{"id":17793,"date":"2019-08-06T19:08:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T23:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/?p=17793"},"modified":"2020-10-02T17:22:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T21:22:41","slug":"how-to-deploy-a-staging-website-to-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/boldgrid-cloud-wordpress-product-guide\/how-to-deploy-a-staging-website-to-production\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Deploy a Staging Website to Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><p>Once you&rsquo;re happy with your new website and you&rsquo;re ready to show it off to the world- and to your customers- it&rsquo;s time to deploy your staging WordPress website to your production server. Follow these steps to make a copy of your staging site, and import it into your live website.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-responsive\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Transfer a WordPress Website Using Total Upkeep\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tfL6mrdB4nA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"important-create-a-backup-copy-of-your-current-website\">Important! Create a Backup Copy of your current website<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>Before deploying a staging website to production, it is&nbsp;<strong>absolutely vital<\/strong> to make sure that you have a full backup of your existing website, just in case you need to restore it if anything goes wrong.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ol>\n<li>Log into your WordPress Dashboard on your live site, and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/wordpress-backup-plugin\/\">install the Total Upkeep Plugin<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>if you have not already done so.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to&nbsp;<strong>Total Upkeep -&gt; Backup Archives<\/strong> and click on&nbsp;<strong>Backup Site Now.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>If you have&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/boldgrid-pricing\/\">Total Upkeep Premium<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/strong>you should copy this backup archive to your <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/total-upkeep\/wordpress-backup-to-google-drive\/\">Google Drive<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/total-upkeep\/backup-wordpress-to-amazon-s3\/\">Amazon S3 account.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click on&nbsp;<strong>View Details<\/strong> to ensure that all of your files are included within the archive.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"create-a-backup-of-your-staging-website\">Create a backup of your Staging Website<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Log into your <strong>BoldGrid Cloud <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/free-wordpress-demo\/\">WordPress staging<\/a><\/strong> website.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to&nbsp;<strong>Total Upkeep -&gt; Backup Archives<\/strong> and click on&nbsp;<strong>Backup Site Now.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click on&nbsp;<strong>View Details&nbsp;<\/strong>and ensure that all of your files are included within the archive, then click <strong>Get Download Link.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Copy the download link to your clipboard.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"deploy-your-staging-website\">Deploy your staging website<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Log into your WordPress Dashboard on your live production website.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to&nbsp;<strong>Total Upkeep -&gt; Backup Archives&nbsp;<\/strong>and click on&nbsp;<strong>Upload Backup.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Paste the URL into the <strong>Download URL address&nbsp;<\/strong>field and click&nbsp;<strong>upload.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Once the upload is complete, click on V<strong>iew details -&gt; Restore.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Once the restoration is complete, you may need to log in again using the&nbsp;<strong>credentials from your staging website.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Congratulations! You&rsquo;ve now deployed your BoldGrid Cloud <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/free-wordpress-demo\/\">WordPress Staging<\/a> website to your live production server.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once you&rsquo;re happy with your new website and you&rsquo;re ready to show it off to the world- and to your customers- it&rsquo;s time to deploy your staging WordPress website to your production server. Follow these steps to make a copy of your staging site, and import it into your live website. Important! Create a Backup [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1294,"featured_media":15511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"bgseo_title":"How to Deploy a Staging Website to Production | BoldGrid","bgseo_description":"Once you're happy with your new website and you're ready to show it off to the world- and to your customers- it's time to deploy a staging website to your production server. 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