Title: This program is a lifesaver
Last modified: September 3, 2016

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# This program is a lifesaver

 *  [Abigailm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abigailm/)
 * (@abigailm)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-program-is-a-lifesaver/)
 * This program is wonderful and a must-have to use for pre-testing major updates
   to themes or plugins on a live site. It works perfectly and is very intuitive.
 * However, I would like to see more ability to fine-tune and control what is copied.
   Generally a live site has a variety of plugin utilities that don’t need to be
   on the staging site — for example, plugins for backup, caching, link-checking,
   google analytics, SEO, etc. It would be nice to be able to simply select which
   plugins to copy and which to leave off.
 * I’d like a lot more control over which files within wp-content to copy. As it
   is now it seems to be an all or nothing choice. Just as with plugins that aren’t
   needed on the staging site, the wp-content subdirectories include cache and backup
   storage that doesn’t need to be pulled over to a staging/testing site.
 * I realize that this plugin is a work in progress and I definitely look forward
   to seeing these extra features in a future version!

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