Auto Install

Duplicator Lite

1. Go to: WordPress Admin > Plugins > Click “Add New”
2. Search for “Duplicator” > click “Install Now” > click “Activate”

Duplicator Pro

1. Download the plugin from one of the following locations:
   • The link in the purchase receipt email you received when you purchased the product
   • The Snap Duplicator Account at https://duplicator.com/my-account/
2. Login to the WordPress Admin > Plugins > Add New > Click “Upload Plugin”
3. Click “Choose File” > select the .zip file you downloaded > click “Install Now” > click “Activate”

Manual Install

1. Download the Pro/Lite plugin zip file to a temporary location on your local computer.
   • For Pro login to your Duplicator Account then click on the “Downloads” tab.
   • For Lite go to the Duplicator Page at wordpress.org and click the blue download button.
2. On your local computer extract the Pro/Lite plugin zip file to a temporary directory (e.g. C:emp\duplicator\).
3. Open an FTP Client -OR- go to your host’s control panel (cPanel) file manager.
4. Create a new directory in your sites WordPress plugins directory via sample examples below.
   Contact your hosting provider or server admin for the exact path if you are unable to locate it.
   • /public_html/my_site/wp-content/plugins/duplicator/
   • /public_html/my_site/wp-content/plugins/duplicator-pro/
5. Copy the extracted contents of the zip file from step 2 to the new plugin directory just created.
   Note: The files duplicator.php and duplicator-pro.php and the other plugin zip content should be at the root of the directories in Step 4.
6. Open your WordPress Admin > Plugins > Activate Duplicator Pro/Lite
   The manual install process should be completed.

Auto Remove

1. Go to Plugins > Duplicator Lite/Pro > click Deactivate
   Note: Be sure the plugin does not have any active schedules or builds running when trying to remove
2. After the plugin is deactivated click Delete

Manual Remove

1. Open a FTP Client – OR – go to to your hosts control panel (cPanel) file manager.
2. Navigate to the sites plugins directory. It might look something like this:
   /public_html/my_site/wp-content/plugins/duplicator/ Duplicator Lite
   /public_html/my_site/wp-content/plugins/duplicator-pro/ Duplicator Pro
3. Select the “duplicator-pro” folder and remove it and all of its contents
   Note: Be sure the plugin does not have any active schedules or builds running when trying to remove

Auto Update

Auto updates will automatically update the plugin to the next version when it is released. To enable auto updates follow these instructions:Goto: WordPress Admin > Plugins > Click Enable auto-updates
This feature is available in Duplicator Pro since 4.5.3
For more details see Configuring Automatic Background Updates

Manual Updates

Manual updates require users to login to their WordPress Admin and manually update the plugin. To manually update the plugin follow these instructions:Goto: WordPress Admin > Plugins > Click “update now” link by the plugin to update

Overview

Both Duplicator Lite & Pro can be installed from the WP-CLI. Below are some key resourcesfor getting started with the WordPress command line tool.

• Full WP-CLI Guide
• Installing WP-CLI
• XAMPP WP-CLI Setup

Duplicator Lite

SetupFollow these steps for WP-CLI:

1. Open a command line (Windows/Mac/Linux).
2. Navigate to the root of the WordPress site to install to for example:
   cd /public_html/mywordpresssite/
3. From the command line type:
   wp plugin install duplicator --activate

Duplicator Pro

SetupFollow these steps for WP-CLI:

1. Open a command line (Windows/Mac/Linux).
2. Navigate to the root of the WordPress site to install to for example: cd /public_html/mywordpresssite/
3. From the command line type:
   Single Site wp plugin install http://[URL_YOUR_COMPUTER_CAN_REACH]/duplicator-pro-4-5-0.zip --activateMultiSite wp plugin install http://[URL_YOUR_COMPUTER_CAN_REACH]/duplicator-pro-4-5-0.zip --activate-network

PermissionsUsers that run into permissions issues may need to consider the following workflow. For example if the user has superuser access, given the site’s owner is “www-data”.This allows the superuser to run the command as “www-data” (or site owner).sudo -u www-data wp plugin activate http://[URL_YOUR_COMPUTER_CAN_REACH]/duplicator-pro-4-5-0.zip

Upgrade Duplicator Lite to Pro

The Duplicator Lite plugin is NOT upgradable since Duplicator Pro is a separate plugin with a separate code base. When you purchase Duplicator Pro you will be sent a link todownload Pro after you purchase it. From there you just download the plugin, then upload and activate it on your site.Instructions for how to do this are included in the first emailyou receive after purchase or can be found in the Install section above.

Upgrade Duplicator Pro

Duplicator Pro supports 3 separate products: Personal, Freelancer and Business/Gold. To upgrade your product you can either login to your Duplicator Account and upgrade or send us a help ticket and we will send you an upgrade link.