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Create a staging site for safe testing
Test changes without affecting your live website.
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Quick answer
Test changes without affecting your live website.
- WordPress works best with a clean theme, minimal plugins, and caching enabled.
- Regular updates keep your site secure and compatible with modern browsers.
- Backups before updates prevent small mistakes from becoming big problems.
Key details
A staging site is a private copy of your website used for testing.
It lets you try new plugins, themes, or updates safely.
Once you are happy, you can copy changes to the live site.
Step-by-step
- Open the WordPress toolkit in your dashboard.
- Click Create Staging and select your site.
- Test changes on staging before syncing to live.
Quick checklist
- Install LiteSpeed Cache
- Update themes and plugins monthly
- Back up before major changes
- Remove unused themes and plugins
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