In my previous tutorial I've told you how to install Wordpress on your own computer using WAMP.

For those who haven't seen it ...

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/why-and-how-to-install-wordpress-on-your-computer

As I pointed out, a safe offline playground will allow you to run all kind of tests and experiments without crashing your live website.

But there is more. Will also help you to speed up your content creation process. Which means that occasionally you'll want to transfer your offline content to your live website.

In this tutorial I'll show you how to move your WordPress content from a local server to a live site.

There are to scenarios:

1. Moving an offline website to an "empty" online hosting account.

2. Uploading new content pieces and site components to an existing live website.

In our case - I mean WA members - we already have a running live site, so I am going to focus on the second scenario.

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HilaryJax Premium
Thank you so much for pointing the tutorial out for me. I am wanting to move all my content from a live site to another live site as I am wanting to change domain names. I will then deactivate the original site. (if I can)
Will this whole process work as you are talking about a live site to an offline site? Excuse my ignorance!
Thanks
Hilary
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smartketeer Premium
@HilaryJax
Yes Hilary ...

The cloning process is the same ...

You can use it to clone an offline site to an online account or vice versa and similarly you can use it to clone sites between two online sites ...
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merlynmac Premium
@HilaryJax
Are these sites on WA? Do both sites have content? Normally what I do is buy the new domain and then just go to WebSites>SiteManager and click on move next to the old site and pick the new domain to move it to.
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HilaryJax Premium
@merlynmac
Hi Merlyn
Yes, they are both on WA. That sounds easy, I can definitely do that. Thank you so much.
Regards
Hilary
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HilaryJax Premium
@merlynmac
Hi, Yes they are both on WA, this sounds easy to do, thank you so much
Regards
Hilary
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merlynmac Premium
@HilaryJax
Any time!
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JKulk1 Premium
Fantastic tutorial but I'm certainly not ready to try this yet. Jim
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smartketeer Premium
@JKulk1
Believe Jim is really not rocket science.

Just follow the steps and you'll be able the complete the whole process.

And if you need any help, I'm here :)
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JKulk1 Premium
@smartketeer
I understand the idea. I'm just not sure why I'd need it.
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smartketeer Premium
@JKulk1
You don't NEED it. But it can be very helpful in many different ways :)
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AHunsinger1 Premium
This is great information. Thank you for the well thought-out presentation.
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smartketeer Premium
@AHunsinger1
Thank you for your time and your feedback C!
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MarionBlack Premium
You'll want to change the Permalink setting to Post Name instead of Custom Structure before saving the changes for permalinks.
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smartketeer Premium
@MarionBlack
Thanks Marion!

Good point!

I assumed that they already made those configuration steps on their live site. In which case Clone WP will transfer those settings too ...
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MarionBlack Premium
@smartketeer
Somehow or other WP Clone adds some weird stuff into the Permalinks setting which has to be changed after the restoration process.
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smartketeer Premium
@MarionBlack
Thanks for the valuable input Marion!

Do you think that I should update the given page?

Thanks in advance!
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MarionBlack Premium
@smartketeer
Yes. I know of at least one person whose website was completely messed up when he didn't realize that his internal links no longer worked because of the change in permalinks.

Go through the process again yourself, Zsolt and you'll see exactly what I mean.
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smartketeer Premium
@MarionBlack
Thanks Marion.

As far as I remember, I haven't had any issues with the permalinks.

Anyway, I'll update that page right now.

Thanks again!
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