Title: Staging Site Issues
Last modified: September 21, 2026

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# Staging Site Issues

 *  Resolved [Juana Iguana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amexbabushka/)
 * (@amexbabushka)
 * [1 week, 3 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/staging-site-issues-3/)
 * I use WPvivid Backup plugin to run a staging site. It allows me to update the
   staging site to be on parity with production site, but when I do these updates(
   and exclude the Cowboy MCP plugin file) I am unable to continue to use the MCP
   connection, I get an OAuth error. I have to uninstall plugin, reinstall plugin
   then in chatgpt, remove plugin, and re-add a custom plugin on chatgpt. Same thing
   has happened on Claude. Any ideas?
    -  This topic was modified 1 week, 3 days ago by [Juana Iguana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amexbabushka/).
      Reason: explained I have to remove and re-add plugin on chatgpt as well

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 *  Plugin Author [februality](https://wordpress.org/support/users/februality/)
 * (@februality)
 * [1 week, 3 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/staging-site-issues-3/#post-19025961)
 * [@amexbabushka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amexbabushka/) Thanks for
   the detailed report, and sorry for the trouble. I was able to reproduce it: when
   WPvivid pushes production over staging, staging loses its record of them even
   though the plugin files are excluded. That’s why only a full remove-and-re-add
   worked.
 * Version 1.6.8 fixes this. Please update the plugin on the staging site, then 
   do this once for each connector:
   1. In wp-admin, go to _Settings > Cowboy MCP
   > Connection_ and pick the app (ChatGPT or Claude). At the top of its panel, 
   click _Enable for 30 minutes_.2. In ChatGPT or Claude, click _Reconnect_ on your
   existing connector.3. You’ll land on the site’s approval page. It will say the
   site has no record of this app — that’s expected after the database restore. 
   Choose the access level and click _Approve_.
 * No uninstalling and no re-adding the connector is needed now (you may need to
   do it once after you upgrade to 1.6.8). After each future staging refresh, repeat
   the same three steps: _Enable, Reconnect, Approve_.
   If anything doesn’t behave
   as described, please paste the report from the Connection Doctor.

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 * Last reply from: [februality](https://wordpress.org/support/users/februality/)
 * Last activity: [1 week, 3 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/staging-site-issues-3/#post-19025961)
 * Status: resolved