How to Copy a WordPress Website to Another Site (Including Staging)

Hawk Host’s WordPress management system allows you to copy one WordPress site to another. The copy operation is especially useful when you wish to push staging changes to your live WordPress website.

Copy Data Options

Files Only

Copy the changes in WordPress files, including the core, theme and plugin files, to the target WordPress installation.

Database Only

Copy all, new, or selected database tables to the target WordPress installation.

Files and Database

Copy the changes in WordPress files, including the core, theme, and plugin files, and import all, new, or selected WordPress database tables to the target WordPress installation.

Database Options

All Tables

Copy all database tables to the target WordPress installation. You can also exclude copying content related tables. The currently supported content related tables are as follows:

WordPress Core

postmeta: Post metadata
posts: Posts & pages
usermeta: User metadata
users: WordPress users

WooCommerce

wc_orders: WooCommerce orders
wc_order_addresses: Shipping addresses
wc_order_operational_data: Order statuses
wc_orders_meta: Order metadata

New tables Only

Copy only new database tables to the target WordPress installation.

Selected tables

You can select the specific tables you want to copy. You will be provided with a complete list of tables and the ability to check which ones you wish to copy.

How to Copy Data

Log in to cPanel and search for WordPress Management:
Click on WordPress Management to open the dashboard:
Find your WordPress site in the list you wish to copy
Click on the Copy Data option for that site
Select a target and the specific data you want to copy
Click the Start button to begin the copying process.
Wait for the copying process to complete. Upon completion, the selected data will be copied into the target.

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