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Duplicator Documentation

Documentation, Reference Materials, and Tutorials for Duplicator

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Tips on Creating Database for Importing Backup

When installing a site with Duplicator, you need to connect to a database during the classic installation process. This typically...

Locating the Original Installer in Backup File

If you’ve lost the installer.php file, don’t worry! You can easily recover it from the Duplicator backup file (archive.zip or...

How to handle various install scenarios?

Scenario AManual Extraction How to do a ‘Manual Extraction’ or run installer without Zip enabled? The ‘Manual Extraction’ option in...

How to handle import install upload/launch issues?

Archive Upload Issues Issue AImport Link How to resolve import links not properly pulling down the archive? Currently not every...

How to handle recovery install setup/launch issues?

Issue AI need to restore my site from a crash or other major issue. You need to restore your site...

How to fix a blank/white installer or 403/404/405/500 issues?

Issue A403 ForbiddenWhen browsing to the installer.php file you get a 403 Forbidden message. Solution 1The quickest solution for this...

How to fix installer security protection issues?

Issue ALost Password When loading the installer there is a password or archive file input that you don’t know or...

How to fix general installer UI & bootstrap/archive issues?

Issue AArchive Not Found When a package is created a unique installer.php file is created for each unique archive.zip/daf file...