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Any FREE WP clone Plugins?

by londoncoffee
18 replies
Hi Warriors,
Can you suggest the best FREE / paid plugins for cloning a wordpress site to another server domain.
I know this can be a hassle, and rather than pay someone on fiverr - don't really enjoy handing over passwords etc - there must be an easy way.
I know there are two manual ways, and was wondering; if my images in posts are before or after a main paragraph, will that be preserved during moving to new domain?
Thanks!
#clone #free #plugins
  • Profile picture of the author UMS
    WordPress › Duplicator « WordPress Plugins
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  • Profile picture of the author mariuszantonik
    Hi.
    I am doing it always myself
    1. login to phpmyadmin and do export of database
    2. zip a domain folder and copy to my pc

    On new server
    1. create new mysql DB
    2. create user
    3 assing user to database - all three steps you are doing from this same page (at cpanel hosting)
    4. login po phpmyadmin and import export file
    5. copy zip file of your domain to new server and unzip - all files have to go in domain folder
    6 update wp-config.php file
    database
    database user
    database password

    now your site should work.
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    • Profile picture of the author codenaam
      Originally Posted by mariuszantonik View Post

      Hi.
      I am doing it always myself
      1. login to phpmyadmin and do export of database
      2. zip a domain folder and copy to my pc

      On new server
      1. create new mysql DB
      2. create user
      3 assing user to database - all three steps you are doing from this same page (at cpanel hosting)
      4. login po phpmyadmin and import export file
      5. copy zip file of your domain to new server and unzip - all files have to go in domain folder
      6 update wp-config.php file
      database
      database user
      database password

      now your site should work.
      That's the short version... Here you have the long version including screenshots etc...

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  • Profile picture of the author Mark Hess
    I picked this up a couple weeks ago... works great: http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...sing-soon.html
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  • Profile picture of the author LoriwC
    I can also recommend backup creator. I had been using wptwin before, which worked well but was a bit slower as you had to upload via ftp. Both transfer the total wordpress site so all your settings will be intact. Fantastic time saver
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  • Profile picture of the author Jason Johns
    You can use CPANEL backups with Wordpress, I've tried it a couple of times and it appears to work.

    I use Backup buddy myself and think it's brilliant apart from the fact you have to pay for upgrades.

    I've also just bought the one from Robert Plank which I'm going to try out as soon as I get 2 minutes

    All the best

    Jason
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  • Profile picture of the author Patrick
    Yes there is one plugin which is free and amazing !!

    IT IS YOU !!!

    Don't depend on "plugins", just go thorough this page..

    Moving WordPress « WordPress Codex

    Trust me, it will save you from a lot of headache...
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  • Profile picture of the author timtanis
    The Duplicator plugin works real well.

    TimTanis
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  • Profile picture of the author DavidCutter
    I've used Backup and Move, which is free, and seems to do the job for me.
    WordPress › Backup and Move Plugin « WordPress Plugins

    I'm sure some of the paid plugins are worth the money with extra features, but the free Backup and Move does support cloning plugins, themes, settings, pages, posts, etc.
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  • Profile picture of the author CyberSEO
    1. Transfer all WP files from one host to another via FTP
    2. Buckup the db:
      shell> mysqldump --opt db_name > backup-file.sql
    3. Extract in on another host:
      shell> mysql -e "source /path-to-backup/backup-file.sql" db_name

    That's all! No plugins needed. Can anything be even easier?

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    • Profile picture of the author itsnaveenreddy
      It seems Manage WP has a very nice cloning feature which allows you to clone the site to a new site. You may want to have a look at Manage WP
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  • Profile picture of the author mbeneteau0
    We have open-sourced our WP Clone plugin. Works better than most commercial plugins. See
    WordPress › WP Clone by WP Academy « WordPress Plugins

    A lot easier than using phpmyadmin, shell etc as indicated by users above. Also it gets more complicated if you are moving to another domain, or creating a copy of your site for testing purposes. WP Clone works in all of these situations
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    • Profile picture of the author franksvendsen
      Originally Posted by mbeneteau0 View Post

      We have open-sourced our WP Clone plugin. Works better than most commercial plugins. See
      WordPress › WP Clone by WP Academy « WordPress Plugins

      A lot easier than using phpmyadmin, shell etc as indicated by users above. Also it gets more complicated if you are moving to another domain, or creating a copy of your site for testing purposes. WP Clone works in all of these situations
      Does it clone the entire site? I read at the link that it doesn't clone system files. I want a cloning tool like Akeeba Backup for Joomla, where you make a backup of your old site, upload the backup to the new site, go to a url, follow directions, and presto - an exact copy of the site ready to go.
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      • Profile picture of the author mbeneteau0
        Frank -
        watch the video here
        WordPress › WP Clone by WP Academy « WordPress Plugins
        it copies over the top of an existing WordPress installation which means you don't have to mess with mysql. You just create a new WordPress installation at your hosting account. It's the same concept as commercial software Backup Creator, he and I had the same idea at about the same time.
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  • Profile picture of the author wendallb
    I am using WordPress › Duplicator « WordPress Plugins and it works great and FREE!
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