Staging sites and push to live

Never test changes on a live site again. Kelma lets you create a staging copy, try plugin updates, theme changes, or new code safely, then push exactly what you want to production — all without touching the command line.

Create a staging site

1. Go to Sites → New Site and choose the Staging type (a test site on a .kelma.io subdomain).
2. Or clone an existing site so staging starts as an exact copy of production.
3. Build and test freely — staging is isolated, so nothing you do touches your live visitors.

Push to live

When your changes are ready, open Push to live and choose what to deploy:

1. Pick the target site (your production site).
2. Tick Push files — all files, or just selected folders like /wp-content.
3. Tick Push database — the entire database, or selected tables only.
4. Click Push to selected site. Caches are purged automatically on deploy.

Tips & tricks

• Push files only when you have changed a theme or plugin but do not want to overwrite live orders or content in the database.
• Push selected tables when you have edited options or a custom table on staging but production has newer orders you must keep.
• Snapshot production first. Take a temporary backup of the live site before a push, so a one-click rollback is ready if needed.
• Keep staging fresh. Re-clone from production before starting major work so you are testing against current data.

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