WPCloudDeploy makes it easy to copy a site to a new domain on the same server. This process is called “Cloning”.
To clone a site:
A popup will appear that will offer periodic feedback as the cloning process progresses.
When the process is complete you will get a popup confirmation message and the black ‘terminal” window will show the actions that were taken while cloning the site. In particular the “terminal” window will provide an idea of all the search and replaces that were done in order to update the site with the new domain name. You can also see this information in the COMMAND LOG screen.
Please make sure that there is enough disk space on the server to clone the site. You can use the options under the Statistics tab to see how much disk space is being used by the site. If the cloning fails because of a lack of disk-space, your new site will be left in an undefined state and you will need to use our PAID support resources to help you clean up the site on your server.
When cloning large sites, you might see some “file not found” errors in the terminal. This is because it is taking a very long time to copy the files and, while that is happening, there is no output being sent to the log files.
If you know that your site is large then you should be patient and let the clone run a bit pass all those error messages.
Other error messages you receive might be from plugins – these are generated after the clone is complete and we are attempting to run some post-clone commands. Many plugins just don’t like being loaded on the command line and so throw up a bunch of errors. For the purposes of the clone operation, you can ignore these. In rare cases, really badly behaved plugins and themes will error out and cause the post-clone commands to fail. If this happens, you might need to take a backup instead and do a manual restore in order to get a clone of the site.
When cloning a MULTISITE installation of WordPress you might have to do some clean up work in order to get the new network to function properly:
You might also need to request an SSL certificate for the main site as well.