I want to duplicate a wordpress site onto a smaller droplet

Posted July 5, 2020
WordPress

After I duplicate I want to shutdown the original (destroy) and use the new smaller droplet.

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Bobby Iliev • July 5, 2020

Hi there @christopherppinto,

I would recommend going through the answer to this similar question here:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-to-migrate-a-wordpress-blog-from-one-droplet-to-another-existing-droplet

Basically what you need to do is:

Download your WordPress files from your old Droplet to your PC or copy the files from your old Droplet to your new Droplet directly using the scp command
Then export your WordPress database from your old Droplet and import it to the new one
Finally change your DNS records so that your domain name points to your new Droplet’s IP
Give it a few hours for the DNS to propagate over the Globe and power of your old Droplet.

Before starting I would strongly recommend making a backup of your old Droplet!

Let me know if anything is unclear and I will be happy to help!

Regards, Bobby

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