Title: Multiple remote test sites
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# Multiple remote test sites

 *  Resolved [scorendesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scorendesign/)
 * (@scorendesign)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-remote-test-sites/)
 * I am a developer. New to WP.
 * Sorry if this has been answered before, couldn’t find it. Please point me if 
   that’s easiest.
 * I want to set up WP test sites on a remote server.
    - Do I need to have a separate WP install for each site?
    - Separate database for each site?
    - What do I need to copy from an existing WP site to set up a test site on my
      server?Database? All/some WP files?
 * Thanks.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-remote-test-sites/#post-3954317)
 * > Do I need to have a separate WP install for each site?
 * Yes – unless you wish to See [create a network](http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network).
 * > What do I need to copy from an existing WP site to set up a test site on my
   > server?Database?
 * See [Moving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress).
 *  Thread Starter [scorendesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scorendesign/)
 * (@scorendesign)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-remote-test-sites/#post-3954330)
 * Great! Thank you.
 *  Thread Starter [scorendesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scorendesign/)
 * (@scorendesign)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-remote-test-sites/#post-3954411)
 * OK, I’ve read the instructions.
 * Just want to be sure I’ve got the concept down, since I want my client’s existing
   site to continue working while I redesign the site on a separate server:
 * 1. I go to the existing WP site and download all the WP files and the database
   to a folder on my computer named Old.
 * 2. Go back to the existing WP site, change the url to point everything to the
   new development server; then download the WP files and database to a folder on
   my computer named New.
 * 3. Then upload the original WP files and database (from the Old folder) to the
   existing site to restore the site to its pre-existing condition.
 * 4. Then create a database on my development server; upload the WP files and database
   from my New folder to my development server. And begin redesign.
 * Sound right?
 * The Old and New sites will not be linked, they’ll operate independently? The 
   Old site should continue working as it did, until I replace it with the new one(
   assume I’ll have to reverse the url)?
 *  Thread Starter [scorendesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scorendesign/)
 * (@scorendesign)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-remote-test-sites/#post-3954541)
 * That was right. Old and New sites operate independently and are not linked and
   the old site continues to work as it did.

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