with a company that offers it as a feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#128073; In addition to the two I mentioned above, below are a few additional quality hosts which offer it as part of their plans:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/go\/bluehost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bluehost<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/go\/siteground-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SiteGround<\/a> (excluding the entry-level plan)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/go\/kinsta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kinsta<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Flywheel<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WP Engine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course this is only useful if you haven&rsquo;t signed up for hosting yet or you were thinking about transferring your site from your current host to somewhere else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your current hosting provider doesn&rsquo;t offer staging but you&rsquo;re satisfied with their service otherwise, then you&rsquo;ll need to pursue other options &ndash; and there are plenty!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To get a <strong>basic staging site<\/strong> that lets you play around with new plugins and themes, you can use a plugin called <strong>WP Staging<\/strong> or a service called <strong>BlogVault<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If, on the other hand, you want to dig into <strong>more code-heavy experiments<\/strong>, you might want to <strong>manually create a WordPress staging site<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/what-are-subdomains\/\">on a subdomain<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&rsquo;ll show you those methods next&hellip;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"via-plugin\">Create a WordPress staging site with the WP Staging plugin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want a simple, free way to create a WordPress staging site, you can use a plugin called WP Staging. It&rsquo;s a good option for testing out basic tweaks, or checking if new plugins or themes are compatible with your current setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing to note about the WP Staging plugin is that the free version lets you <em>create<\/em> a staging site, but it doesn&rsquo;t let you automatically apply the changes from your staging site to your live site. This is why I said that it works best for basic details like testing updates or new plugins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want the ability to &ldquo;push&rdquo; your staging site live, you&rsquo;ll need to purchase the premium version, which starts at &euro;89 \/ $105 per year.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-pic-wrapper align-center large\" style=\"margin:20px 0;\"><div class=\"wp-pic large plugin scheme2\" id=\"wp-pic-wp-staging\"><div class=\"wp-pic-large\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-pic-large-content\">\n\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"wp-pic-asset-bg\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-staging\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"WordPress.org Plugin Page\">\n\t\t\t<img data-opt-id=1365858049  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/wp-staging\/assets\/banner-772x250.png?rev=2602209\" alt=\"WP STAGING &ndash; WordPress Backup, Restore &amp; Migration\">\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-pic-asset-bg-title\"><span>WP STAGING &ndash; WordPress Backup, Restore &amp; Migration<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-pic-half-first\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"wp-pic-logo\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-staging\/\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/ps.w.org\/wp-staging\/assets\/icon-256x256.png?rev=2972932 );\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"WordPress.org Plugin Page\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-pic-author\">Author(s):\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/renehermi\/\">Rene Hermenau<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-pic-version\"><span>Current Version:<\/span> 4.7.2<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-pic-updated\"><span>Last Updated:<\/span> March 18, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"wp-pic-dl-link\" href=\"https:\/\/downloads.wordpress.org\/plugin\/wp-staging.4.7.2.zip\" title=\"Direct download\">Direct Download<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-pic-half-last\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-pic-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-pic-bar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/view\/plugin-reviews\/wp-staging\" class=\"wp-pic-rating\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Ratings\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t96%<em>Ratings<\/em>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/downloads.wordpress.org\/plugin\/wp-staging.4.7.2.zip\" class=\"wp-pic-downloaded\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Direct download\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t100,000+<em>Installs<\/em>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-staging\/\" class=\"wp-pic-requires\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"WordPress.org Plugin Page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWP 3.6+<em>Requires<\/em>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><!-- .wp-pic-wrapper--><link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"dashicons-css\" href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/css\/dashicons.min.css?ver=6.8.5\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\">\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"wppic-style-css\" href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-plugin-info-card\/dist\/wppic-styles.css?ver=6.1.1\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/jquery\/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1\" id=\"jquery-core-js\"><\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/jquery\/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=3.4.1\" id=\"jquery-migrate-js\"><\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" id=\"wppic-script-js-extra\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\nvar wppicAjax = {\"ajaxurl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themeisle.