Looking good, unfortunately no luck

I use several other website cloning/migrating tools, and I always like to try something new. So I picked this one. Although some reviews sound discouraging, but I didn’t mind to give it a try.

At the beginning everything seemed okay, the interface was easy to understand. Unfortunately I didn’t have the luck to make it work correctly.

After clicking the “Start cloning …” button, I saw the spinning progress bar and the logs information. At the middle of the process, I notice some red texts in the logs:

05.01.2016 17:15:00Failed to upload the file (/home/[hidden]/public_html/_addon_domains/[hidden].com/wp-content/plugins/duplicator-clone/tmp/archives/job_2016-01-05_17-13-48_archive_files_1.zip => /public_html/_subdomains/[hidden]/archives)
05.01.2016 17:14:58Failed to upload the file (/home/[hidden]/public_html/_addon_domains/[hidden].com/wp-content/plugins/duplicator-clone/tmp/archives/job_2016-01-05_17-13-48_archive_files_2.zip => /public_html/_subdomains/[hidden]/archives)
05.01.2016 17:14:55Failed to upload the file (/home/[hidden]/public_html/_addon_domains/[hidden].com/wp-content/plugins/duplicator-clone/tmp/archives/job_2016-01-05_17-13-48_archive_files_3.zip => /public_html/_subdomains/[hidden]/archives)
05.01.2016 17:14:51Failed to upload the file (/home/[hidden]/public_html/_addon_domains/[hidden].com/wp-content/plugins/duplicator-clone/tmp/archives/job_2016-01-05_17-13-48_archive_files_4.zip => /public_html/_subdomains/[hidden]/archives)
05.01.2016 17:14:48Failed to upload the file (/home/[hidden]/public_html/_addon_domains/[hidden].com/wp-content/plugins/duplicator-clone/tmp/archives/job_2016-01-05_17-13-48_archive_files_5.zip => /public_html/_subdomains/[hidden]/archives)
05.01.2016 17:14:46Failed to upload the file (/home/[hidden]/public_html/_addon_domains/[hidden].com/wp-content/plugins/duplicator-clone/tmp/archives/job_2016-01-05_17-13-48_archive_files_6.zip => /public_html/_subdomains/[hidden]/archives)
05.01.2016 17:14:43Failed to upload the file (/home/[hidden]/public_html/_addon_domains/[hidden].com/wp-content/plugins/duplicator-clone/tmp/archives/job_2016-01-05_17-13-48_archive_files_7.zip => /public_html/_subdomains/[hidden]/archives)
05.01.2016 17:14:41Failed to upload the file (/home/[hidden]/public_html/_addon_domains/[hidden].com/wp-content/plugins/duplicator-clone/tmp/archives/job_2016-01-05_17-13-48_archive_files_8.zip => /public_html/_subdomains/[hidden]/archives)
05.01.2016 17:14:38Failed to upload the file (/home/[hidden]/public_html/_addon_domains/[hidden].com/wp-content/plugins/duplicator-clone/tmp/archives/job_2016-01-05_17-13-48_archive_files_9.zip => /public_html/_subdomains/[hidden]/archives)
05.01.2016 17:14:35Failed to upload the file (/home/[hidden]/public_html/_addon_domains/[hidden].com/wp-content/plugins/duplicator-clone/tmp/archives/job_2016-01-05_17-13-48_archive_db_1.zip => /public_html/_subdomains/[hidden]/archives)

I give it 3 stars because this plugin has potential. It has easy to understand interface, it has its own unique way to duplicate websites (compare to other cloning plugins I ever tried).

Unfortunately, I’m lack of luck to make it work. The destination website can’t be opened. I only get an error screen saying “Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required … blablabla”. And the worst is, when it fails this plugin never let you. You just see the progress bar spins endlessly and you just sit and wait like a stupid.

I know, I should open a support ticket. Sorry, I don’t have time, it will be much easier for me to install and try other plugins.