Is it hard to clone wordpress manually any advice please?

cctvinstallers · 01-08-2012, 01:40 PM

Hi all, I want to clone a site of over 1000 pages to a different domain, and was wondering if it would take long to do manually, or if i need specialised software ?

(I want to use universal search and replace after that to modify the site to a completely different subject, has anyone done this successfully ?)

Fernando Veloso · 01-08-2012, 01:48 PM

Tools/Export - you get a xml file you can then import using again Tools/Import.

That xml file gets all your posts/pages.

kokopelli · 01-08-2012, 01:49 PM

You can either export the MySQL database or XML file, then just do a search/replace in a text editor, and import the file in the new site.

Or look at something like WordPress › Duplicator « WordPress Plugins

DeskCoder · 01-08-2012, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by cctvinstallers

Hi all, I want to clone a site of over 1000 pages to a different domain, and was wondering if it would take long to do manually, or if i need specialised software ?

(I want to use universal search and replace after that to modify the site to a completely different subject, has anyone done this successfully ?)

Why do you want to change to another subject?

I don't think anyone has done this successfully as you will lose any SEO benefits you gained to this point ...

mrgee · 01-08-2012, 03:41 PM

Way I do it is firstly export the database as an sql file.. Secondly copy the entire wp-contents folder (this contains all your themes, plugins etc). Now all you have to do is upload wordpress to your new host..remembering to use your copied wp-contents folder instead of the default one..Setup the database, import the original sql file.. and away you go.. A complete clone of your original wordpress site..

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kokopelli HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 417 Thanks: 8 Thanked 100 Times in 87 Posts	Re: Is it hard to clone wordpress manually any advice please? You can either export the MySQL database or XML file, then just do a search/replace in a text editor, and import the file in the new site. Or look at something like WordPress › Duplicator « WordPress Plugins

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mrgee HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 172 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Is it hard to clone wordpress manually any advice please? Way I do it is firstly export the database as an sql file.. Secondly copy the entire wp-contents folder (this contains all your themes, plugins etc). Now all you have to do is upload wordpress to your new host..remembering to use your copied wp-contents folder instead of the default one..Setup the database, import the original sql file.. and away you go.. A complete clone of your original wordpress site..