Why you need a WordPress Staging Site?
- When you have a major WordPress core update.
- When you have a major theme/plugin update.
- When you have a major change on the website.
What are the benefits of WordPress staging site?
- Draft Design / changes without going to the public.
- Fix bugs or error.
- Theme/plugin testing.
- Reduce error on the live site.
Easy Guide 1: The easiest way to create Staging Site
The easiest way is to use Blogvault, you can set up a staging site right inside the dashboard with 1 click.
Easy Guide 2: How to create staging site manually with Migrate Guru?
- Update DNS A record IP point to the staging server. Example: dev.ulement.com
- Create a WordPress in the staging server.
- Use Migrate Guru to clone the website to the staging server. (I have migrated 18GB of a website with Migrate Guru, it works like a champ!
Easy Guide 3: How to create staging site manually with All in One Migration?
- Update DNS A record IP point to the staging server. Example: dev.ulement.com
- Create a WordPress in the staging server.
- Use plugin All in One Migration to backup the website.
- Download the All in One Migration backup
- Sign in dev.ulement.com & install All in One Migration
- Import All in One Migration backup
- Please note that you will need an unlimited extension if your backup file size more than 128MB.
- After finished the import, sign in again and go to Settings > Permalink and save changes two times.
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