Have you ever had a need to create a copy of your WordPress website so you can make changes without affecting the live version? This guide will cover everything you need to know so you can work on your website without affecting the live version.

This guide assumes you've already installed WordPress.

 

Step 1

Find Softaculous within cPanel. Under Software, click on Softaculous Apps Installer.

Step 2

Navigate to your list of installed apps. When you hover over the correct button, it will say All Installations in a tool tip.

Step 3

Test

Step 4

Test

Step 5

Test

Step 6

Start testing. Your staging website will be active at the page address you've specified in Step 4 as soon as it's complete on this page.

You can setup as many staged WordPress websites as you like! This will give you the ultimate in flexibility when testing different plugins for WordPress.

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