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hey warriors,
I have a client who needs to me to create 100 cookie-cutter style websites for him. I've already setup 100 of them and it took me a week to do it given my normal work hours, ect..

All the sites will have the same theme, plugins, and settings (except for the URLs). After the time it took me to make the first 100 I decided to do a little digging around on some methods I could use to cut my time.

A WP clone is exactly what I need.
WPTwin seems to be exactly what I need but I cannot (or rather do not want to) spend $97 on something that I may never use again after this job. I don't know if they'll want more ever again... if I had assurances, I'd spend it in a heart beat.

I know of the Duplicator plugin but it seems like it'd take just as long as doing my normal method. I was hoping anyone could recommend a free or less expensive but still comparable plugin/script/ect.. to the WPTwin script.

If I have to suck it up and buy WPTwin,as it does exactly what I need, I will. It copies everything over and leaves site URLs in tact.

Anyone have any suggestions?


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decided to do a little more digging around.
Anyone have any experience with http://www.backupcreator.com/ ?
  • Profile picture of the author James Hussey
    I'm just writing a post about BackupCreator: totally WORKS and SIMPLE. Love it.

    BUT there's also a free way to do it if you hurry: ManageWP.com - they're going to go premium soon but you can use it to clone your sites (I just realized this recently, I already bought BackupCreator and use ManageWP...whoops!).
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  • Profile picture of the author Roaddog
    I would have to vote for WPTwin...It is very easy to use and a great backup tool.

    One of the few (not the only) software that I bought that actually does what it say's.


    You can setup a prototype site (WP) and have all plugins, settings, etc... ready to go and copy 100 sites in a day, have you the time.


    Highly recommended...I really don't know how to compare free ones with it though.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Baker
    I actually wrote a guide on cloning a Wordpress site a while ago using a free plugin. It's a very simple process and it has never failed me.
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    • Profile picture of the author Steveorevo
      My vote is for my own product (full disclosure), of coarse it does a lot more and is a fraction of the price of WPTwin, BackupBuddy, etc.

      The copy feature is actually free. You can find it on ServerPress.com
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  • Profile picture of the author figgity
    I own WPTwin and Backup Buddy. Both are good for what they do. Manage WP does that and it has a bunch more features...it's a one-stop shop for people with lots of wordpress sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author pauljohnny
    I go for Backup Buddy on this. It does a lot of job on the fly and I'm using it personally to back up my blogs.
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    OK, WHY can't you use cp -r or tar -cvzf? BOTH ***FREE*** and FAST! Change a few things and BANG! You coud have multiple sites that could have the same/different data, admin, template, premiums, options, system, etc...

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    • Profile picture of the author Steveorevo
      @seasoned - that doesn't update, copy, migrate dump, any of your links in your database for settings, configurations, within cross posts, menus, uploads, etc.
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  • Profile picture of the author lembone
    This Wptwin, Can you cloan anyones site or just your own?
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  • Profile picture of the author lembone
    I am also looking for A Chinese Restaurant theme, any clue to where i could find one?
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