How to Create a WordPress Staging Site
A staging site is a private copy of your live site where you can try updates, themes or new plugins without any risk to visitors.
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Open WordPress Manager
In cPanel, open WordPress Manager by Softaculous and find your site.
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Create staging
Click Staging, choose a subdomain or folder (e.g. staging.yourdomain.com) and create the copy.
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Make your changes
Log in to the staging site and test updates, design or plugins there.
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Push to live
When happy, use Push to Live to copy the changes back to your real site.
Tip: Always run risky changes on staging first — it can save hours of downtime.
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