Title: Clone then Search and replace
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Clone then Search and replace

 *  [CKxion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ckxion/)
 * (@ckxion)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clone-then-search-and-replace/)
 * I want to build a basic WP template site then use a clone tool to copy it.
 * Then I want to change some content so that the new site is nearly identical, 
   but is for a different business entity – eg different domain, business name and
   address and different hyperlinks for images.
 * If necessary the site does not to contain any images – they can all be hyperlinked
   to an external location.
 * It will be a ‘thin’ site with little content.
 * Without using a plugin, is it possible to use ‘search and replace’ to replace
   the above data? What files do I need to apply the search and replace to?
 * Happy to take suggestions about plugin’s that might do this, but would be keen
   to know what files to work on manually.
 * Thanks CK

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