{"id":24289,"date":"2022-02-02T14:28:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/wordpress-cloning-an-existing-website-to-new-domain\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T14:18:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T14:18:14","slug":"wordpress-cloning-an-existing-website-to-new-domain","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/wordpress-cloning-an-existing-website-to-new-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress: Cloning an existing website to new domain"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This article provides you with steps on how to clone an existing WordPress website to a new domain via cPanel.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Step 1<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8211; Login to cPanel<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 4px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: outside disc; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\n<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20.8px; font-size: 16px !important; margin: 0px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif !important;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please see our article on<\/span> <a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #00c1dc; text-decoration: none; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/how-to-log-in-to-cpanel-via-your-1-grid-customer-zone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">logging into cPanel here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\">Step 2<\/strong>&#8211; Click on <strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\">WordPress<\/strong> under the\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Softaculous Apps Installer<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered fr-shadow aligncenter\" style=\"width: 462px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33042758651\/original\/3--gIQeUIZ1P367vKX94DhI28Kd5NRFXww.png?1593517845\" height=\"269\" data-id=\"33042758579\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Step 3-\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0Scroll down to Current Installations<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Click on the <strong>Clone\u00a0<\/strong>Icon<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered fr-shadow aligncenter\" style=\"width: 503px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33042758739\/original\/S4KBlawe9YJyxIIZnSvraVRkZ2cAy6eRHQ.png?1593517984\" height=\"147\" data-id=\"33042758680\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Step 4 &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0Configure Cloning Options\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Enter the new website and click <strong>Clone Installation<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered fr-shadow aligncenter\" style=\"width: 434px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33042759059\/original\/q8nATgCWqUpfqeeMmPgEpmYDT12izPwFyA.png?1593518346\" height=\"527\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Step 5 &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0You will receive a confirmation message that the website has been cloned to the new domain name<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered fr-shadow aligncenter\" style=\"width: 517px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33042759076\/original\/uWMi07GAfynbVIrBZjtl0vln2j9u3u4OCg.png?1593518373\" height=\"198\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"33042759076\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Completed! 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