How to setup a new site in WP Engine
In WP Engine it’s really easy to create a copy of existing website in another environment. Whether you are starting a new project, or getting ready to launch a new website, the process is very much the same.
Please note, creating new environments is restricted to certain users so you may to ask an Administrator for further assistance.
Setting up a New Project
When we are ready to start building a new website project, we start with a copy of our Launchpad Site (Cloning). Follow the steps below to setup your new project:
- In WP Engine Take a backup of the existing website (if applicable) in the Production Environment and use the description “Backup of old website checkpoint”. See screenshot below. This backup is important should we need to roll back the site after launching the new website.
- Take a backup of the new website assuming this was developed in Staging or D
will be hosted production environment iclient is hosted Please make sure you have access to the Production hosting environment where the new website is hosted. If the client is changing hosting p
Pages and Posts
- Remove all test data such as dummy Pages, Posts or Custom Posts, and Images (including images that are not related to the website or comes from a cloned website during setup)
- Reassign the author for all Pages and Posts to the client’s user to avoid our details appearing as the author in shared posts.
- Check Privacy Policy, T&C and make sure to update or copy the existing policy from their website.
- Make sure all links are working on frontend. Any buttons with an empty link (#) must be updated to go to the relevant page, or removed if necessary.
- If the current live site has custom meta titles and descriptions, copy these across to the new website. Yoast’s Bulk Editing tool can be useful.