Title: Using Updraft for managing web dev changes across sites
Last modified: May 20, 2019

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# Using Updraft for managing web dev changes across sites

 *  Resolved [Jesse B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jesseislil/)
 * (@jesseislil)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-updraft-for-managing-web-dev-changes-across-sites/)
 * Is it possible to use Updraft for managing development changes of specific parts
   of a WordPress site between a local dev and live site?
 * For example, on a local dev server WordPress instance, I’m experimenting with
   configuring the settings of a directory plugin and creating a bunch of directory
   listings. Eventually I’ll need to push all the plugin files, settings, and related
   directory pages to the live server somehow.
 * Is this possible with Updraft? How would I go about doing this? Or is it better
   to clone the live site to my local dev server, configure the plugin/populate 
   the directory on local, then push that to live site? Thanks!

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 *  Plugin Contributor [bcrodua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcrodua/)
 * (@bcrodua)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-updraft-for-managing-web-dev-changes-across-sites/#post-11555638)
 * Hi,
 * I would suggest cloning your live site to local and then migrate backup when 
   everything is ready. Though UpdraftPlus now support incremental backup so if 
   there are any changes you can just use the incremental backup feature so you 
   won’t have to migrate everything again.
 * Regards,
    Bryle
 *  Thread Starter [Jesse B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jesseislil/)
 * (@jesseislil)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-updraft-for-managing-web-dev-changes-across-sites/#post-11557635)
 * I would prefer to migrate site changes versus migrating the entire site.
 * The challenge I see is that I update the live site often. How do I preserve updates
   made to the live site while developing the directory section on a local clone
   of the live site?
 * When I migrate the local site back to the live site, won’t that overwrite all
   the work I’ve done on the live site?
 * This may be more of a technical dev workflow/version control discussion which
   I am not very experienced. I was hoping Updraft could cover this type of challenge.
 * Thanks in advance!
 *  Plugin Contributor [bcrodua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcrodua/)
 * (@bcrodua)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-updraft-for-managing-web-dev-changes-across-sites/#post-11560507)
 * Hi,
 * UpdraftPlus Premium now has incremental backup feature so you won’t have to migrate
   the entire site every time.
 * Regards,
    Bryle
 *  Thread Starter [Jesse B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jesseislil/)
 * (@jesseislil)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-updraft-for-managing-web-dev-changes-across-sites/#post-11561403)
 * Hey Bryle,
 * I understand there’s an incremental backup feature to backup small changes.
 * However, if I’m making changes to both the local copy of the site and also the
   live site, won’t there still be an issue of migrating and merging the incremental
   changes from the local site to the live site?
 * How is that handled?
 *  Plugin Contributor [bcrodua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcrodua/)
 * (@bcrodua)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-updraft-for-managing-web-dev-changes-across-sites/#post-11563702)
 * Hi,
 * I’m afraid UpdraftPlus is not able to combine or sync any changes from both sites.
   You can either clone site and make the changes there.
 * Regards,
    Bryle

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