how can i be sure the duplication site doesn't get indexed by google?

Yes as long as you prevent google from accessing the staging site. Thats the default setting of wp staging.

I too believed that’s the default with wp-staging’s staging sites. But, was surprised one day, to find a long-time used staging site still did not have the “discourage search engines from indexing this site” option under Settings, checked.

Checked other staging sites and found the same thing. So, until Rene fixes this, users beware and do this manually as soon as your staging site is installed and you have logged in.

It would be better to use cPanel’s directory privacy, wouldn’t it?

Yes I don’t believe it either as I don’t see any options for that, should I go to the wordpress settings in the staging site and check the hide this websitem from Google?

@missmiss: In your staging site’s WP Dashboard, go to Settings -> Reading.

There’s an option with a checkmark – “Discourage search engines from indexing this site.”

Check that option.

The directory privacy option in your Web Host’s cPanel is more secure. Use that.

Hey dacasper! Thank you, ill ask my hosting service how to do what you say as i didn0t know that existed! otherwise i’ll go manually to check that option in the wordpress staged site