If you want to test something on your site but don’t want to damage the main site, WordPress staging is what you would do.
Staging your site involves copying everything connected to your site, and placing it somewhere else. This allows you to do whatever you want to the site without affecting the main site everybody sees.
Conveniently, Staging your WordPress site is easy, there are multiple ways to do so!
Please Keep Note! If you have a high Inode/Disk Limit, These instructions won’t work for you. Both of these require that you have adequate disk/inode space to work!
There are two ways to clone [stage] your WordPress installation:
Clone with WP staging plug-in
First, log in to your WordPress installation, then navigate to Plugins.
Select the Add New Plugin button.
Search for WP Staging, then install the first plugin [In this image, the one on the left is what you are looking for.
When you are here, select Skip & Start WP Staging
On this screen, locate and select Create Staging Site
For a simple stage, just select Start Cloning. If you are worried that your staged site will take up too much storage, select Check required disk space.
You may be on this screen for a while, this is normal.
Visit the link, enter your Admin credentials, and now you have a cloned site!
Clone using the Softaculous Script Manager
Login to Softaculous, then select Installations.
Select the WordPress logo next to your installation
Locate the Staging button
Either select a URL that you are cloning your website to or insert a folder name into the blank area. THIS IS IMPORTANT! Press Create Staging after.
Success! Your site’s contents have been cloned to its respective URLs or folders.
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Please Keep Note! If you have a high Inode/Disk Limit, These instructions won’t work for you. Both of these require that you have adequate disk/inode space to work!
I hope this Community Guide helps you out!