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Cloning and Copying WordPress Sites

This article introduces how to clone and copy an entire WordPress site.

Shou Arisaka

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Sep 28, 2025

This time, I’d like to introduce how to clone and copy an entire WordPress site.

Install the "duplicator" plugin.

Select "create new".

There will be several checkboxes along the way, check them.

Installer.php and Archives file will be available for download, so download them.

Upload the two files mentioned above to the public folder of the remote server via FTP or similar.

For example, with Xserver rental server, upload to /home/YOURNAME/YOURDOMAIN/public_html/.

Access YOURDOMAIN/installer.php from a browser. If wp-config.php etc. already exist, it will error, so rm them beforehand.

http://design-plus1.com/tcd-w/2014/10/duplicator.html

In step 4, log in to the site. Along the way, you can also change the site title, username/password, etc.

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Shou Arisaka

Started web development at 15 by launching a WordPress site. The following year, began microservice development using Ruby on Rails. Currently involved in Next.js website creation supporting the Digital Agency and SaaS development projects, while also pursuing personal modern web app development using React.js, Node.js, and TypeScript as a hobby. Specializes in agile full-stack development from frontend to backend, handling web marketing and advertising design as needed, providing cost-effective and high-quality customer experiences through advertising operations, AI-driven development, and data analysis. Developer, designer, and writer of the IT blog 'DebugTips', which has been supported by over 2 million people worldwide and is celebrating its 9th anniversary. Currently working hard to make the independently developed SNS 'Intrawrite' (currently in beta) Japan's leading domestic social network.