{"id":4465,"date":"2018-05-01T09:49:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T13:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp-p3d2tsa2xh.pairsite.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=4465"},"modified":"2025-06-13T10:08:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T14:08:57","slug":"how-to-move-changes-from-your-wp-staging-site-to-your-live-site","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/how-to-move-changes-from-your-wp-staging-site-to-your-live-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving Changes from Your WordPress Staging Site to Your Live Site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/wp-enthusiast\/\"><p class=\"\"style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e!important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">WP Enthusiast<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/wp-professional\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">WP Professional<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/wp-professional-plus\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">WP Professional Plus<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/podcast-websites\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">Podcast Websites<\/p><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-messages hts-messages--alert    \"   >\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\tPlease note that this tutorial uses the staging site tool that is only available on &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/wordpress\/wp-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Managed WordPress&nbsp;<\/a>or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/solutions\/podcast-websites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Podcast Websites<\/a>&nbsp; accounts.     \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-messages -->\r\n    \t\t\n\n\n\n<p>Satisfied with your changes to the staging site and want to make it your live site? You can move your staging site to your live site by publishing it. This will copy your staging site\u2019s data onto your live site. However, before the site data is copied over, a backup is made of your live site\u2019s data. This is in case you need to revert to your previous live site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Moving Your Staging Site to Your Live Site<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to move your staging site to your live site, follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose the tutorial that reflects your ACC interface type:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-legacy-interface\">Legacy Interface<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-new-acc-interface\">New ACC Interface<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Not sure what the difference is? See<a href=\"http:\/\/pair.com\/support\/kb\/which-acc-interface-am-i-using\/\"> Which ACC Interface Am I Using?&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you are using the Legacy Interface:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to the Account Control Center (ACC) at <a href=\"https:\/\/my.pair.com\/\">my.pair.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>WordPress<\/strong> in the left sidebar, then click <strong>List Sites<\/strong> in the drop-down<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong>Nickname <\/strong>of your site<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong>Staging <\/strong>tab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the bottom navbar, click the <strong>Publish to Site<\/strong> button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the next page, click the <strong>Copy Staging<\/strong> to Live<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wait while the site is copied over<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you are using the New ACC Interface:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to the Account Control Center (ACC) at <a href=\"https:\/\/my.pair.com\/\">my.pair.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the top navigation bar, click <strong>WordPress<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find your WordPress site and click its <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXefeCIgIdAHYPyGzsXKf6Wa2TxQT5hjsFzgCVKR4YpzfrLa0CWfn_i2zeoUEVuQxMA9QQwQ9cfL3gW0qU3lcWH1CfwuxrbIi-5nPZuotMWeydUw1z61iu0oSYaNqAm3ducvkOcZMFVtVX2yxfA2L6RPJ4k?key=V5oTsEy_lCZkhGY4zcj0otra\" width=\"27\" height=\"26\">staging icon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the bottom navbar, click the <strong>Publish to Site<\/strong> button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the next page, click the <strong>Copy Staging to Live<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>This process may take some time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the process is finished, you will see a green banner indicating that your site has been successfully copied over.If you want to revert to the previous live site, an <strong>Undo Publish<\/strong> button is available for a limited amount of time after the launch. 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