Description
How it works:
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Click ‘Tools > Clone Test DB’.
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Enter the ‘Test site address’.
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Select ‘Test database name’.
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Click ‘Create a clone site’.
- To view the test site, you will need to transfer files.
- Sorry, multi-site is not supported.
Screenshots
This is the initial screen.
Installation
- Upload ‘clone-test-db’ folder to the
/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
Reviews
nick6352683
December 8, 2021
It’s a five star plugin just because it works as advertised, and it’s easy to use it even though it has it’s limitations, and you have to take a couple if (easy) steps.
1. Before cloning the database, edit the target folder’s wp-config.php file, and change the database name to the target one (new installation’s database). This is the code define( ‘DB_NAME’, “YOUR_DATABASE_NSME_HERE” );
2. After you clone the database, and if the cloned site is displaying a 404 (page not found) on the posts, pages, cpt, then log in to the backsite, and flash (update) the permalinks, this will solve the 404 errors.
Ok now the limitation: There is only one, and it is the fact that both websites HAVE to be on the same server, you cannot have a localhost -> live situation or vice versa for example, I hope the ability to log in into external databases will be added soon.
Contributors & Developers
“Clone Test DB” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
Version 1.0.3
- Fixed a bug that caused database updates to fail.
Version 1.0.2
- Fixed a bug that caused database updates to fail.
Version 1.0.1
- Fixed a bug that caused database updates to fail.
Version 1.0.0
- Initial release.