How to push a staging site to live

How to push a staging site to live

1. Go to the live site

2. Go to the "Backups" menu option

3. Click "Create Backup"

4. Give the backup a relevant name eg. "Backup before push to live" and click "Backup now"

5. Backup will start processing

6. Wait until backup is complete

7. Go to the staging site you wish to push live

8. Click "Push live" and select "To an existing website"

9. Select the destination website, untick "public_html/wp-content" if you want to ensure all content is copied across and click "Push live"

10. Wait until the process competes and the "Manage website" button is lit up Blue. Click "Manage website"

11. Click on "Visit site" to ensure all is working as expected!

If there are any issues feel free to raise a support ticket and one of our staff will be happy to assist.


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