Will this work to copy my current site to a brand new website

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    1 year, 4 months ago

    Sorry in advance for stupid questions, I’m not too sure on my terminology or the difference between ‘migrating’ and ‘cloning’. Basically, we are locked out of our hosting account so what I want to do is copy my current website, and once I have a new blank website with a new URL, I want to import EVERYTHING so the new site is an exact copy of the old site.

    Question 1) Is that something that the free version of Updraftplus migrate can do or do I need to pay for the premium so I can “clone” the site. I’m hoping I don’t have to pay $70 for a year of service just for a single use.

    Question 2) My current site is using a paid theme. Once everything is copied over to the new site do I just need to pay for another theme key and then the site is up and running or how does that work?

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  • Hello,

    Thank you for your message. Cloning can be thought of as making an exact copy of your website whilst migrating is moving the website from one place to another – there is some overlap between the two terms and it can be confusing.

    In terms of your questions – 1) you can use the free version of the plugin to move your site to a new WordPress installation on a new domain. 2) Depending on what theme you are using and what policy the company use you may be able to use the existing key and simply associate it with a new domain – it would be worth asking them how this works as this can differ between theme authors.

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