When most people start working with WordPress they get accustomed to routinely implementing all their changes on their live production site. After a period of time it often becomes apparent that performing all changes on the live site can cause problems. Perhaps it was a plugin update that blew up the site, or a theme overhaul that took […]
development, duplicator pro, staging
In an age of hackers, bad plugin updates, and accidental content overwriting, backing up your WordPress site on a regular basis is critical. But the question is, how often and what type of backups should you run? An effective backup strategy is highly dependent on the type of site you’re operating and how often the files […]
back up wordpress, duplicator pro
Moving a WordPress site is challenging enough, but replacing a live site requires a bit more effort. For this effort, we’ll be using Duplicator Pro – a great plugin that is useful in both backing up or moving a site. The procedure for overwriting an existing site is very similar to the procedure for moving a site and […]
duplicator pro, rollback wordpress
Moving a very large WordPress site comes with special challenges not found with small and ‘standard’ sized sites. Shared hosts, especially cheaper budget hosts, can be tightly limited in both CPU and I/O. What follows are a couple of options for moving a very large site using Duplicator Pro. It is not a comprehensive explanation […]
duplicator pro, large sites, moving wordpress
Moving a WordPress site to a new host or domain can be a frustrating experience. In theory it should be easy to execute the transfer – just copy the files and database to the new server right? Unfortunately this it isn’t that easy with WordPress. The WordPress database contains hard-coded references to the existing site URLs that can be […]
duplicator pro, moving wordpress