Test site?

  • Is it possible to set up and install an entire wordpress site as sort of a “test” or maybe not live before moving the DNS of my domain name to the new hosting service?

    I’m trying to build a new wordpress site for a client that doesn’t want their current HTML site to be down in the process.

    Thanks for your help.
    Christina

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  • You can always install wordpress in a folder and work on it and if you still want to keep it private make it a password protect folder that only you know the password.

    so you would have https://domainname.com/folder

    Thread Starter christinawiler

    (@christinawiler)

    I think I’m confused. The only way I’ve ever installed WP is through my hosting company and I always have to do a DNS change before I am able to actually work on the site in WP-admin. However, this time I don’t want to do the DNS change until my site is all done.

    Are you maybe talking about installing WP in another way?

    You can install wordpress on same domain name no DNS change

    Say your client has website on https://domianname.com this website stays as is still live.

    Now you go on same host account if he/she has given you login details create a folder in public_html

    Install wordpress in that folder and you will work in that folder with wordpress

    so you will https://domain name.com/folder for your wordpress and to log in admin you will have https://domain name.com/folder/wp-admin

    The present website will still be live.

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