{"id":4471,"date":"2018-05-01T09:52:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T13:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp-p3d2tsa2xh.pairsite.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=4471"},"modified":"2023-01-19T14:01:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T19:01:42","slug":"faq-wordpress-staging","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/faq-wordpress-staging\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ &#8211; WordPress Staging"},"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\n<p>Learn about Pair Networks WordPress staging feature on Managed WordPress and Podcast Websites accounts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-accordion wp-block-hb-accordion\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__section\" data-ht-blocks-accordion-block-state=\"closed\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__title\"><span>What is WordPress staging?<\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__contentwrap\">WordPress staging is a site that is separate from your live site and hidden from the public eye. You can test changes on the staging site without fear of breaking your current site or users witnessing the changes as they browse. When ready, you can publish the staging site\u2019s changes directly to your live site.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__section\" data-ht-blocks-accordion-block-state=\"closed\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__title\"><span>Can I get a WordPress staging site on a package that is not Managed WordPress Hosting or Podcast Websites?<\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__contentwrap\">No. At this time, WordPress staging is only offered on our Managed WordPress and Podcast Websites packages.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__section\" data-ht-blocks-accordion-block-state=\"closed\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__title\"><span>If I don\u2019t like the changes I made to the staging site, can I delete it and start over?<\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__contentwrap\">Yes, you can deactivate the staging site and start anew. See our article, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/how-to-deactivate-a-wp-staging-site\/\">How to Deactivate Your Staging Site<\/a>, for more information.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__section\" data-ht-blocks-accordion-block-state=\"closed\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__title\"><span>Do staging sites count toward my account\u2019s site limit?<\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__contentwrap\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No, staging sites are not included in your account\u2019s site limit.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__section\" data-ht-blocks-accordion-block-state=\"closed\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__title\"><span>Do staging sites count toward my account\u2019s disk space?<\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__contentwrap\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, staging sites count toward the site\u2019s disk usage.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__section\" data-ht-blocks-accordion-block-state=\"closed\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__title\"><span>Can I revert back to my previous live site after I\u2019ve overwritten it with a staging site?<\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__contentwrap\">For a brief time after the staging site is copied over to the live site, there is an <strong>Undo Site Publish<\/strong> button in the staging interface navbar. Click this to revert to your previous live site.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__section\" data-ht-blocks-accordion-block-state=\"closed\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__title\"><span>Is there a limit to how many staging sites I can have?<\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__contentwrap\">You are allowed one staging site per domain. However, you can enable, deactivate, and publish the staging sites as often as you need.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__section\" data-ht-blocks-accordion-block-state=\"closed\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__title\"><span>Does my staging site automatically publish before I deactivate it?<\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__contentwrap\">No, your staging site will not automatically publish before deactivation. If you want to publish before deactivation, see our article, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/how-to-move-changes-from-your-wp-staging-site-to-your-live-site\/\">How to Move Changes from Staging Site to Live Site<\/a>.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__section\" data-ht-blocks-accordion-block-state=\"closed\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__title\"><span>What happens if I deactivate my staging site by accident?<\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-accordion__contentwrap\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regretfully, all data is permanently deleted from a staging site upon deactivation. You can always create a new staging site, but the data lost from the previous staging site when deactivated cannot be retrieved.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about Pair Networks WordPress staging feature on Managed WordPress and Podcast Websites accounts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"ht-kb-category":[182],"ht-kb-tag":[215,179,180,199],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FAQ - WordPress Staging - Knowledge Base - Pair Networks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"WordPress staging is a site that is separate from your live site and hidden from the public eye. 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