Title: Staging Site Completely Empty
Last modified: September 15, 2026

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# Staging Site Completely Empty

 *  Resolved [southsideweekly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/southsideweekly/)
 * (@southsideweekly)
 * [3 days, 8 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/staging-site-completely-empty/)
 * I followed the instructions to create a staging site. I believe I had selected
   that it copy over databases and files. However, the staging site appears totally
   empty of any plugins, posts, or themes.
   Is this what’s supposed to happen? I 
   was expecting more or less an exact copy of my website, including themes/plugins/
   content, so I could then test out adding and removing certain plugins.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fstaging-site-completely-empty%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Contributor [alaasalama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alaasalama/)
 * (@alaasalama)
 * [3 days, 5 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/staging-site-completely-empty/#post-19021090)
 * Hi [@southsideweekly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/southsideweekly/)
 * Please share the site’s system information from (WP STAGING > System Info) via
   [this form](https://wp-staging.com/contact-us-presale-and-premium-support/) and
   we will help you further from there.
 * Thanks, 
   Alaa

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 * [staging site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/staging-site/)

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 * Last reply from: [alaasalama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alaasalama/)
 * Last activity: [3 days, 5 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/staging-site-completely-empty/#post-19021090)
 * Status: resolved