Clone a Site Using ManageWP
ManageWP gives you the tools you need to quickly and easily clone a WordPress site for rapid deployment elsewhere.
Here’s an example: you always a have a specific way that you set up your WordPress websites, a group of plugins that you always install, a specific permalink setup and a bunch of customizations that you’ve got used to doing manually each time. With the ManageWP clone tool, you can create a template website that you can rapidly deploy each time you install WordPress to a new site. This means that it will take you only a few minutes to carry out a task that previously took you hours.
You could also use the clone tool to deploy a client’s website from a test server to their server, or to migrate your site to a new server or domain. You can clone to a new site, or overwrite an existing one. The ManageWP clone tool streamlines your workflow and deployment process, letting you spend less time on repetitive tasks and more time making a beautiful, powerful WordPress website.
2. IF 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.
3. 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 deploy
a client’s website from a test server to their server, or to
migrate your site to a new server or
domain.
4. Because it simple, affordable,
fast and user friendly.
The ManageWP clone tool
WHY CHOSE streamlines your work flow
MANAGEWP? and deployment process,
letting you spend less time on
repetitive tasks and more time
making a beautiful, powerful
WordPress website.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 1. CREATE YOUR DATABASE
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.
11. Give your user the necessary permissions.
You’re now ready to install your site using ManageWP.
12. 3. SELECT THE WEBSITE
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.
13. 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.
14. 4. Select the Destination
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.
15. a) Installing to
an Existing Site
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.
16. You’ll be asked if you’re sure. Make sure you are!!!
Your site has now been cloned!
17. b) Installing 1.
to a New Site
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:
20. FTP Details
You 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.
21. MySQL
Your 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!