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-admin\\\/admin-ajax.php\"};\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-plugin-info-card\/assets\/js\/wppic-script.min.js?ver=6.1.1\" id=\"wppic-script-js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n\n<p>To use WP Staging, you just need to <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/how-to-install-a-wordpress-plugin\/\">install and activate it<\/a>. Then, head to the <strong>WP Staging<\/strong> tab and click <strong>Create Staging Site<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full blog-img-std\"><img data-opt-id=21978817  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1183\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WP-Staging-plugin-menu-in-the-WordPress-dashboard.png\" alt=\"WP Staging plugin menu in the WordPress dashboard with the Create Staging Site option\n\" class=\"wp-image-115103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1183\/h:647\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WP-Staging-plugin-menu-in-the-WordPress-dashboard.png 1183w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:164\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WP-Staging-plugin-menu-in-the-WordPress-dashboard.png 300w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1024\/h:560\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WP-Staging-plugin-menu-in-the-WordPress-dashboard.png 1024w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:768\/h:420\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WP-Staging-plugin-menu-in-the-WordPress-dashboard.png 768w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:50\/h:27\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WP-Staging-plugin-menu-in-the-WordPress-dashboard.png 50w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:439\/h:240\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WP-Staging-plugin-menu-in-the-WordPress-dashboard.png 439w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:726\/h:397\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WP-Staging-plugin-menu-in-the-WordPress-dashboard.png 726w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1097\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WP-Staging-plugin-menu-in-the-WordPress-dashboard.png 1097w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:271\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WP-Staging-plugin-menu-in-the-WordPress-dashboard.png 271w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:357\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WP-Staging-plugin-menu-in-the-WordPress-dashboard.png 357w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:247\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WP-Staging-plugin-menu-in-the-WordPress-dashboard.png 247w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1183\/h:647\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WP-Staging-plugin-menu-in-the-WordPress-dashboard.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Give your staging site a name (for example, &ldquo;dev&rdquo; or &ldquo;staging&rdquo;) and then click <strong>Start Cloning<\/strong>. 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:184\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Starting-the-site-cloning-process-inside-the-WP-Stagin-plugin.png 184w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1475\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Starting-the-site-cloning-process-inside-the-WP-Stagin-plugin.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The process might take a few minutes depending on how large your site is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once it&rsquo;s finished, you can access your staging site by following the prompt. You&rsquo;ll need to log in with your normal username. Then, you&rsquo;re free to start testing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&rsquo;ll always be able to tell when you&rsquo;re on your staging site by looking at the orange admin bar, which will also have your site name prefaced with STAGING written in all caps:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=1701670663  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-the-WordPress-staging-site-scaled.webp\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"909\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-the-WordPress-staging-site-scaled.webp\" alt=\"Using the WordPress staging site\" class=\"wp-image-111707\" 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Staging-created sites are typically protected from public access, but the exact access depends on the plugin&rsquo;s authentication settings and your site configuration. Neither Google nor your website visitors should be able to view it if those protections are in place.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"blogvault\">Create a WordPress staging site with BlogVault<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/go\/blogvault\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BlogVault<\/a> is a popular WordPress backup plugin\/service that also makes a great option for creating a WordPress staging site. Unlike the previous plugin, BlogVault will host your staging site on its own hosting servers (rather than your WordPress site&rsquo;s server), which some people might prefer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BlogVault works by automatically backing up your site to BlogVault&rsquo;s secure cloud storage. Once you have a copy of your site on BlogVault&rsquo;s servers, you can easily spin up a new staging site, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, you&rsquo;ll need to use BlogVault for backups if you want to also use it for staging sites. But that&rsquo;s also a benefit, because you get both the backup and staging features for the same price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BlogVault is a premium service that starts at $99 per year for one site. 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1918\/h:776\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-dashboard-screen-to-add-a-WordPress-site.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:15px;border-color:#4267cf\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"wait-for-first-backup\">2. Wait for your first backup to complete<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you set up the BlogVault plugin\/service, it should start automatically backing up your site to the BlogVault servers. You&rsquo;ll need to wait for the first backup to complete before you can create your staging site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This might take some time for a large site:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=835627879  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-screen-showing-a-site-backup-and-sync-in-progress.png\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1918\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-screen-showing-a-site-backup-and-sync-in-progress.png\" alt=\"BlogVault screen showing a site backup and sync in progress before staging\" class=\"wp-image-115106\" 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class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:15px;border-color:#4267cf\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"create-blogvault-staging-site\">3. Create your BlogVault staging site<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the sync completes, you should see an option to the right that lets you create a new staging site based on the backup that was created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To create the staging site, just click the <strong>Create Staging<\/strong> button:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=1229203935  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-dashboard-with-the-Create-Staging-option-available.png\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1916\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-dashboard-with-the-Create-Staging-option-available.png\" alt=\"BlogVault dashboard with the Create Staging option available after the site 