WordPress 5 Cookbook

Cloning a site in a multisite installation

The Multisite feature gives us the ability to share the same installation and resources for multiple sites. However, it should only be used when you need a network with a large number of sites. In such scenarios, many of these sites may use the same theme and certain plugins, as well as certain settings. So, manually creating a site, installing the theme, installing plugins, and configuring settings becomes a tedious task for the administrator.

The cloning feature allows us to automatically create a new clone of an existing site, including all its configurations, within seconds. This will reduce the workload of the super administrator as well as avoid making mistakes with manual configurations.