Copy Website

Learn how to duplicate a WordPress site into a new website slot in Hostinger hPanel, what gets copied, how it differs from staging, and post-copy steps.

Duplicate an existing WordPress site into a new website slot on your account. Useful for spinning up client projects from a template, building a second brand off a known-good setup, or creating a long-lived archive copy before a major overhaul.

How it differs from Staging

	Copy Website	Staging
Result	A separate, permanent website	A temporary environment tied to the source site
Lives where	A new website in your hosting account	Subdomain attached to the source site
Sync back	No — it's independent	Yes — push to live, pull from live
Use for	New projects, long-lived copies	Test changes before pushing

Copy a site

1. Open the source WordPress site in hPanel.

2. Click Copy website in the left menu.

3. Pick the destination:

   • New website slot — creates a fresh website in your hosting account (plan limits apply)

   • Existing website — overwrites another site you manage

4. Choose the domain or free subdomain for the copy.

5. Confirm.

Hostinger clones files and the database, updates wp-config.php to point at the new database, and rewrites URLs in the copied database to match the new domain.

What's copied

• All files in public_html (themes, plugins, uploads, wp-config.php)

• The full database (posts, users, options, metadata)

• Active theme and plugin list

What's not copied

• Domain DNS configuration (the copy gets its own domain)

• SSL certificates (a fresh one is issued for the new domain)

• Email accounts

• Cron jobs (you can recreate these under Cron Jobs)

• Server-level redirects defined outside WordPress

After copying

• Log in to the copied site's /wp-admin — user credentials carry over.

• Re-check General settings → Site URL if you changed the domain.

• Regenerate permalinks (Settings → Permalinks → Save) if links 404.

Troubleshooting

URLs in posts still point at the source domain Run a search-replace via File Manager or wp-cli: wp search-replace 'old-domain.com' 'new-domain.com'.

"Plan limit reached" when creating a new slot You've hit the max websites on your plan. Delete an unused site, upgrade your plan, or pick Existing website as the destination.

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Last updated: July 21, 2026