How to Create a Staging Copy of Your Website

Sections

1. Create a staging copy of your website
2. Push a staging website live

Follow the steps below to create a staging copy of your WordPress website.

Steps to create a staging copy of your website

1. Log in to cPanel.
   • For help accessing your cPanel see Where do I log in to my hosting control panel.
2. Click Subdomains
   
3. Enter staging for the subdomain. Select the Domain to create it under. Choose a Document Root. Click Create
   
4. Go back to the cPanel home and click Softaculous Apps Installer
   
5. Click All Installations
   
6. Click Create Staging for the WordPress website you wish to create a copy of.
   
7. Select the staging. subdomain you created in step 3 from the dropdown list. Click Create Staging
   
   

Steps to push a staging site live

1. Log in to cPanel.
   • For help accessing your cPanel see Where do I log in to my hosting control panel.
2. Click Softaculous Apps Installer
   
3. Click All Installations
   
4. Click Push to Live for the WordPress website you wish to create a copy of.
   
5. Default options will replace all the files and database of your live site with your staging copy. Click Push to Live