WP Staging Pro is your solution to safely test changes on your WordPress site without any risk. It lets you clone your site with just one click, creating a perfect space to experiment with updates, themes, or plugins.
WP Staging Pro is a powerful, enterprise-grade WordPress plugin designed to streamline the processes of backup, cloning, migration, and staging for WordPress websites.
WP Staging Pro enables web professionals to manage their sites with exceptional speed, reliability, and security.
From manual and scheduled backups to cloning and pushing staging sites live, every aspect has been optimized for ease of use and robustness.
- One-Click Cloning & Staging: Instantly create full copies of your WordPress site with a single click, enabling safe development and testing environments without affecting your live site.
- Advanced Backup & Restore: Perform high-speed backups of your entire website, including database and files, with manual or fully customizable scheduled options for complete peace of mind.
- Seamless Website Migration: Transfer your site, including multisite networks, to new domains or servers effortlessly with automated link replacement and database adjustments.
- Multisite & Network Support: Clone and manage multisite WordPress installations easily, including pushing changes from staging to live, converting multisites to single sites, and migrating network sites.
- Clone to Separate Databases & Locations: Keep your staging or development sites completely independent by cloning to separate databases, subdomains, or custom directories for ultimate flexibility.
- User Authentication for Staging Sites: Restrict access to staging environments with customizable user role permissions, ensuring only authorized users can view or work on your test sites.
- Cloud Storage Integration: Automatically upload backups to popular cloud providers like Google Drive, Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, FTP/SFTP, and Dropbox for offsite redundancy.
- Push Changes Live Efficiently: Use the push feature to migrate themes, plugins, and database updates from a staging site to your live production site quickly and safely.
- Robust, Well-Tested Codebase: German-engineered with over 1,000 automated tests, WP Staging Pro ensures unmatched reliability and compatibility with the latest WordPress versions.
- Comprehensive Backup Retention & Notifications: Maintain multiple backup versions, set unlimited backup schedules, and receive Slack or email alerts in case of issues during backup creation.
What's new in Version 6.5.0
* New: Create local containerized and docker compatible development environments with wp staging cli. (Requires Pro Developer or Agency Plan)
* New: Beautify changelog section to make it more appealing.
* Enh: Add a preview of the selected options when the menus are collapsed.
* Enh: Add ability to select a specific day of the week when creating a weekly scheduled backup. (Pro)
* Enh: Improved email notification options for better user alerts.
* Fix: Avoid OPcache "restrict_api" warnings in staging by properly handling restricted OPcache API paths.
* Fix: Avoid fatal type errors when filtering the active plugins list during database restore and database pull for multisite if the active plugins options become corrupted.
* Fix: Clean up plugins data on uninstall.
* Fix: Clean up temporary validation directory before starting the backup process.
* Fix: Corrected display issues in some admin messages to ensure text appears properly.
* Fix: Dynamically fetch AWS S3 regions from AWS API with fallback to static list. (Pro)
* Fix: Fail to create staging site after making a push. Get file permission error. (Pro)
* Fix: Improve CLI modal reliability and backup UI, including a new sidebar and step navigation, custom header, visual feedback animation, copy button fix, and clearer date column styling.
* Fix: Inconsistent font size in modal popups.
* Fix: Logs are displayed even when their corresponding log type checkbox is not checked
* Fix: Unable to create multisite backup when current network id not 1.
* Fix: Valid permissions could be incorrectly rejected by isValidPermission().
* UX: Fix broken CSS and improve remote backup download modal with file size display and download button text improved.
* Dev: Fix slowness in `make reset` dev command.
* Dev: Improve macOS compatibility for development environment setup and build processes.
* Dev: Increased time tolerance for scheduled backups to allow execution at any time of day.
* Dev: Migrate wpstg-restorer codeception tests to Playwright for improved test reliability.
* Dev: Move all staging(tests/e2e/Staging) e2e codeception tests to playwright.
* Dev: Refactor and prepare code base for newer staging site update and reset logic using backuper pattern.
* Dev: Skip unrequired and slow unit tests for Windows OS to speed it up.
* Dev: Use constant for non-test filters in whole code base.
* Dev: Fix mailhog email tests failing on macOS by making the API URL configurable via environment variable.
* New: Beautify changelog section to make it more appealing.
* Enh: Add a preview of the selected options when the menus are collapsed.
* Enh: Add ability to select a specific day of the week when creating a weekly scheduled backup. (Pro)
* Enh: Improved email notification options for better user alerts.
* Fix: Avoid OPcache "restrict_api" warnings in staging by properly handling restricted OPcache API paths.
* Fix: Avoid fatal type errors when filtering the active plugins list during database restore and database pull for multisite if the active plugins options become corrupted.
* Fix: Clean up plugins data on uninstall.
* Fix: Clean up temporary validation directory before starting the backup process.
* Fix: Corrected display issues in some admin messages to ensure text appears properly.
* Fix: Dynamically fetch AWS S3 regions from AWS API with fallback to static list. (Pro)
* Fix: Fail to create staging site after making a push. Get file permission error. (Pro)
* Fix: Improve CLI modal reliability and backup UI, including a new sidebar and step navigation, custom header, visual feedback animation, copy button fix, and clearer date column styling.
* Fix: Inconsistent font size in modal popups.
* Fix: Logs are displayed even when their corresponding log type checkbox is not checked
* Fix: Unable to create multisite backup when current network id not 1.
* Fix: Valid permissions could be incorrectly rejected by isValidPermission().
* UX: Fix broken CSS and improve remote backup download modal with file size display and download button text improved.
* Dev: Fix slowness in `make reset` dev command.
* Dev: Improve macOS compatibility for development environment setup and build processes.
