Title: Can&#8217;t Recreate Problem
Last modified: September 3, 2016

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# Can’t Recreate Problem

 *  [timothydungan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timothydungan/)
 * (@timothydungan)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-recreate-problem/)
 * This is driving me crazy! I’m having problems with two different plugins that
   I can’t recreate on my dev subdomain. It uses the exact same theme, plugins, 
   and settings, but it works on the hidden subdomain and is broken on the live/
   real site. It’s even stored on the exact same server and in the exact same database
   but with a different table prefix. I’ve checked every environment, server, PHP,
   and WordPress setting/parameter/variable side by side. They’re all the same. 
   Anyone else ever encountered this?

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 *  [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/)
 * (@binarywc)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-recreate-problem/#post-8136655)
 * I have encountered such things before. Do you have caching or CDN set up on the
   live site?
    If yes, disable both and see if the problem persists on the live 
   site. If not or if the problem persists on the live site after disabling caching
   and/or CDN on live then there is a deeper problem going on with the live site.
 * My first inclination would be that the database and/or files got damaged. Did
   you create the dev site from a backup or from scratch using the same plugins,
   themes, settings, etc?
 *  Thread Starter [timothydungan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timothydungan/)
 * (@timothydungan)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-recreate-problem/#post-8136771)
 * Thanks for taking a stab at this. I was beginning to think no one would chime
   in. Anyway, no caching or CDN, and I set the dev site up from my local copy of
   the site files. I used WP export to get the info from the database and WP import
   to put it back in on the dev site with a different table prefix.
 *  [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/)
 * (@binarywc)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-recreate-problem/#post-8137209)
 * It is the weekend, things can get slow around here over the weekend where it 
   comes to those of us who volunteer our time like myself because we get busy with
   the fun aspects of our life that do not involve programming! 🙂
 * Are you able to recreate the error/problem on your local instance? I know the
   configuration might be different than the server that the subdomain and live 
   domain are on but I am just curious if you can recreate the problem on your local
   box.
 * Also, would you mind sharing more info about specifically what plugins and theme
   you use as well as what the problem is?
 *  Thread Starter [timothydungan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timothydungan/)
 * (@timothydungan)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-recreate-problem/#post-8153717)
 * I didn’t use a local version on my own machine this time since I could just set
   up a hidden subdomain for dev. The theme is a child of Circumference Lite, and
   the plugins are [Membership 2](https://wordpress.org/plugins/membership/) and
   [CM Download Manager](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cm-download-manager/). I 
   wish I could PM you the links to demonstrate, since I don’t want the dev site
   advertised here.
 *  [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/)
 * (@binarywc)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-recreate-problem/#post-8155567)
 * I am sorry, I thought I had read something in one of your previous comments about
   you having a local version but I was misreading what you said about cloning the
   live version.
 * Personally, I do not trust those cloning plugins I just move WP manually when
   I need to create a development environment following the instructions here: [https://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress](https://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress).
   Even when following these instructions things do not necessarily copy over exactly
   the same to the new subdirectory or subdomain you are using for the development
   site.
 * All that to ask, did you create the development site before the problems started
   on the live site?
 *  Thread Starter [timothydungan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timothydungan/)
 * (@timothydungan)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-recreate-problem/#post-8157096)
 * No, it was afterward.
 *  [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/)
 * (@binarywc)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-recreate-problem/#post-8165754)
 * I have been pondering this more because you have me stumped. The only thing I
   can think of is that something didn’t transfer correctly when you cloned the 
   files and database to the development sub-domain and whatever didn’t transfer
   correct fixed the problem.
 * Hopefully you follow what I am suggesting there and sorry I could not be of more
   help. Maybe someone else here has some ideas! 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [timothydungan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timothydungan/)
 * (@timothydungan)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-recreate-problem/#post-8165933)
 * Thanks anyway. I appreciate the time.

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