WordPress Staging Sites Made Easy
Here is a recording of our webinar about how staging can solve your existing WordPress problems. The presenters are Jonathan Kay and Morgan Kay of the WP Stagecoach team, and special guest Kelli Wise of Pint Sized Sites.
The recording starts a few minutes into the webinar, just after we have introduced ourselves and are in the process of defining what a staging site is.
You might have heard of staging sites, or you might have been told to look for a web host that offers staging. What is staging, and why do you need it? We are offering a free webinar to demonstrate how staging can solve your existing WordPress problems.
The webinar will be led by the developers of WP Stagecoach: Jonathan Kay and Morgan Kay. We will be joined by special guest Kelli Wise of the WordPress Help Twins podcast.
Webinar: How Staging Can Solve 5 of Your Existing WordPress Problems
Tuesday, March 22 at 1pm EDT / 11am PDT
Register now!
We just received a wonderful holiday gift from a customer. Ryan Heenan used WP Stagecoach on his website, Redefining Strength, and was so happy with his experience that he made a video about it:
We have just released WP Stagecoach version 1.3!
This version includes several improvements that make staging site creation more reliable. These include more flexibility in database file creation, and the ability to leave out database tables and file directories. The plugin also includes better debugging information to make it easier to track down problems. There is also better support for non-standard WP installs, such as sites where the wp-content folder has been moved or renamed. There are also minor improvements to the user interface.
I was on Frank Corso‘s The WP Report Podcast today! We talked about how I got started, what cowboy coding is, and a couple examples of why you should use staging sites. Frank was great to work with – he gave me plenty of information beforehand, and turned my ramblings into a really nicely produced podcast.
Photo by Frank Corso
The past couple weeks have been a whirlwind of activity for me – I flew to Raleigh (finally, a direct flight!) for WordCamp Raleigh, and had a great time on Saturday listening to some really great talks, seeing lots of people again, and meeting many new ones! The organizers did another great job of making a very smooth-running camp, and I’m glad the tent they always put up over the lunch area finally was useful. (-: (it rained on Saturday afternoon) I was asked at the last minute to fill in an empty speaking slot, so Sunday was a bit of a blur between preparing for my talk, and then giving it, but afterwards it was nice to talk with more people. All in all, it was a great experience! Continue reading →
Here are the slides and links from my talk at WordCamp Raleigh on October 11, 2015.
Download slideshow: Zen and the Art of WP Maintenance Continue reading →
When you use WP Stagecoach, your staging site will be on a different server than your live site. We get a lot of questions about why staging sites run on our servers instead of on the same server as your live site. There are advantages and disadvantages to having your staging site on a different server. Continue reading →
We are pleased to announce the launch of WP Stagecoach for Web Hosts!
More and more web hosting companies are offering staging sites as a part of their WordPress hosting packages. Building the infrastructure for staging sites can be very complex, so we are making a special WP Stagecoach available to web hosts. Now web hosts can provide our one-click staging sites, with the ability to easily import changes back to the live site, to all of their WordPress customers. Continue reading →
There is no shortage of articles out there explaining why you should use a staging site: it is the safest way to make changes to your site.
However, many users encounter a big barrier to using a staging site: plugins that require licenses. Many paid plugins require that you enter a license key to activate the plugin. Some paid plugins will only let you use the license on one site, which means that you can’t use the license on both your live site and a staging site. This means that you essentially cannot use a staging site. Continue reading →