How to Create a Local Copy of a Live WordPress Site

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I’ll show you how to easily create a local copy of a live WordPress site.
So we are going to take your website from a web host and copy it to your computer
so that you can play around with it without the fear of messing up anything.
How to change the Local by Flywheel upload limit:
www.wpdevguides.com/guides/ho...
00:00 Requirements for this video
01:20 Install migration plugin on live site
Now let’s go to your live website and install a migration plugin
It will copy everything we need.
02:30 Create a new instance in your localhost
03:55 Install migration plugin on localhost
04:47 Upload the migration file
So now that we have this zip file, we need to install the same plugin on the WordPress
instance on your computer. And then we can upload it. Sounds complicated but it’s easy.
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Where I get my domains: punchsalad.com/namecheap-domain/
WP plugins I'm using: punchsalad.com/recommendation...
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  • @KatwinKennedy
    @KatwinKennedy3 жыл бұрын

    I spent three hours bashing my head against my keyboard until I found your video. Thanks for saving a life.

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad I could help Kathleen

  • @jehnaliddle4960
    @jehnaliddle496017 күн бұрын

    Thankyou for this! Made the process really simple!

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    15 күн бұрын

    Glad I could help!

  • @dandy2365
    @dandy23652 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video. It was both informative and very useful. I was able to import my live site to local, amend it and export the improved version back to live. Excellent stuff.

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @JW-qd3ol
    @JW-qd3ol3 жыл бұрын

    Great video Punch! (as usual!) You're the best

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    3 жыл бұрын

    thanks for the support Jiminy! 🙌

  • @jamesgibson5875
    @jamesgibson5875 Жыл бұрын

    Just what I needed thanks Robert. Ended up tweaking the advanced export filters to only download the databse and manually transferred the plugins but this was the missing piece I needed. Thank you.

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    Жыл бұрын

    Happy to hear this helped James!

  • @stef2250
    @stef22502 жыл бұрын

    Just what I needed!! Thanks!

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad I could help!

  • @Zbigatron
    @Zbigatron Жыл бұрын

    The Permalink section saved me! Couldn't work out why my links weren't working. Well done!

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad I could help!

  • @Dynamicsimpson
    @Dynamicsimpson2 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial, thank you very much!

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're very welcome Kevin!

  • @gjb7966
    @gjb79662 жыл бұрын

    sooo helpful! thank you!!

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're so welcome!

  • @visualmodo
    @visualmodo3 жыл бұрын

    Really nice WP tips!

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you like them!

  • @v1rtu050
    @v1rtu0502 жыл бұрын

    Great video, thank you!

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you liked it!

  • @user-oz4du6nc2d
    @user-oz4du6nc2d Жыл бұрын

    Great video! Your explanations are so clear, but... It is Explained in a better way in Insta WP...

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    Жыл бұрын

    thanks for the feedback Jasmine, I'll check their video to see what works :)

  • @VideoNash
    @VideoNash2 жыл бұрын

    thanks

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @user-gb4ux3nh2b
    @user-gb4ux3nh2b4 ай бұрын

    Thanx for the video. When I click to permalinks I have to login and get redirect to the original existing website instead of the local version.

  • @garrettzucker2605
    @garrettzucker26052 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic tutorial! Can I use this method to move my WordPress site from one hosting company to a new one? Thanks.

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    2 жыл бұрын

    yep that will work Garrett! Actually that's the primary use of the plugin

  • @garrettzucker2605

    @garrettzucker2605

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tipswithpunch That's what I thought. It is always nice to have my plan verified by an expert. Kindest regards.

  • @TheSlizzardofOz
    @TheSlizzardofOz3 жыл бұрын

    My website is 3.2gb, I installed the extension plug in and it’s still not enough to upload my file. Any suggestions?

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    3 жыл бұрын

    oh wow, that's huge for a website! I think you need to migrate everything else separate from the media folder. I think you can choose that in the tool.

  • @fantassstica
    @fantassstica2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tutorial! for me it's been stuck in 100% when importing for like 20 mins. What's the best thing to do here?

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    2 жыл бұрын

    that sucks, I've had that issue before too. Try to fix it with this guide: help.servmask.com/2018/10/27/how-to-increase-maximum-upload-file-size-in-wordpress/ Or then try another migration plugin.

  • @henaharon9359
    @henaharon9359 Жыл бұрын

    Hi! unfortunately its not working for large file 2G, its not finishing import it. can you give me a tip ?

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    Жыл бұрын

    oh that sucks. Indeed for bigger websites it will ask you to upgrade. I'm not aware of any programs that can do migration of 2g. But you could try to use a backup tool like updraftplus, but you would need to change the URLs everywhere on the site with another tool.

