Title: User Error?
Last modified: November 21, 2023

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# User Error?

 *  Resolved [cvollue](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cvollue/)
 * (@cvollue)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-error-2/)
 * Okay, let me start by saying the WP Staging plugin worked EXCELLENT for what 
   I needed to do after hosting totally messed up my site with their version of 
   staging. I used the plugin to check on changes to my site before I made them.(
   I use free version so would do work on staging, then go and actually fix on my
   site.)
 * Background information: The problem is after I deleted my hosting sites 2 staging
   site (wasn’t supposed to have 2) it also deleted and changed some of my actual
   site. So I uploaded backups from when I had last posted content (I do it everytime,
   so I have several). Then I found WP Staging plugin, installed it and created 
   the staging with no problems.
 * Took a break because I had been fighting this issue for 2 days! Well when I sat
   down to work on it again, I noticed the backup I uploaded wasn’t the most recent,
   so I then uploaded the correct backup. A backup without the WP Staging plugin.
   Then I proceeded to make my changes in staging, and then to my site. Saving a
   backup after each big change, I had to completely redo nine pages. My site is
   fixed!
 * Question: How do I go about deleting the staging site since currently my actual
   site doesn’t have the plugin. If I reinstall the plugin on my site (same site
   just now updated ) would I then be able to delete the staging site and files.
   Or is there something else I need to do. I plan on using the plugin but don’t
   want to make a mistake since everything is great right now. I just need to know
   what to do.
 * Thank you!

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 *  Plugin Contributor [alaasalama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alaasalama/)
 * (@alaasalama)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-error-2/#post-17218521)
 * Hi [@cvollue](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cvollue/)
 * First, you need to install WP STAGING plugin on your current site, then follow
   [this guide](https://wp-staging.com/docs/reconnect-staging-site-to-production-website/)
   to re-connect the staging site you have to the live site, and you should be able
   to delete it after that.
 * Or, simply follow [this guide](https://wp-staging.com/docs/cleanup-and-delete-staging-sites/)
   to delete the staging site’s manually.
 * Thanks, 
   Alaa

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 * Last reply from: [alaasalama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alaasalama/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-error-2/#post-17218521)
 * Status: resolved