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700px\"></noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>You can then choose which backup version of your site to use as the starting point for your staging site:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=713183695  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-setup-showing-selection-of-backup-version-and-PHP-version-for-staging-site.png\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1898\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-setup-showing-selection-of-backup-version-and-PHP-version-for-staging-site.png\" alt=\"BlogVault staging setup showing selection of backup version and PHP version for the staging site\" class=\"wp-image-115109\" 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390w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:270\/h:112\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-setup-showing-selection-of-backup-version-and-PHP-version-for-staging-site.png 270w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1898\/h:790\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-setup-showing-selection-of-backup-version-and-PHP-version-for-staging-site.png 2x\"><noscript><img data-opt-id=713183695  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1898\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-setup-showing-selection-of-backup-version-and-PHP-version-for-staging-site.png\" alt=\"BlogVault staging setup showing selection of backup version and PHP version for the staging site\" class=\"wp-image-115109\" 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1200\/h:499\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-setup-showing-selection-of-backup-version-and-PHP-version-for-staging-site.png 1200w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:296\/h:123\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-setup-showing-selection-of-backup-version-and-PHP-version-for-staging-site.png 296w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:390\/h:162\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-setup-showing-selection-of-backup-version-and-PHP-version-for-staging-site.png 390w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:270\/h:112\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-setup-showing-selection-of-backup-version-and-PHP-version-for-staging-site.png 270w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1898\/h:790\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-setup-showing-selection-of-backup-version-and-PHP-version-for-staging-site.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>You&rsquo;ll now need to wait for a bit while BlogVault creates your staging site. It usually only takes a couple of minutes or so, though it might take longer for really large sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, you&rsquo;ll get a special username and password to access your staging site, along with options to access the WordPress admin and merge changes back to your live site:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=630103186  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-site-details-panel-with-temporary-login-credentials-and-admin-access-links.png\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"953\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-site-details-panel-with-temporary-login-credentials-and-admin-access-links.png\" alt=\"BlogVault 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1920\/h:953\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-site-details-panel-with-temporary-login-credentials-and-admin-access-links.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Note that your actual WordPress username and password for your live site will stay the same. The username and password shown on this screen are specifically for accessing the staging site only. Speaking of which&hellip;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:15px;border-color:#4267cf\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"access-your-staging-site\">4. Access your staging site<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On the Staging Site Details page, the <strong>Access WordPress Admin<\/strong> button takes you straight to the backend dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under normal circumstances, you&rsquo;d be able to access the backend dashboard even through the frontend of your site by using the thin toolbar menu at the top of the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the bar that turns orange when using the WP Staging plugin shown earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But for whatever reason, BlogVault disables that bar if you go to the site via the frontend staging link. However, if you use the <strong>Access WordPress Admin<\/strong> button and access the frontend of the site through the dashboard, the bar stays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In short, <strong>it&rsquo;s best to use the Access WordPress Admin button if you plan to hop back and forth between backend and frontend<\/strong>. Otherwise, if you simply need to see what the staging site looks like, then using the frontend staging link will save you two clicks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One other thing to note is that unlike WP Staging, BlogVault doesn&rsquo;t make it as visibly clear that you&rsquo;re using your staging site and not your live site. If you&rsquo;re jumping around between 30 different tabs on your browser and you need to double check, the easiest way to do it is to look at the URL. As long as you see <code>e.wpstage.net<\/code> as part of the website address, then you&rsquo;re in the clear:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full blog-img-std\"><img data-opt-id=1313811582  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Checking-the-URL-to-ensure-you-are-on-the-staging-site.webp\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1530\" height=\"852\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Checking-the-URL-to-ensure-you-are-on-the-staging-site.webp\" alt=\"Browser address bar showing a BlogVault staging URL to confirm the site is not live\" class=\"wp-image-111713\" 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1530\/h:852\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Checking-the-URL-to-ensure-you-are-on-the-staging-site.webp 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:15px;border-color:#4267cf\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"push-staging-changes-live\">5. Push staging changes live (optional)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&rsquo;re just using your staging site as a testing sandbox, you might never need to apply the changes to your live site. However, you might have some situations in which you want to &ldquo;push&rdquo; the staging version of your site to the live site to overwrite the live site with the staging version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or, you can only push certain changes, which is a neat bit of flexibility that BlogVault offers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To do this, open your Staging Site Details page and click the <strong>Merge to Source<\/strong> button. You may also see a <strong>Merge<\/strong> button on the staging card in the main site dashboard:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=864251296  