Testing changes on the live site, this needs to change
Staging is a 1:1 copy where you can play safely. Included with any serious WP host.
support/web-en-cms/staging-omgevingsteps: 4
Try this first
- Enable staging via your host panel or build locally with Local or Studio
- Make changes there, test plugin updates and theme tweaks
- Push changes to production via a merge tool, don't just overwrite the DB
- Never blindly push the staging DB over production if live orders sit between
When to bring us in
Your host has no staging, switch hosts or set up a subdomain yourself.
See also
- WordPress, plugins and theme have gone 6+ months without updatesOut-of-date WP is the number-one entry for malware. Don't just hit 'update all', back up first.
- Theme update broke the layout or threw a fatal errorThemes overwrite custom CSS on update unless you use a child theme.
- WordPress shows a blank screen after a plugin install or updateWSOD (white screen of death) is usually one crashing plugin. You isolate it.
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