“cPanel You can move a WordPress install between domains as long as they are under this same hosting plan. This is useful if you set up a staging domain first and want to move this staging site to a different domain that doesn’t currently have a WordPress install. To do this, click on “WordPress Manager by Softaculous” and choose the install you want to copy. Click the “Clone”: From here you’ll be given the option to copy the data to a different install. Choose the domain and path you want to copy to and click “Clone Installation”: The URLs on the site will automatically be adjusted. Plesk Plesk / CynderHost HP offers similar functionality. Choose “WordPress” from the left sidebar, and select the WordPress install you want to copy from. Click the “Clone” button: Then, choose either the option to create a new subdomain for your site, or to use an existing domain that you already have added: Finally, click “Start” and your site will be copied over to the domain you selected. The URLs on the site will automatically be adjusted.”

“To raise the limit, create or edit an .user.ini file in your site’s document root. This is usually the domain or httpdocs. In this file, enter the new values you want to use. Here are some common settings: Raise PHP Memory Limit: memory_limit = 256M ; You can change this to M – ie, 172M, 512M ; Sizes are in MB Raise Maximum Upload Size: (You also need to raise post_max_size to the same value or more) upload_max_filesize = 8M ; You can change this to M – ie, 8M, 16M ; Sizes are in MB Raise Maximum POST Size: post_max_size = 8M ; You can change this to M – ie, 8M, 16M ; Sizes are in MB Don’t forget to save the file! You may need to wait up to 5 minutes for the changes to take effect as the .user.ini file configurations are cached. We recommend setting these values to “sane” values – extremely high values give little benefit and can cause issues with your site. These values almost never affect the performance of your site.”

“Plesk To set up a staging site from your live site, click on the WordPress tab in the left sidebar, and locate the site you want to stage. Click the “Clone” option: From here, you will be prompted to create a staging domain or use a current one: Once you click start, your site will be cloned to the staging domain and you can make the necessary changes/tests. When you are ready to push your changes live, click the “Copy Data” option on the staging domain: From here, select the “Target” domain as the live site: You’ll have the option to configure how you want to merge the sites – you can merge either the entire site, just the database, just the files, or some parts of the database and files. We highly recommend keeping “Create a restore point” checked so you can rollback if something goes wrong: Click Start, and your changes will be merged to live automatically. cPanel To create a staging site in cPanel, click the “WordPress Manager by Softaculous” link in cPanel: From here, choose the install you want to set up a staging site for, and click “Staging”: Fill out the next screen with your desired options and make whatever changes/tests you want on the staging site that has been created. To merge your changes to live, locate the changes and choose “Push to Live”: Under the customize tab, you have the ability to select what changes you want to be merged: Once everything is set, hit the Push to Live button and your selected changes will be pushed to your live site. This does not create a backup of your live site beforehand – we highly recommend do this manually before you push your site to live.”

