Title: Lost Control
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Lost Control

 *  Resolved [exius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/exius/)
 * (@exius)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-control/)
 * This was really awesome until I lost control over my staging sites. I was trying
   to make a clone of a staging site from the staging site’s dashboard and it broke
   the chain.
 * Originally, here’s the setup:
    - website.com
    -  (parent)
    - website.com/preview1
    -  (clone 1)
    - website.com/staging
    -  (clone 2)
 * Then, I was trying to achieve:
    - website.com
    -  (parent)
    - website.com/preview1
    -  (clone 1)
    - website.com/staging
    -  (clone 2 – parent)
    - website.com/preview2
    -  (clone of clone 2)
 * But I when I accidentally cloned staging from within the staging I got:
    - website.com
    -  (parent)
    - website.com/preview1
    -  (clone 1 // broken)
    - website.com/staging
    -  (clone 2 – parent)
    - website.com/staging/preview2
    -  (child of clone 2)
 * Now any new clones of website.com won’t clone as promised. By “broken” I mean
   the url shows the WordPress Installation Wizard. I checked the MySQL database
   and indeed, all tables for preview1_wp_ have been wiped clean. This is completed
   unexpected.
 * Is this a bug?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-staging/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-staging/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Rene Hermenau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/renehermi/)
 * (@renehermi)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-control/#post-7353678)
 * Usually cloning a clone worked without any issues during my last tests-
    I will
   check this after return of my holiday in a week. Maybe you found a bug.
 * Anyway, i recommend to start over:
 * – Try to delete the clones (If this does not work, delete the clone db tables
   with phpmyadmin)
    – Uninstall the plugin completely and check the selection box“
   delete all data during uninstall”
 * Than try again.
 * Best regards
    René

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-control/#post-7353678)
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