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-site-dashboard-with-options-to-manage-and-access-the-staging-environment.png\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1919\" height=\"779\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-site-dashboard-with-options-to-manage-and-access-the-staging-environment.png\" alt=\"BlogVault staging site dashboard with options to manage and access the staging environment\" class=\"wp-image-115116\" 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:270\/h:110\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-site-dashboard-with-options-to-manage-and-access-the-staging-environment.png 270w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1919\/h:779\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-site-dashboard-with-options-to-manage-and-access-the-staging-environment.png 2x\"><noscript><img data-opt-id=864251296  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1919\" height=\"779\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-site-dashboard-with-options-to-manage-and-access-the-staging-environment.png\" alt=\"BlogVault staging site dashboard with options to manage and access the staging environment\" class=\"wp-image-115116\" 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480w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:794\/h:322\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-site-dashboard-with-options-to-manage-and-access-the-staging-environment.png 794w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1200\/h:487\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-site-dashboard-with-options-to-manage-and-access-the-staging-environment.png 1200w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:296\/h:120\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-site-dashboard-with-options-to-manage-and-access-the-staging-environment.png 296w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:390\/h:158\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-site-dashboard-with-options-to-manage-and-access-the-staging-environment.png 390w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:270\/h:110\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-site-dashboard-with-options-to-manage-and-access-the-staging-environment.png 270w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1919\/h:779\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-staging-site-dashboard-with-options-to-manage-and-access-the-staging-environment.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>On the next screen, BlogVault will generate a <strong>Sites Diff<\/strong>, which essentially just tells you the changes between your live site and staging site.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=1784887701  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-Compare-Merge-screen-for-pushing-staging-changes-to-the-live-WP-site.png\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1919\" height=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-Compare-Merge-screen-for-pushing-staging-changes-to-the-live-WP-site.png\" alt=\"BlogVault Compare &amp; Merge screen for pushing staging changes to the live WordPress site\" class=\"wp-image-115114\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1919\/h:793\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-Compare-Merge-screen-for-pushing-staging-changes-to-the-live-WP-site.png 1919w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:124\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-Compare-Merge-screen-for-pushing-staging-changes-to-the-live-WP-site.png 300w, 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:390\/h:161\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-Compare-Merge-screen-for-pushing-staging-changes-to-the-live-WP-site.png 390w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:270\/h:112\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-Compare-Merge-screen-for-pushing-staging-changes-to-the-live-WP-site.png 270w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1919\/h:793\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-Compare-Merge-screen-for-pushing-staging-changes-to-the-live-WP-site.png 2x\"><noscript><img data-opt-id=1784887701  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1919\" height=\"793\" 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:390\/h:161\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-Compare-Merge-screen-for-pushing-staging-changes-to-the-live-WP-site.png 390w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:270\/h:112\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-Compare-Merge-screen-for-pushing-staging-changes-to-the-live-WP-site.png 270w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1919\/h:793\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BlogVault-Compare-Merge-screen-for-pushing-staging-changes-to-the-live-WP-site.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>From there, you&rsquo;ll go through the Compare &amp; Merge flow to choose whether you want to push <em>all<\/em> or just <em>some<\/em> changes to your live site.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"manually\">How to create a staging site for WordPress manually<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want a more open sandbox environment &ndash; one where you get to experiment with custom code modifications and etc., the next option is to manually create a staging site on a subdomain. It&rsquo;s important to use a subdomain or another server-based staging environment rather than localhost when possible, so your hosting stack is closer to your live site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below, I&rsquo;ll show you step by step how to set everything up. The process might be a little tricky if you&rsquo;re a WordPress beginner, but I&rsquo;ll try to break everything down as simply as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This method is undoubtedly more complicated than the previous solutions. So if you want to keep things simple, I recommend going with one of the options above. This method also makes it harder to push your staging changes live, which is another important consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#9888;&#65039; <strong>NOTE<\/strong> &ndash; before starting this process, make sure you have a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/backup-a-wordpress-site-for-free\/\">backup of your site<\/a> just in case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Step 1: <a href=\"#step-1\">Create a subdomain through cPanel<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Step 2: <a href=\"#step-2\">Create an FTP account for your new subdomain<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Step 3: <a href=\"#step-3\">Upload WordPress files to staging site<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Step 4: <a href=\"#step-4\">Export \/ Import your database<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Step 5: <a href=\"#step-5\">Edit wp-config to point to new database<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Step 6: <a href=\"#step-6\">Log in and restrict access to your staging site<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:15px;border-color:#4267cf\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"step-1\">Step 1: Create a subdomain through cPanel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>First, you&rsquo;ll need to create a subdomain to actually house your staging site. 