  • @Katinaboxx
    @Katinaboxx2 ай бұрын

    Im a little confused about how you fixed the broken website? Does this always happen? Can you explain better? Overall good video, but not sure why you glazed over this.

  • @DevendraCallistusblinds
    @DevendraCallistusblinds Жыл бұрын

    but my project size is 2Gb So how i can download my website.. Please suggest me any defent pluging

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm not sure any plugins can do 2gb for free. But what you can try to is split it up. So first do all except uploads, and then uploads. That's the folder that is usually the heaviest

  • @user-kg4bp5kv7s
    @user-kg4bp5kv7s10 ай бұрын

    does this work in the wordpress of different version ???

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    10 ай бұрын

    yeah shoudl work

  • @christopherrimplington3643
    @christopherrimplington3643 Жыл бұрын

    how can i import-export my whole site, except for users and passwords for wp and db? I don't want my Live site to overwrite my Local settings, like "root", "no password" and "local host". And vice versa.

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    Жыл бұрын

    Uuh, good question. I haven't done it like that before.

  • @christopherrimplington3643

    @christopherrimplington3643

    Жыл бұрын

    And you have to reconfigure those things manually after importing?

  • @jellotricko1625
    @jellotricko16252 жыл бұрын

    Hello i am encountering a problem, it says i am unable to import the file i downloaded from when i exported

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    2 жыл бұрын

    sorry to hear that... does it give any errors?

  • @laurahikes

    @laurahikes

    10 ай бұрын

    @@tipswithpunch i'm having the same issue, it says "File wasn't available on site". Help?

  • @basis6613
    @basis66132 жыл бұрын

    All-In-One is basically giving me that 'sorry,......' error on every upload.

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    2 жыл бұрын

    :( that sucks, you can try other migration tools, just seach for them in the wordpress plugin library

  • @yollopukki6998
    @yollopukki69982 жыл бұрын

    This plugin has free use limitation of 100 mb archive file max upload.

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    2 жыл бұрын

    it used to be more for sure... but maybe they changed something.

  • @yollopukki6998

    @yollopukki6998

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tipswithpunch well, probably that's the case... That was the message when I tried to import 700 Mb archive. Anyway the conception of the plugin is really good. Probably there are analogs. After failure with this plugin, I managed to copy with help of only Velvet Blues and two new parameters ("wp home" and .. forgot the second one..) in wp-config.

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ok I'm glad you got it done. I also tried to migrate a 700mb website, but didn't work... had to use a backup plugin (updraft plus) and then a search and replace all the urls.

  • @user-gj7ti4on6w
    @user-gj7ti4on6w Жыл бұрын

    Mine import is stuck on 100% literally for ages :( It has been like this for 2 hours already :(

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    Жыл бұрын

    wow that sucks, I've had that before. I couldn't figure out the issue. But this plugin is more robust: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f3yLlbGLddS0nZM.html

  • @beeztoon8294
    @beeztoon8294 Жыл бұрын

    can i download anyothers site?

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    Жыл бұрын

    no, it doesn't work like that.

  • @brajeshgoyal202
    @brajeshgoyal2023 жыл бұрын

    Brother pls.suggest me best and genuine CPA, CPI offers site.

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    3 жыл бұрын

    not sure what you mean?

  • @brajeshgoyal202

    @brajeshgoyal202

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tipswithpunch I wanna make site like taskbucks app where peoples earn money after downloading app shown in taskbucks app. Can you help me in knowing from where I get this CPI (cost per install) apps offer. Can you pls.recommend me any genuine site.

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    3 жыл бұрын

    ahh sorry, no idea, I've never looked into anything like this.

  • @brajeshgoyal202

    @brajeshgoyal202

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tipswithpunch ok

  • @jeffdietzphotography
    @jeffdietzphotography2 жыл бұрын

    Well... that was a fun waste of time... wasting all that time for it to download only to find out that there is no way to expand the upload file size, none of the things you list in your link settings exists anymore and there is no file in the conf folder to even edit...

  • @tipswithpunch

    @tipswithpunch

    2 жыл бұрын

    sorry hear that this didn't work for you. I need to check if the settings have changed.

  • @ViralRajanepal

    @ViralRajanepal

    2 жыл бұрын

    try with upload filesize plugin it may solve your problem. Thanks me later!

  • @ANDRYAN182

    @ANDRYAN182

    2 жыл бұрын

    I can still update the max size to import, although there's a slightly change. I can help if you're still stuck

  • @akshaygole7195

    @akshaygole7195

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ANDRYAN182 Hey can you help me with how to upload file that is more than 300mb.

  • @nevilledoke6683

    @nevilledoke6683

    10 ай бұрын

    Please help me if u found any answers@@akshaygole7195

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