HOW TO CLONE A WORDPRESS WEBSITE?

you are a business expanding to a new market, for example, you will probably have a decision to make about cloning your website. What is the best way to do it, can you even manage it yourself, and how time and budget consuming the whole process will be?

Most of the companies that can do this for you are over-priced and once they finish the job they forget all about your company and you. Also, you don’t want to rely on someone you don’t trust, because you can lose time and money in the process.

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With ManageWP you get a dedicated team of people who will do their best to make you satisfy in the long run. The tools will be available for you so you can clone the website in a short time frame and move on to other cloning projects that may come up in the future, for the same price.

Rapid deployment is one of our strongest assets. You could also use the clone tool to deploya client’s website from a test server to their server, or to migrate your site to a new server ordomain.

Because it simple, affordable, fast and user friendly.

The ManageWP clone tool streamlines your work flow and deployment process, letting you spend less time on repetitive tasks and more time making a beautiful, powerful WordPress website.

WHY CHOSE MANAGEWP?

CLONE OVER AN EXISTING SITE

The easiest way to use the clone tool is to clone over an existing site already added to ManageWP.The process is explained in the steps below, just skip to step number 3.

CLONE TO A NEW SITE

To clone your site using ManageWP, you will need to have the following information:• Domain that site will be cloned to• MySQL database name, username and login• FTP login details

If you are cloning to an existing WordPress site you can jump to Step 3.

To begin with, you'll need to install MySQL. To do this log in to your hosting provider. The following two steps will show you how to create a MySQL database using cPanel. For other methods refer to the WordPress Codex.Find the MySQL Databases icon.

1. CREATE YOUR DATABASE

Name your database.

Click Create Database.

You need to add a user to your database. Scroll down to Add New User.

2. ADD A USER TO YOUR DATABASE

Add the user to the database.

Give your user the necessary permissions.

You’re now ready to install your site using ManageWP.

Log in to the ManageWP Dashboard. Navigate to

Tools > Clone Wizard.

Select the website that you wish to clone. You can also

clone from a backup.

3. SELECT THE WEBSITE

ManageWP will now take a snapshot of your website.

Make sure to exclude any folders you don’t want to be cloned, and to include any folders that aren’t wp-content, wp-includes, or wp-admin.

Once the backup is created you will be asked where you want to install your site to. You can install to an existing site that is already managed by ManageWP, or you can install to a new site.

4. Select the Destination

If you are installing to an existing site, you will be

asked to choose which site you wish to install to. You can also add a new admin username and password.

a) Installing toan Existing Site

You’ll be asked if you’re sure. Make sure you are!!!

Your site has now been cloned!

If you are installing to a new site you’ll need to have your MySQL, FTP

and URL ready. Click on New Site and input your

details:

b) Installingto a New Site

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FTP DetailsYou should test your connection before cloning your website, this will help you to make sure that your FTP connection is working correctly. To do this click Test Connection.If your FTP connection is not working, you may need to click on Advanced to get advanced FTP options.

MySQLYour MySQL database should have a unique name. Make sure you don’t overwrite one of your other sites’ databases.When you are happy click Clone.You’ll be asked if you’re sure you want to clone the site:

A few seconds later and your website has been cloned!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!