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:270\/h:88\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Clicking-on-create-a-new-domain-in-cPanel-scaled.webp 270w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1920\/h:622\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Clicking-on-create-a-new-domain-in-cPanel-scaled.webp 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The next screen can feel a bit confusing. There are two fields and also a checkbox that says <strong>Share document root<\/strong>. The box should be unchecked by default, but in case it&rsquo;s not, go ahead and uncheck it:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=432276871  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Creating-a-subdomain-inside-cPanel.png\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"2316\" height=\"1770\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Creating-a-subdomain-inside-cPanel.png\" alt=\"cPanel form for creating a subdomain and specifying the document root for a staging site\" class=\"wp-image-111729\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1413\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Creating-a-subdomain-inside-cPanel.png 2316w, 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:255\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Creating-a-subdomain-inside-cPanel.png 255w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:177\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Creating-a-subdomain-inside-cPanel.png 177w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1413\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Creating-a-subdomain-inside-cPanel.png 2x\"><noscript><img data-opt-id=432276871  decoding=\"async\" width=\"2316\" height=\"1770\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Creating-a-subdomain-inside-cPanel.png\" alt=\"cPanel form for creating a subdomain and specifying the document root for a staging site\" class=\"wp-image-111729\" 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:785\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Creating-a-subdomain-inside-cPanel.png 785w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:194\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Creating-a-subdomain-inside-cPanel.png 194w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:255\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Creating-a-subdomain-inside-cPanel.png 255w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:177\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Creating-a-subdomain-inside-cPanel.png 177w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1413\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Creating-a-subdomain-inside-cPanel.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>As for the two fields:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Domain<\/strong>: Here you must enter a valid domain name with at least two parts. As you see, I made mine <code>colinstest.website<\/code>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Document Root (File System Location)<\/strong>: This field will auto-populate with whatever you typed in the Domain field above, but you can modify this to just &ldquo;staging&rdquo; if you prefer a simpler directory name.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:15px;border-color:#4267cf\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"step-2\">Step 2: Create an FTP account for your new subdomain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, you need to create a new <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/what-is-ftp-wordpress\/\">FTP account<\/a> for your subdomain. This ensures everything is always kept separate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find the <strong>FTP Accounts<\/strong> option and click on it:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=503942432  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Accessing-FTP-accounts-in-cPanel.webp\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"2122\" height=\"782\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Accessing-FTP-accounts-in-cPanel.webp\" alt=\" cPanel FTP Accounts section used to manage FTP access for the staging site\" class=\"wp-image-111723\" 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:390\/h:144\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Accessing-FTP-accounts-in-cPanel.webp 390w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:270\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Accessing-FTP-accounts-in-cPanel.webp 270w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1920\/h:707\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Accessing-FTP-accounts-in-cPanel.webp 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Then enter the new account details. Make sure the <strong>Directory<\/strong> matches the directory (Document Root) for your subdomain:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=1219371236  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/New-FTP-account-in-cPanel.webp\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1936\" height=\"1720\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/New-FTP-account-in-cPanel.webp\" alt=\"cPanel form for creating a new FTP account restricted to the staging subdomain directory\" class=\"wp-image-111736\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1215\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/New-FTP-account-in-cPanel.webp 1936w, 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1215\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/New-FTP-account-in-cPanel.webp 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:15px;border-color:#4267cf\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"step-3\">Step 3: Upload WordPress files to staging site<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, you&rsquo;ll need to use that new FTP account to upload your site&rsquo;s files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download the latest version of WordPress<\/a> and upload that:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=2086607103  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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:262\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-5.png 262w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:182\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-5.png 182w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1000\/h:743\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-5.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Then, you need to also copy over these three folders from your existing WordPress site:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><code>...\/wp-content\/uploads<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>...\/wp-content\/themes<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>...\/wp-content\/plugins<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Upload those to your staging site as well. If your folders are especially large, you might be able to use cPanel&rsquo;s <strong>File Manager<\/strong> to speed up the process. Otherwise, FTP is totally fine &ndash; a good free option is <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/how-to-use-filezilla\/\">FileZilla<\/a>. I personally use FTP &ndash; it just might take some time to run through large folders.