Answers to the questions we hear most often about WP Staging.

Getting Started

• Can I Push All Files and Tables? Best practices for what to copy.
• Can I Create Multiple Staging Sites? Run more than one staging site.
• Clone a Staging Site Make a copy of an existing staging site.
• Compatible Hosting Providers Hosts known to work well with WP Staging.

Pushing & Merging

• Push a New Theme to Production Quickstart for pushing a theme.
• Merge to Production, Keep New Posts Push changes without overwriting user content.
• Export Only Certain Changes Push selected changes to live.
• Sync Posts From Production to Staging Pull posts and pages into staging.
• Reconnect Staging to Production Restore the link between staging and live.

Access & Emails

• Grant User Access to Staging Give specific users access.
• Give Clients Access (No Search Engines) Share staging without exposing it to search engines.
• View Staging Without Logging In Browse staging while logged out.
• Disable Emails From Staging Stop staging from sending emails.

WooCommerce & Plugins

• Delete WooCommerce Orders on Staging Remove orders and client data.
• Activate Premium Keys: Production or Staging? Where to activate premium licenses.
• Update Premium Plugins on Staging Keep premium plugins current on staging.
• Incompatible Plugins Plugins known to cause issues.
• Get Jetpack Working on Staging Make Jetpack run on a staging site.
• ManageWP Disconnects After Migrating Fix ManageWP disconnects.
• BuddyPress Support BuddyPress compatibility and database diagram.

WordPress Maintenance

• Reset to a Blank WordPress Site Start fresh with a default install.
• Update WordPress Manually Update core when automatic updates fail.
• WordPress Core Update Not Showing Fix missing core updates on GoDaddy.
• Move a Single Site Into a Multisite Add a standalone site to a network.
• Fix Yoast Canonical URLs After Migration Correct canonical URLs after migrating.
• Uninstall WP Staging Completely Remove WP Staging and its data.
• Unused Tables After Deleting a Site Clean up leftover database tables.
• Clean Up and Delete Staging Sites Remove staging sites and their data.

Developers

• Actions and Filters Customize WP Staging with hooks.
• How WP Staging Handles Migration Understand the migration process.