Preview of new wordpress site

  • I have a domain name that points to a web host with my existing website. I just found a new host and want to make a new WordPress site.

    What is the easiest way to make a new site on the new host, (keeping my domain name pointing to the old site) until I decide to ‘Go Live’ and direct the domain name to the new host.

    So far I’ve installed WordPress in the root directory, but have found that I can not have access to the wp-admin because the domain name does not point there.

    Is there a simple solution to this?

    Thanks!

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  • Could try to connect using an IP address? Some hosts give you a dedicated IP address that connects to wherever your site is, perhaps with a port number too. Did they give you this information?

    BobWP

    (@bobdunn-trainer)

    Matty is right, ask them about a temp URL, depending on your host, it might even be somewhere listed in your cpanel.

    Typically it will look something like this:

    https://IPS address here/~then your username here

    If you can’t find it, ask your host and they should be able to give it to you.

    Thread Starter leemarie

    (@leemarie)

    hi Matty, no they didn’t suggest using an IP address or a temp URL
    and thanks Bob, I’m going to look into that!

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