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:15px;border-color:#4267cf\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"step-4\">Step 4: Export \/ Import your database<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-pic-wrapper align-center large\" style=\"margin:20px 0;\"><div class=\"wp-pic large plugin wp-pic-ajax scheme2\" id=\"wp-pic-wp-migrate-db\" data-type=\"plugin\" data-slug=\"wp-migrate-db\" data-image=\"\" data-expiration=\"\" data-layout=\"large\" data-slugs=\"[]\"><div class=\"wp-pic-body-loading\"><div class=\"signal\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- .wp-pic-wrapper-->\n\n\n\n<p>Next, you&rsquo;ll need to export your live site&rsquo;s database and import it to your staging site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To do that, I like a dedicated plugin called <strong>WP Migrate Lite<\/strong>. Install and activate it, then run it by going to <strong>Tools &rarr; WP Migrate<\/strong>. From there, tap on the <strong>MIGRATE<\/strong> option in the top row menu, followed by the <strong>Export<\/strong> button:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full blog-img-std\"><img data-opt-id=570111605  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-the-WP-Migrate-plugin-to-export-WordPress-database.webp\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"2342\" height=\"1388\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-the-WP-Migrate-plugin-to-export-WordPress-database.webp\" alt=\"WP Migrate Lite export screen for generating a database export\" class=\"wp-image-111725\" 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1012\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-the-WP-Migrate-plugin-to-export-WordPress-database.webp 1012w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:250\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-the-WP-Migrate-plugin-to-export-WordPress-database.webp 250w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:329\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-the-WP-Migrate-plugin-to-export-WordPress-database.webp 329w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:228\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-the-WP-Migrate-plugin-to-export-WordPress-database.webp 228w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1822\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-the-WP-Migrate-plugin-to-export-WordPress-database.webp 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The plugin will automatically update all of the file paths in your database to point to your new staging site URL. <strong>This is absolutely essential to ensuring your staging site actually works<\/strong>. Just make sure you enter the same directory path and URL that you used when you created your subdomain:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=1642809139  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-find-and-replace-in-the-WP-Migrate-plugin.webp\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"2354\" height=\"1626\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-find-and-replace-in-the-WP-Migrate-plugin.webp\" alt=\"WP Migrate Lite find-and-replace configuration for updating URLs to the staging domain\" class=\"wp-image-111726\" 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:195\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-find-and-replace-in-the-WP-Migrate-plugin.webp 195w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1563\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-find-and-replace-in-the-WP-Migrate-plugin.webp 2x\"><noscript><img data-opt-id=1642809139  decoding=\"async\" width=\"2354\" height=\"1626\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-find-and-replace-in-the-WP-Migrate-plugin.webp\" alt=\"WP Migrate Lite find-and-replace configuration for updating URLs to the staging domain\" class=\"wp-image-111726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1563\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-find-and-replace-in-the-WP-Migrate-plugin.webp 2354w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:207\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-find-and-replace-in-the-WP-Migrate-plugin.webp 300w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1024\/h:707\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-find-and-replace-in-the-WP-Migrate-plugin.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:768\/h:530\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-find-and-replace-in-the-WP-Migrate-plugin.webp 768w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1536\/h:1061\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-find-and-replace-in-the-WP-Migrate-plugin.webp 1536w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1563\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-find-and-replace-in-the-WP-Migrate-plugin.webp 2048w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:50\/h:35\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-find-and-replace-in-the-WP-Migrate-plugin.webp 50w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:347\/h:240\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-find-and-replace-in-the-WP-Migrate-plugin.webp 347w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:575\/h:397\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-find-and-replace-in-the-WP-Migrate-plugin.webp 575w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:869\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-find-and-replace-in-the-WP-Migrate-plugin.webp 869w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:214\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-find-and-replace-in-the-WP-Migrate-plugin.webp 214w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:282\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-find-and-replace-in-the-WP-Migrate-plugin.webp 282w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:195\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-find-and-replace-in-the-WP-Migrate-plugin.webp 195w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1563\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Using-find-and-replace-in-the-WP-Migrate-plugin.webp 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Then export the database. &#128452;&#65039;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, you need to create a new database for your staging site and import all of the data. Head back to cPanel and find the <strong>Manage My Databases<\/strong> option:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=853700557  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"2002\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp\" alt=\"cPanel link to manage MySQL databases for creating a staging database\" class=\"wp-image-111719\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1920\/h:650\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 2002w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:102\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 300w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1024\/h:347\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:768\/h:260\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 