Title: Testing updated for plugin. theme and WordPress Last modified: January 3, 2023 --- # Testing updated for plugin. theme and WordPress * Resolved [mstudioIL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstudioil/) * (@mstudioil) * [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-updated-for-plugin-theme-and-wordpress/) * Can I use the plugin to test the updates, and after that update the main site and delete the staging site? will I have FTP access to upload files? Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Plugin Contributor [alaasalama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alaasalama/) * (@alaasalama) * [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-updated-for-plugin-theme-and-wordpress/#post-16337903) * Hi, * Thanks for asking this question. * Yes, sure you can test any kind of updates (WordPress core, plugin, theme) on the staging site, and when you are sure it’s all good, you can replicate that on the production site and delete the staging site. * By default the staging site will be at a sub-directory of your production site, something like (example.com/staging/), so you can easily access the staging site’s folder via FTP the same way you do for the production site. * Cheers, * Alaa * Thread Starter [mstudioIL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstudioil/) * (@mstudioil) * [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-updated-for-plugin-theme-and-wordpress/#post-16338329) * Thanks for help, can I replace the production site with the staging site or it pro feature? * I can manually update the production site if the staging site will not break, I had to restore site from backup because updates break it.I hope the plugin will help me avoid this from happening again * Plugin Contributor [alaasalama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alaasalama/) * (@alaasalama) * [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-updated-for-plugin-theme-and-wordpress/#post-16339787) * Yes, that’s a premium feature and we can’t discuss that on the free forums. * Sure, the staging site is separated from the production site, so nothing on the production site can affect the staging site and the opposite is true as well. * Thread Starter [mstudioIL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstudioil/) * (@mstudioil) * [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-updated-for-plugin-theme-and-wordpress/#post-16340345) * Thanks for the answer, I know you can’t discuss that on the free forums * I just need to option to make staging site, test the updates and if everything is right update the main site by myself and delete the staging site, I don’t need to move the staging site to the main site, will the free plugin let me do that? * Plugin Author [Rene Hermenau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/renehermi/) * (@renehermi) * [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-updated-for-plugin-theme-and-wordpress/#post-16340464) * Yes, that’s exactly what the Free version can do:-) Happy New Year and have a great dayRené * Thread Starter [mstudioIL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstudioil/) * (@mstudioil) * [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-updated-for-plugin-theme-and-wordpress/#post-16340586) * Thanks for the all the help * Happy New Year  * Thread Starter [mstudioIL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstudioil/) * (@mstudioil) * [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-updated-for-plugin-theme-and-wordpress/#post-16353081) * Thanks for all the help, I want to start testing the plugin and notice something about the database, will the changes not apply to the main site database? Will the plugin create new database or new “prefix” that not apply to the current database? * Plugin Contributor [alaasalama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alaasalama/) * (@alaasalama) * [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-updated-for-plugin-theme-and-wordpress/#post-16353824) * Using a new database for the staging site is not included in the free version, so you are right, it will create a new “prefix” for the staging site that won’t affect the live site at all. * Thread Starter [mstudioIL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstudioil/) * (@mstudioil) * [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-updated-for-plugin-theme-and-wordpress/#post-16353914) * OK, thanks, can I control the “prefix” or to know it name?| As long it don’t effect the current site it is OK with by me * Plugin Contributor [alaasalama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alaasalama/) * (@alaasalama) * [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-updated-for-plugin-theme-and-wordpress/#post-16353980) * Cloning to a whole new database will allow you to choose the database table prefix, but using the free version the plugin will generate something like (wpstg0_, wpstg1_ “for the next staging site you create”, wpstg2_, etc…). And you can’t control that. * Thread Starter [mstudioIL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstudioil/) * (@mstudioil) * [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-updated-for-plugin-theme-and-wordpress/#post-16354130) * Thanks for the help Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) The topic ‘Testing updated for plugin. theme and WordPress’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-staging/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2972932) * [WP STAGING - WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-staging/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-staging/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-staging/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-staging/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-staging/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-staging/reviews/) * 11 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [mstudioIL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstudioil/) * Last activity: [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-updated-for-plugin-theme-and-wordpress/#post-16354130) * Status: resolved