Title: Install timing question
Last modified: April 2, 2020

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# Install timing question

 *  Resolved [scottaolson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scottaolson/)
 * (@scottaolson)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-timing-question/)
 * Hi. We have a new WP installation on our development server.
 * We’re planning on using SEO Framework on our new version of our webaite. The 
   outgoing site uses another SEO plugin.
 * The Dev site is currently hidden from crawlers using the robots.txt file.
 * Is it advisable to install SEO Framework and configure it prior to moving the
   site (while still hidden w/ robots.txt) to our production server replacing our
   outgoing site or wait until after we do the move?
 * Thank you for your input.

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 *  Plugin Author [Sybre Waaijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybr/)
 * (@cybr)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-timing-question/#post-12619589)
 * Hello!
 * I see no lasting issue in using the plugin on a staging server and moving it 
   to a production server afterward.
 * With a pessimistic look at this, do mind that the global SEO settings are stored
   with serialization. This means that the database entry must be transferred integrally,
   or otherwise, the global SEO settings might get corrupted–you can resolve that
   in a click by hitting the reset button on the settings page, however.
 * If you transfer the settings as-is, the caveat you want to look out for is that
   the URLs of the two social images (global fallback & homepage image) you’ve set
   may not be carried over correctly (the URLs won’t match). Nevertheless, you can
   amend this quickly after you move the site by reconfiguring these two options.
 * Everything else should be fine 🙂
 * Ultimately, it’s up to you. You can always activate the plugin later, which should
   work flawlessly.
 * Good luck with your new and improved website!

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-timing-question/#post-12619589)
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