768w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1536\/h:520\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 1536w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:50\/h:17\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 50w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:480\/h:163\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 480w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:794\/h:269\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 794w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1200\/h:406\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 1200w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:296\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 296w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:390\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 390w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:270\/h:91\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 270w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1920\/h:650\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 2x\"><noscript><img data-opt-id=853700557  decoding=\"async\" width=\"2002\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp\" alt=\"cPanel link to manage MySQL databases for creating a staging database\" class=\"wp-image-111719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1920\/h:650\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 2002w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:102\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 300w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1024\/h:347\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:768\/h:260\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 768w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1536\/h:520\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 1536w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:50\/h:17\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 50w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:480\/h:163\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 480w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:794\/h:269\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 794w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1200\/h:406\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 1200w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:296\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 296w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:390\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 390w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:270\/h:91\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 270w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1920\/h:650\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Manage-My-Databases-in-cPanel.webp 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Click it and create a new database:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=465520591  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-3.png\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"237\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-3.png\" alt=\"cPanel MySQL Databases screen creating a new database for the staging site\" class=\"wp-image-4854\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1000\/h:237\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-3.png 1000w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:71\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-3.png 300w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:768\/h:182\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-3.png 768w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:50\/h:12\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-3.png 50w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:480\/h:114\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-3.png 480w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:794\/h:188\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-3.png 794w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:296\/h:70\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-3.png 296w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:390\/h:92\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-3.png 390w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:270\/h:64\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-3.png 270w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1000\/h:237\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-3.png 2x\"><noscript><img data-opt-id=465520591  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"237\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-3.png\" alt=\"cPanel MySQL Databases screen creating a new database for the staging site\" class=\"wp-image-4854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1000\/h:237\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-3.png 1000w, 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:480\/h:114\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-3.png 480w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:794\/h:188\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-3.png 794w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:296\/h:70\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-3.png 296w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:390\/h:92\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-3.png 390w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:270\/h:64\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-3.png 270w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1000\/h:237\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-3.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>You&rsquo;ll also need to create a new database user:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full blog-img-std\"><img data-opt-id=1725747370  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-4.png\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-4.png\" alt=\"cPanel interface to create a new MySQL user for the staging database\n\" class=\"wp-image-4855\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1000\/h:528\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-4.png 1000w, 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src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-4.png\" alt=\"cPanel interface to create a new MySQL user for the staging database\n\" class=\"wp-image-4855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1000\/h:528\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-4.png 1000w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:158\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-4.png 300w, 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:752\/h:397\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-4.png 752w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:280\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-4.png 280w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:369\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-4.png 369w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:256\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-4.png 256w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1000\/h:528\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-4.