{"id":4477,"date":"2018-05-01T09:55:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T13:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp-p3d2tsa2xh.pairsite.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=4477"},"modified":"2025-06-13T10:09:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T14:09:39","slug":"how-to-copy-your-live-site-to-your-wp-staging-area","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/how-to-copy-your-live-site-to-your-wp-staging-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Copy Your Live Site to Your WordPress Staging Area"},"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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/how-to-set-up-a-staging-site-for-a-wordpress-website\/\">created a staging site<\/a>, you can go back and copy your current live site onto your staging site. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep in mind that this will delete the data on the staging site and replace it with the live site data. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Copying a Live Site to Staging Site<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want your staging site to match the current live site, follow these steps:<\/span><\/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>If you don't currently have a staging site active, click the<strong> Activate Staging<\/strong> button. If you do have a staging site active and want to overwrite it, click the <strong>Stage Site<\/strong> button.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong>Copy Live to Staging <\/strong>button<\/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_4nXeEs5bIHdxMZ6SBOgEI-Q1k7tuSwi-e3szDi_9PFVD5Ov0TewDrka89dOUk6lDMQ_hd192Xa44L1uXEowjTlvkuMTN4mQ_OReVg_3uK5Tyzs7qKJnnIUB-kY43EBA6OZQ8l1Hz3TKRwleuOWMMWhbh_aQaQ?key=epFvaGSwNC1iay6fobTh457f\" width=\"27\" height=\"26\">staging icon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you don't currently have a staging site active, click the <strong>Activate Staging<\/strong> button. 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