Is it possible to clone the plugins and settings from a WordPress site to a new fresh install? I don’t want any of the content from the original site I just want all the plugins used and their settings. Just ftp’ing the plugins into the new install doesn’t work. It’s really important that all the … Read more
Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed 3 years ago. Improve this question My team and I focus on custom functionality locally using MAMP on a few WordPress projects … Read more
WordPress’ “preview” mode is good, but not perfect. How can I create a “staging site”, where I can make changes, and then, when I’m satisfied, mirror the changes to my production site? I realize this isn’t trivial (eg, copying tables from staging to production would wipe out comments created in the interim), but seems do-able. … Read more
If you want to move a commit to the staging area – that is uncommit it and move all of the changes which were in it into the staging area (effectively putting the branch in the state that it would have been in prior to the commit) – how do you do it? Or is … Read more
am looking for a solution to stop coding like a cow boy on WordPress I want to put a versioning system (git or bitbucket) With a Development, Staging, and Production site. Something like this dev.site.com staging.site.com site.com or site.com/dev site.com/staging site.com If possible is there a plugin or system to push from one version to … Read more
I’ve been using staging sites for years. So I’m not asking about the necessary difference to setup a working staging site such as search replacing URLs, dev version control branches, changing table prefixes etc. I’m asking for differences which improve security, workflow or quality of life. Differences in options or wp-config.php established upon initial environment … Read more
Previously, our staging site has been locked down to local access only. We hired a third party developer to assist with resolving a theme via our ‘local staging server’ remotely. In order to grant them access, we made the staging server resolve externally with an A record in the DNS to the staging subdomain. From … Read more
I’d like to get it so that all of my sites have a different color admin bar. Dev Staging and Production. I use Git to push my code. Any help would be appreciated. 2 Answers 2 You can use a filter to set the admin color scheme, which includes colors for the admin bar: <?php … Read more
I’m looking into setting up a development -> staging -> production workflow, and the biggest issue so far is figuring out how to sync the databases. To this end, I’m trying to figure out exactly which actions will affect the filesystem, the database, or both. Here’s how I think it works. Please correct me where … Read more
I administer a social networking site that runs on WP, BP, and WP Multisite. Currently I have two servers: development and production, but I plan to move to three: development, staging, and production. Is there some piece of software out there that will allow me to push changes from development to staging, and staging to … Read more