* Dev: Increased time tolerance for scheduled backups to allow execution at any time of day.
* Dev: Migrate wpstg-restorer codeception tests to Playwright for improved test reliability.
* Dev: Move all staging(tests/e2e/Staging) e2e codeception tests to playwright.
* Dev: Refactor and prepare code base for newer staging site update and reset logic using backuper pattern.
* Dev: Skip unrequired and slow unit tests for Windows OS to speed it up.
* Dev: Use constant for non-test filters in whole code base.
* Dev: Fix mailhog email tests failing on macOS by making the API URL configurable via environment variable.
What's new in Version 6.4.0
* New: Compatible up to WordPress 6.9
* New: Tested up to PHP 8.5 RC5.
* New: Create local containerized and docker compatible development environments with wp staging cli. (Requires Pro Developer Plan or higher) #4688
* New: Add support for uploading backup files to shared Google Drive folders. (Pro) #3993
* New: Add autoscroll toggle to log modals. Hovering or scrolling inside the log window pauses automatic scrolling, allowing users to review previous log entries while new ones arrive. Hovering outside re-enables autoscroll. A small "Autoscroll: on/off" indicator appears in the bottom-right corner. Increases performance by reducing unnecessary scroll events when users are interacting with the log content and caching DOM elements. #4614
* New: Redesign the settings page with a cleaner layout and better visual hierarchy. #4595
* Enh: Make pro features dynamically accessible based on license types. (Pro) #4558
* Enh: Show backup storage connection test results in modal instead of toast when there is an error or warning. (Pro) #4463
* Fix: Ensure the initial login session on new staging sites follows the default WordPress session expiration. (Pro) #4646
* Fix: Fixes very rare file index issues on misconfigured and buggy server by implementing the filter `wpstg.job.performance_mode` (when set to `safe`). #4628
* Fix: Show clearer error messages when a directory is not writable due to permission issues or open_basedir restrictions. #4679
* Fix: Increase default ZIP file size limit from 10 MB to 50 MB during backup creation. #4674
* Fix: Simplify logout logic during database restore to avoid potential 503 error that disrupt the logout workflow. #4633
* Fix: Allow emails with subdomains when creating temporary login users. (Pro) #4621
* Fix: Show backup size in the UI for corrupted backups. #4637
* Fix: Prevent 'E_STRICT' deprecation notice on PHP 8.4+. #4544
* Fix: Don't copy background processor table wpstg_queue during cloning. #4636
* Fix: Several fixes and UX improvements to the cli modals #4707
* Fix: Allow 5-site Business license to have access to all Pro features (Pro) #4691
* Fix: Make buttons grey when license is not active #4682
* Fix: Exclude debug.log from backup creation by default #4693
* UX: Enhance the license activation error notice to display a clearer and more informative message when activation fails due to any error. (Pro) #4657
* Dev: Convert codeception remote storage tests to Playwright. #4551
* Dev: Fix flaky playwright tests. #4662
* Dev: Make code base pass with phpstan level 5. #4650
* Dev: Refactored `getLoaderAndSwal` to ensure single responsibility by separating loader initialization and display logic. #4640
* Dev: Make code base pass with phpstan level 4. #4648
* Dev: Use updated playwright docker image #4699
* New: Tested up to PHP 8.5 RC5.
* New: Create local containerized and docker compatible development environments with wp staging cli. (Requires Pro Developer Plan or higher) #4688
* New: Add support for uploading backup files to shared Google Drive folders. (Pro) #3993
* New: Add autoscroll toggle to log modals. Hovering or scrolling inside the log window pauses automatic scrolling, allowing users to review previous log entries while new ones arrive. Hovering outside re-enables autoscroll. A small "Autoscroll: on/off" indicator appears in the bottom-right corner. Increases performance by reducing unnecessary scroll events when users are interacting with the log content and caching DOM elements. #4614
* New: Redesign the settings page with a cleaner layout and better visual hierarchy. #4595
* Enh: Make pro features dynamically accessible based on license types. (Pro) #4558
* Enh: Show backup storage connection test results in modal instead of toast when there is an error or warning. (Pro) #4463
* Fix: Ensure the initial login session on new staging sites follows the default WordPress session expiration. (Pro) #4646
* Fix: Fixes very rare file index issues on misconfigured and buggy server by implementing the filter `wpstg.job.performance_mode` (when set to `safe`). #4628
* Fix: Show clearer error messages when a directory is not writable due to permission issues or open_basedir restrictions. #4679
* Fix: Increase default ZIP file size limit from 10 MB to 50 MB during backup creation. #4674
* Fix: Simplify logout logic during database restore to avoid potential 503 error that disrupt the logout workflow. #4633
* Fix: Allow emails with subdomains when creating temporary login users. (Pro) #4621
* Fix: Show backup size in the UI for corrupted backups. #4637
* Fix: Prevent 'E_STRICT' deprecation notice on PHP 8.4+. #4544
* Fix: Don't copy background processor table wpstg_queue during cloning. #4636
* Fix: Several fixes and UX improvements to the cli modals #4707
* Fix: Allow 5-site Business license to have access to all Pro features (Pro) #4691
* Fix: Make buttons grey when license is not active #4682
* Fix: Exclude debug.log from backup creation by default #4693
* UX: Enhance the license activation error notice to display a clearer and more informative message when activation fails due to any error. (Pro) #4657
* Dev: Convert codeception remote storage tests to Playwright. #4551
* Dev: Fix flaky playwright tests. #4662
* Dev: Make code base pass with phpstan level 5. #4650
* Dev: Refactored `getLoaderAndSwal` to ensure single responsibility by separating loader initialization and display logic. #4640
* Dev: Make code base pass with phpstan level 4. #4648
* Dev: Use updated playwright docker image #4699