Duplicate site for multilingual on new domain

  • I would like to duplicate my site to new urls (same host + db) to create different language versions. For referencing, each language version must have it’s own separate domain name (mysite.com, mysite.de, mysite.nl etc.) so I need to be able to duplicate the pages/articles to each domain then change page text, titles, descriptions etc. (auto-translation is not essential, but manual control I must have)

    What is the best solution for this? I think I can use WP MultiSite – however I am not sure if maybe that is overkill as I am only going to translate to 2-3 different langs, and is not a complex or commercial site. Multisite seems it may be more complicated to work with.

    I have also heard of PolyLang plugin, but I am unclear on whether it has all the functionality I need… will it allow me to essentially duplicate the entire WP across different domains, keeping the sites completely separate? Maybe there are other plugins which would be better?

    As I create + add pages/articles I would like the choice to duplicate to the other urls (or not if I want a site specific article) and then be able to edit the duplicated pages to put in the correct text and titles.

    It also need it to be compatible with Divi, a search engine optimizer (Yoast) and a plugin like WP-Hide.

    If anyone can tell me what would be the best way to approach this I would be very grateful. I have to prepare this site as part of my exam portfolio, I have limited time and I really want to make sure I pick the right system to begin with. Thanks!!

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  • Hi gulliwog!

    I’ve done this manually in different sites by copying all the files using the File Manager and also copying the Database using phpMyAdmin, basically you would need to:

    1. Create the new site.
    2. Make a backup of the original site.
    3. Go to your File Manager (make sure the option Show Hidden Files is selected) and copy the files to the new domain folder.
    4. Create a new database for the new site.
    5. Export/import the database.
    6. Make some changes in the wp-config.php, the phpMyAdmin site URL file and in your image URLs

    There are some good step by step guides here and here

    I haven’t used cloning plugins for this, but if you prefer to use a plugin I’ve found this article that you may find helpful

    Thread Starter gulliwog

    (@gulliwog)

    Thanks Paul! I was beginning to wonder whether simply doing it all manually as you described wouldn’t be easier… having said that I thought that maybe a cloning plugin would make things easier.

    The problem is with this method is that any changes (switching out images etc.) that come later have to be manually made to each site. Cloning programs would be a good solution for building a static site that would never change, but it would be really nice to have a something that would allow me to dynamically control content on all the sites with some kind of management system using one database.

    Thanks for the reply!!

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