Copy a Site

As a website owner, you can clone your entire WordPress.com site, including posts, pages, themes, plugins, and uploads. This guide will show you how to create a copy of your WordPress.com website.

In this guide

1. Eligibility
2. Duplicate a WordPress.com Site
3. Data Copied
   1. WooCommerce Stores
   2. Can I copy over data to an existing site?

Eligibility

• This feature is available on sites with the WordPress.com Creator plan with hosting features activated.
• For security purposes, only the site owner can copy a website. Other administrators aren’t able to copy a site.
• To copy a site, you will purchase a new Creator plan for the new site. If you wish to create a duplicate site for testing purposes only, use a staging site which does not require an additional purchase.

Duplicate a WordPress.com Site

To make a copy of your website, follow these steps:

1. Click this link to visit the Sites page.
2. Click the three dots next to an eligible site on the Creator plan.
3. Choose the “Copy site” option.
   • If the option is not visible, the site is not yet eligible to be copied.

The “Copy site” option on the site options menu.

4. Choose a domain for your new site.
   • If you are not ready to decide on a domain, type a name for your site and choose the free address option that will appear in the list.
5. On the checkout screen, purchase a Creator plan for the new site. The cloning process will begin:

You can navigate away from the window. You will receive an email when your new site is ready.

Data Copied

The following site-specific data is copied to your new site:

• Posts
• Pages
• Themes
• Plugins
• Media Uploads
• Users
• Configuration options, API keys, and any database data stored with your site.

The following WordPress.com-specific data isn’t copied to your new site because these features are site-specific:

• Subscribers and likes
• Attached SSH keys

Although subscribers can be migrated, it will not happen by default. A subscriber has subscribed to a specific site, so they are not copied to your new site. 

Your newly copied site is completely decoupled from the original site, so any changes to one won’t impact the other.

WooCommerce Stores

All WooCommerce data in the database will be copied to the new site, which may include customers, products, orders, or any other WooCommerce-related information stored in the database. Any payment gateway will remain in “Live” mode if enabled.

Can I copy over data to an existing site?

That is not possible. The target site has to be created during the site copying process.