Question How to clone multisite wordpress

[therider62]

Server operating system version

Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS

Plesk version and microupdate number

Plesk Obsidian 18.0.74 Update 3 Web Host Edition

I am sorry if this question was raised and answered before. I tried to find existing answers but could not find them.

I have an existing productive Multisite-Wordpress setup in my PLESK administered server. Now I want to set up a staging environment to do some testing and debugging before disturbing the production version.

I found a "Clone" command in the WP Toolkit, which sounds nice. But the clone-dialog is not 100% clear to me.

I created a second Wordpress hosting on another domain that I only use for playing around. Then I installed Wordpress there. Next, I went back to my productive setup and clicked "Clone". On the upcoming dialog, I selected "use existing domain" and specified my 2nd domain that I want to use as the staging domain, but deleting the "staging" path suggestion. I confirmed that this means overwriting the existing (empty anyway) wordpress installation there.

Next I have to specify the database name. But here, I am at a loss of what I should enter. Should I enter the database name that was generated for the 2nd, staging domain wordpress? Should I type the database name of the original, productive site? Should I type something else entirely? I tried the staging domain wordpress.

The production version is working with PHP 7.4.33 and Wordpress 6.7.4. The reason is that if I try to upgrade either version, the website will fail to display. That is precisely why I need the staging site for trying to figure out the reasons for not being able to upgrade anymore.

But still it doesn't quite work. Can anyone help me?

 

[Sebahat.hadzhi]

Hi, @therider62 .

Next I have to specify the database name. But here, I am at a loss of what I should enter. Should I enter the database name that was generated for the 2nd, staging domain wordpress? Should I type the database name of the original, productive site? Should I type something else entirely? I tried the staging domain wordpress.

That's just the name of the new destination database where the existing database of the website you are cloning will be copied. You have the option to edit it just for convenience, but you might as well leave the default value generated by WP-Toolkit.