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And give that user access to your new database:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full blog-img-std\"><img data-opt-id=966374204  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-5.png\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-5.png\" alt=\"cPanel screen assigning a MySQL user to the staging database with required privileges\n\" class=\"wp-image-4856\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1000\/h:320\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-5.png 1000w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:96\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-5.png 300w, 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:296\/h:95\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-5.png 296w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:390\/h:125\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-5.png 390w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:270\/h:86\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-5.png 270w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1000\/h:320\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/how-to-create-wordpress-staging-site-db-5.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, go to <strong>PHPMyAdmin<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=1020582065  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/phpMyAdmin-in-cPanel.webp\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1990\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/phpMyAdmin-in-cPanel.webp\" alt=\"cPanel link to open phpMyAdmin for 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:296\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/phpMyAdmin-in-cPanel.webp 296w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:390\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/phpMyAdmin-in-cPanel.webp 390w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:270\/h:91\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/phpMyAdmin-in-cPanel.webp 270w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1920\/h:648\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/phpMyAdmin-in-cPanel.webp 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Find the database you just created, click <strong>Import<\/strong> on the top row menu, and choose the file that WP Migrate Lite exported:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=1429135288  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/phpMyAdmin-import-staging-site-database-scaled.webp\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1612\" 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:214\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/phpMyAdmin-import-staging-site-database-scaled.webp 214w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1715\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/phpMyAdmin-import-staging-site-database-scaled.webp 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Next, click the <strong>Import<\/strong> button at the bottom of the screen to import your database data.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:15px;border-color:#4267cf\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"step-5\">Step 5: Edit wp-config to point to new database<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Last step! You need to edit the <code>wp-config.php<\/code> file on your staging site to use your new database details and username.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, make sure the <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wordpress-database-prefix\/\">database prefix<\/a> matches the one used on your live site. You probably won&rsquo;t need to change anything here &ndash; but it&rsquo;s possible depending on what prefix your live WordPress site uses. For example, my live test site uses &ldquo;wpov&rdquo; as the <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/change-wordpress-database-prefix\/\">database prefix, so I had to make that change<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&rsquo;re editing the <code>wp-config-sample.php<\/code> file, make sure to rename it to just <code>wp-config.php<\/code>. Then upload it back to your server over FTP.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:15px;border-color:#4267cf\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"step-6\">Step 6: Log in and restrict access to your staging site<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If all went well, you should now be able to log in to your staging site using the exact same username\/password as your live site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&rsquo;s really just one more thing you need to do:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Restrict access to your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Start by going to <strong>Settings &rarr; Reading<\/strong> and choosing the <strong>Discourage search engines from indexing this site<\/strong> box. 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700px\"></noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>If you want to restrict access even further, you can use a plugin called <strong>My Private Site<\/strong>. In order to access any part of your site, visitors will first need to log in as a registered user. You can still share your development site if needed by sharing the password, but strangers won&rsquo;t be able to access your site.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-pic-wrapper align-center large\" style=\"margin:20px 0;\"><div class=\"wp-pic large plugin wp-pic-ajax scheme2\" id=\"wp-pic-jonradio-private-site\" data-type=\"plugin\" data-slug=\"jonradio-private-site\" data-image=\"\" data-expiration=\"\" data-layout=\"large\" data-slugs=\"[]\"><div class=\"wp-pic-body-loading\"><div class=\"signal\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- .wp-pic-wrapper-->\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"push-changes\">How to push changes to your live site<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&rsquo;re using a staging environment set up through your host, you can usually push changes live by clicking a button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&rsquo;s not quite that simple with a manual system. While there are ways to set up automated deployment from your staging site to your live site, I don&rsquo;t think that&rsquo;s a good idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&rsquo;re always risking something going wrong during the transition, and there really is a lot that could go wrong. For example, you might get just part of your changes deployed (= crashed site), or some untested changes might get deployed too quickly (= crashed site), and etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&rsquo;s safer to simply roll out changes manually once you&rsquo;ve thoroughly tested them on your staging site.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><a href=\"#\" style=\"color:#999999\">Go to top<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"create-your-wordpress-staging-site-today\">Create your WordPress staging site today &#128640;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Setting up a WordPress staging site is a great way to play around with changes before you push them live. 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