you should be able to, but only if you have a copy of the database. Simply place all the files in the Webroot of the new environment and import the database. If using a different database name / username / password make sure to change the info in your wp_config.php Edit: you may also be … Read more
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The plugin’s description in repository says following: Important caveat: this plugin currently has to be run on a linux server. Also, the wp-content/uploads folder has to be server-writable or it won’t be able to create the zips for backup. …which makes me think that developer was not too interested in making plugin use proper WP … Read more
WordPress updates don’t break a site in most cases. Each final version has been tested before the release, and the most important errors are found and fixed during that. What could break? If your setup is rather rare, IIS 6 for example, or custom URLs for some directories, then it might happen that this breaks, … Read more
In general – Yes. Make sure that the file and directory permissions are appropriate. In case the URL of your website changes, you would have to do a find/replace. Read more about it in the links below. Also, ‘update permalinks’ once you have access to the Dashboard. References: Codex: Moving WordPress Codex: Changing File Permissions … Read more
The export tools build in WordPress can export only content: posts, pages, comments, custom fields, terms, navigation menus and custom posts. It dosen’t export settings, preferences or users. So, in your case, as you want your new installation be exactly the same, it is better to export your entire database using a different tool, for … Read more
Before import database_backup.sql. You have to replace server url with your local url in sql. for example: you took backup from abc.com , and your local url is localhost/abc .then open database_backup.sql and find and replace abc.com with localhost/abc. Save and import now.