How To Clone A WordPress Web Site

March 22, 2011

Compress your entire WordPress install into one zip file, then move it to the new directory for the new domain
Create a new mySQL database, and attach a user to it with all privileges
Backup your SQL database using phpmyadmin
Import the backed up SQL database into the new database in phpmyadmin and check to make sure that all tables have been imported
Enter the new database details into your wp-config file, plus add the following line of code to the file
define(‘WP_HOME’,’http://example.com’);
define(‘WP_SITEURL’,’http://example.com’);
After log to your site and go to Permalinks settings then resave common settings
Test your new domain. If its working, then all is good. If not, check for spelling errors