Question plugins and themes of old website in wp-backend after cloning website

[eselmarvin]

Server operating system version

Mac OS 12.5.1

Plesk version and microupdate number

Obsidian

Hello,

I built a completely new website on a subdomain and transferred it to my top level domain, where my old homepage still was. I proceeded as follows:

• In the WP-Toolkit I clicked "clone" on the subdomain (source)
• In the window that opened I clicked "using existing domain or subdomain" and chose my top level domain as target. The field "clone path" i left blank.
• In the database field I entered the database of the existing top level domain. pic of settings

After cloning was finished I realised that in the wp-backend of the top level domain website there are still the plugins and themes of the old website.
I would be very thankful if somebody could explain how to transfer the website from staging to live, so that there are no leftovers from the old website.

Thank you!

 

[Vladimir S.]

Hi!
Try to use Copy Data feature. It has option "Remove missing files"

 

[eselmarvin]

Hi @Vladimir S. ,

I copied the website from staging to the live domain and it worked. The plugins and themes of the old website are gone. Thank you!

But now I can see on "Websites & Domains" that the disk usage of the live domain is 4689.8 MB whereas it is only 2.9 MB of the staging domain. How can this be?

https://imgur.com/S64ahF7

Also on the database tab of Plesk I can see that the database of the live domain has two users, more tables and is bigger in MBs than the staging domain that I used as source.

https://imgur.com/NtwrIf2

Your help is much appreciated.

 

[Vladimir S.]

You can use Calculate Size (Filemanager -> More -> Calculate Size) to find big files/folders.
Was the website on the main domain smaller than now, before Copy Data?

 

[eselmarvin]

@Vladimir S. thank you for your reply! The files/folders for the live domain are 500 MB and 510 MB for the staging domain.
Unfortunately I don't remember the size of the old website that was on the main domain before copy data.

Would it maybe help to solve this issue if I just delete the main domain and then add a new domain and copy data again from the staging domain?

 

[Vladimir S.]

Would it maybe help to solve this issue if I just delete the main domain and then add a new domain and copy data again from the staging domain?

Cloning to an empty domain and database is good solution. Make a backup before remove your site.
But, why? If your staging uses 510MB, after cloning it will use 510MB, I think.

 

[eselmarvin]

thank you @Vladimir S. , I will try this.