“After you log in to WordPress, you may see that going to all /wp-admin pages throws the following error: “Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page.” In addition, you may notice multiple missing icons/options in your WP Admin toolbar. This issue usually stems from a plugin conflict or missing user capabilities in the database. Plugin Conflict To determine if a plugin is giving you trouble logging in, you can disable all plugins temporarily via File Manager/FTP. To recap: You can also disable all your plugins temporarily at once by renamed the “plugins” folder to something else, like “plugins.d” The plugins folder is located in the /wp-content folder. Renaming back the folder will re-enable your plugins. If your site’s WP Admin still does not function after disabling all your plugins, proceed to the next step. Missing WordPress User Capabilities A variety of issues (plugin updates, database cleanups, etc) can cause your database to become corrupted. To fix this, you’ll need to manually add the missing fields. Before you do this, take a FULL backup of your site (make sure the database is included), just in case. Next, open up PHPMyAdmin for the WordPress install that is having issues. {prefix} = the database prefix of your WordPress install. This is what comes before the underscore. In the following example, the prefix is wpkl Click on the “{prefix}_users” table and locate the user with your email. Make sure the user exists, and make note of the user ID: The ID is 1 in this case Next, navigate to the “{prefix}_usermeta” table, and click the “Search” tab: Enter the user ID you just found in the user_id space, leave the other fields blank and hit Go: Finally, look for an entry with a meta_key value of “{prefix}_capabilities” Ensure this key has the value of: a:1:{s:13:””administrator””;b:1;} If this meta_key does not exist, create it: Now, check if WP Admin is working. If not, proceed to the next step. Missing User Roles Entry While in PHPMyAdmin, locate the “{prefix}_options” tables Here, find the “{prefix}_user_roles” option and set it to: a:5:{s:13:””administrator””;a:2:{s:4:””name””;s:13:””Administrator””;s:12:””capabilities””;a:61:{s:13:””switch_themes””;b:1;s:11:””edit_themes””;b:1;s:16:””activate_plugins””;b:1;s:12:””edit_plugins””;b:1;s:10:””edit_users””;b:1;s:10:””edit_files””;b:1;s:14:””manage_options””;b:1;s:17:””moderate_comments””;b:1;s:17:””manage_categories””;b:1;s:12:””manage_links””;b:1;s:12:””upload_files””;b:1;s:6:””import””;b:1;s:15:””unfiltered_html””;b:1;s:10:””edit_posts””;b:1;s:17:””edit_others_posts””;b:1;s:20:””edit_published_posts””;b:1;s:13:””publish_posts””;b:1;s:10:””edit_pages””;b:1;s:4:””read””;b:1;s:8:””level_10″”;b:1;s:7:””level_9″”;b:1;s:7:””level_8″”;b:1;s:7:””level_7″”;b:1;s:7:””level_6″”;b:1;s:7:””level_5″”;b:1;s:7:””level_4″”;b:1;s:7:””level_3″”;b:1;s:7:””level_2″”;b:1;s:7:””level_1″”;b:1;s:7:””level_0″”;b:1;s:17:””edit_others_pages””;b:1;s:20:””edit_published_pages””;b:1;s:13:””publish_pages””;b:1;s:12:””delete_pages””;b:1;s:19:””delete_others_pages””;b:1;s:22:””delete_published_pages””;b:1;s:12:””delete_posts””;b:1;s:19:””delete_others_posts””;b:1;s:22:””delete_published_posts””;b:1;s:20:””delete_private_posts””;b:1;s:18:””edit_private_posts””;b:1;s:18:””read_private_posts””;b:1;s:20:””delete_private_pages””;b:1;s:18:””edit_private_pages””;b:1;s:18:””read_private_pages””;b:1;s:12:””delete_users””;b:1;s:12:””create_users””;b:1;s:17:””unfiltered_upload””;b:1;s:14:””edit_dashboard””;b:1;s:14:””update_plugins””;b:1;s:14:””delete_plugins””;b:1;s:15:””install_plugins””;b:1;s:13:””update_themes””;b:1;s:14:””install_themes””;b:1;s:11:””update_core””;b:1;s:10:””list_users””;b:1;s:12:””remove_users””;b:1;s:13:””promote_users””;b:1;s:18:””edit_theme_options””;b:1;s:13:””delete_themes””;b:1;s:6:””export””;b:1;}}s:6:””editor””;a:2:{s:4:””name””;s:6:””Editor””;s:12:””capabilities””;a:34:{s:17:””moderate_comments””;b:1;s:17:””manage_categories””;b:1;s:12:””manage_links””;b:1;s:12:””upload_files””;b:1;s:15:””unfiltered_html””;b:1;s:10:””edit_posts””;b:1;s:17:””edit_others_posts””;b:1;s:20:””edit_published_posts””;b:1;s:13:””publish_posts””;b:1;s:10:””edit_pages””;b:1;s:4:””read””;b:1;s:7:””level_7″”;b:1;s:7:””level_6″”;b:1;s:7:””level_5″”;b:1;s:7:””level_4″”;b:1;s:7:””level_3″”;b:1;s:7:””level_2″”;b:1;s:7:””level_1″”;b:1;s:7:””level_0″”;b:1;s:17:””edit_others_pages””;b:1;s:20:””edit_published_pages””;b:1;s:13:””publish_pages””;b:1;s:12:””delete_pages””;b:1;s:19:””delete_others_pages””;b:1;s:22:””delete_published_pages””;b:1;s:12:””delete_posts””;b:1;s:19:””delete_others_posts””;b:1;s:22:””delete_published_posts””;b:1;s:20:””delete_private_posts””;b:1;s:18:””edit_private_posts””;b:1;s:18:””read_private_posts””;b:1;s:20:””delete_private_pages””;b:1;s:18:””edit_private_pages””;b:1;s:18:””read_private_pages””;b:1;}}s:6:””author””;a:2:{s:4:””name””;s:6:””Author””;s:12:””capabilities””;a:10:{s:12:””upload_files””;b:1;s:10:””edit_posts””;b:1;s:20:””edit_published_posts””;b:1;s:13:””publish_posts””;b:1;s:4:””read””;b:1;s:7:””level_2″”;b:1;s:7:””level_1″”;b:1;s:7:””level_0″”;b:1;s:12:””delete_posts””;b:1;s:22:””delete_published_posts””;b:1;}}s:11:””contributor””;a:2:{s:4:””name””;s:11:””Contributor””;s:12:””capabilities””;a:5:{s:10:””edit_posts””;b:1;s:4:””read””;b:1;s:7:””level_1″”;b:1;s:7:””level_0″”;b:1;s:12:””delete_posts””;b:1;}}s:10:””subscriber””;a:2:{s:4:””name””;s:10:””Subscriber””;s:12:””capabilities””;a:2:{s:4:””read””;b:1;s:7:””level_0″”;b:1;}}} If this key does not exist, create it: Now, check if WP Admin works (you may need to logout then log back in). If it still does not work, you may need to consider contacting a developer or our support team.”

“PHPMyAdmin provides an interface to manage your database(s). cPanel PHPMyAdmin can be accessed directly via cPanel. To do this, click the PHPMyAdmin link: WordPress Each WordPress install will have it’s own database. To locate and access PHPMyAdmin for just one WordPress install, click the WordPress Manager by Softaculous option: Click the WordPress install you want to access and locate the View Database button: Note: If this throws a “user denied” error, copy the database name from this screen (expand the “Database Details” section): Then open PHPMyAdmin using cPanel as described above, and find the database with the database name you just copied. Plesk To access PHPMyAdmin on Plesk/our high performance platform, located the “Databases” link in the left sidebar: Then, click PHPMyAdmin for the database you want to access: WordPress Each WordPress install will have it’s own database. To locate and access PHPMyAdmin for just one WordPress install, click the WordPress link in the left sidebar: Click on the site who’s database you want to access, and then find the Database tab: Click the “Open PHPMyAdmin” link:”