{"id":33271,"date":"2023-01-30T07:50:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T05:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/?p=33271"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:35:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T12:35:45","slug":"create-staging-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/create-staging-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Create a staging site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Staging site is a copy of your website where you can test and evaluate changes you want to make to your live website. For details, see What Is A Staging Site?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can create staging sites by copying a live site. Follow these steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Go to your My Elementor dashboard<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Click the website card of the site that you want to copy to create a staging site.
    \"\"<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. In the panel, click Advanced<\/strong>.
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  4. Click Create Staging<\/strong>. A confirmation dialog box shows.
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  5. Check the checkbox and click Create Staging<\/strong> to confirm. 
    \"Create<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Your live site will be copied to your staging site. The details of your staging site appears on the Staging environment<\/strong> section. <\/p>\n\n\n

    [callout type=”note”]The URL of the staging site starts with \u201dstg\u201d.[\/callout]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Create<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Update staging site<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    If your live site has changed, you may need to copy the live site to your staging site again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Follow these steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n
    1. Go to your My Elementor dashboard<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Click the website card of the site that you want to use to update the staging site.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. In the panel, click Advanced<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Click Manage Staging<\/strong>.
      \"Create
      A yellow banner displays with the message that you are accessing staging site.
      \"Create<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Under Staging actions<\/strong>, click Pull to staging<\/strong>. A confirmation message shows.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. Confirm by clicking Pull changes to staging<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Your current staging site is overwritten and replaced by the data from your live site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      For details on editing your staging site, testing out new features and plugins, see Access\/edit A Staging Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Related articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Access\/edit A Staging Site<\/a> 
      Move A Staging Site To A Live Site<\/a>
      Delete A Staging Site \u00bb Elementor<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Staging site is a copy of your website where you can test and evaluate changes you want to make to your live website. For details, see What Is A Staging Site? You can create staging sites by copying a live site. Follow these steps: Your live site will be copied to your staging site. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_elementor_kustomer_id":["65ba33bce4ff021dec1bfdf3"],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1491],"tags":[1234],"class_list":["post-33271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-using-a-staging-site","tag-hosting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCreate a staging site | Elementor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn everything about Create a staging site in this article from Elementor's Knowledge Base. 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