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The best way is to build a staging site in a sub-folder.

So say your website is mywebsite.com.

Create a new folder like this: mywebsite.com/staging

Then use a plugin like Duplicator to copy your current website, and install it in your staging folder.

Then you'll be able to login to /staging and make any changes you need before doing them on the live site :)

Hi,
I was just about to ask this question and found this thread. Do you know if I make a folder like /staging using duplicator plugin, that I need to make a database for it or does it reference the mywebsite.com wordpress install database?

Thanks!

You would need to create a fresh database for the staging site.

Ok Great! I guess since it's a new wordpress install, I will be able to turn off access to the search engines so the bots stay out of /staging? Or is there a better way to do it?

Thanks

I wanted to ask also. Do I still use the import/export files for customizer or is it where you just move all the files from /staging to root?

Yes, you can prevent access to the staging install so only you can see it.

If you're using a plugin like Duplicator, it will take care of all the Customizer values as well :)