Descripción

InstaWP Connect is a WordPress staging and migration plugin developed by the InstaWP team. It works as a companion tool for InstaWP – a famous tool for creating WordPress websites to test plugin or theme, product demo creation, client project delivery, and everything that can improve your WordPress workflows.

The aim of this plugin is to speed up your WordPress staging process and complete it in seconds without you putting in any effort.

Once you activate InstaWP Connect, you can click Create Site and connect your site to your InstaWP account. Once it’s connected, you can select to:

Create quick staging [media folder will not be copied over].
Create custom staging [skip plugins, themes, media, or any specific files or folders]
Create full staging [everything from your live site will be added to the staging site]

One-click, and the staging creation process will begin!

Once the process is complete (it takes a few minutes depending on the site’s size), you will be able to find the staging of your live site in the InstaWP dashboard. Now, it’s possible to test, develop, edit, clone, migrate, or log in to your staging site in seconds.

PLUGIN FEATURES

Using this companion plugin, you can connect your existing WordPress sites anywhere on the internet to your InstaWP. After your site is connected, you can create 1-click staging websites from within the WP admin panel.

Create full, custom, or quick staging websites in your InstaWP dashboard
Auto-login to your Connected sites from InstaWP (https://app.instawp.io/connects)
2-way sync (push from staging to production and production to staging)
Check the status of actions performed during 2-way sync
Connect and disconnect your WordPress live site
Keep all info about your site’s health.
Do everything related to Remote Management securely (File Manager, Database Manager, Plugin / Themes Installer) – Beta
Utilize dozens of InstaWP features by connecting your site to it.

BENEFITS OF USING INSTAWP CONNECT

Staging in seconds
Zero mess in your hosting account
Comes with a FREE Staging Environment
Simplified migration and WordPress website backup
Connect multiple staging sites to your live site.

WHAT IS INSTAWP?

InstaWP is an online WordPress development environment to get you started with a new WP site within seconds. It allows you to create WordPress websites for testing, development, and staging in seconds.

You can get a free account here – https://app.instawp.io/onboard.

Key features include:

Instant site creation
Code Editor, DB Editor, and Logs viewer.
Magic login to the WP admin panel.
Migrate to any hosting provider that hosts your server (e.g., RunCloud, CloudWays, ServerAvatar, Pressable, SpinupWP, and WP Bolt)
Access SFTP/SSH (pro).
Drag-and-drop plugin installation
Bulk theme/plugin installation from WP Repo using slugs
Map a custom domain (pro) and host your site with InstaWP.
Save your site as a template (snapshot of the site that can be reused).
Shared templates for a public sandbox.
Invite team members (pro).
Git integration and GitHub actions support.
Preset configurations.
3rd party services integrations (e.g., Mailchimp, active Campaign, Atarim, etc.)
Core Faker

Useful Resources

Visit Website
Read the InstaWP Documentation
Know more about our API
Read on How To Setup WordPress Staging Site

Need support or want to partner with us? Go to our website and use the live chat feature. You can also email us at support@instawp.com. We will be happy to assist.

Capturas

Staging Process - Select Staging Type.
Staging Process - Select Options.
Staging Process - Confirm Selection.
Staging Process - Monitor Progress.
All Staging Sites
Update API Key and Settings.

Instalación

Generate a new API key from your InstaWP Account from https://app.instawp.io/user/api-tokens
Paste the key into the InstaWP Connect Settings.
Go to “Create New” and connect the InstaWP Connect to the cloud.
Now enjoy creating staging websites.
Go to https://app.instawp.io/connects to see list of all your connected sites.

Reseñas

murphaloid 7 de noviembre de 2023 1 reply

I have tried this plugin to create staging sites on 2 different websites - neither of them worked. On one website, it throws an error saying that I do not have enough allowance in my account - but I have an empty account and the size of the website is less than the allowance I have. Even when I choose 'Quick staging' - it says the website size is exactly the same as if I choose 'Full Staging' - that doesn't make any sense. Their support were unable to help - everything they told me to try didn't work. With the second website - the error just saying 'Something went wrong' - not a helpful error message. This is disappointing. I am cancelling my subscription.

Lucian 2 de noviembre de 2023 1 reply

I have been using InstaWP services for a few months now, and I cannot simply imagine life without it. It saves a ton of energy and effort in building websites for testing purposes or maybe a presentation site that you can create and show to your customers! That's like having an entire website production facility at a few clicks distance, ready to serve you without effort and struggle.Combining the InstaWP platform with this InstaWP Connect plugin will amp up the benefits and versatility that it already offers, to a whole new level - this way it can be so easy to troubleshoot problems "in-house", on your own server and database droplet, in just minutes after cloning that site into an instaWP staging.This helps a lot in worrying less about troubleshooting rigidity and risks that working on a production website implies, and it's a life savior. Templates are for sure one of my favorite, if not the most favorite features of all since I can have a library of already prepared websites waiting for me to create in seconds - like an entire bookshelf ready for you, that does not deplete itself, once you take a book to start reading it. :)Support is also top-notch and very fast, as I am sure lots of you already know.Can honestly say it saved a lot of my hair from falling and from turning white! Thanks, guys; keep it up!

Luis Miguel Climent 20 de octubre de 2023 1 reply

Maravilloso!!!

Julien 4 de septiembre de 2023 1 reply

This plugin is doing a great job duplicating temporaly your site for staging purpose. The sync option works really well for choosing what you want to push to your live instance. I had some trouble creating a staging because of another plugin blocking the rest api. They took at least one hour to try and fix the issue. Really great job !!

joeguilmette 14 de junio de 2023

I personally use InstaWP multiple times every single day. At work, our entire team uses it multiple times every single day. I want to say that I can't imagine life without it, but I can because I've been struggling with the problems it solves for my entire career. It's hard to overstate how important it is for us. If something happened and it ceased to exist tomorrow, we'd need to go out and build something with all of the core functionality so that we could stay in business. We use it in development to test new features and bug fixes. We use it for support to see the problems our customers are having and test our solution. And we use it for sales, so prospective customers can try our product before they buy it. Oh, and if you have any problems, you can count on Vikas, the founder of the company, to personally reply to your support request in minutes. Absolutely insane product by an incredible team.

Soflyy 13 de junio de 2023

InstaWP is a game changer and supercharged our productivity.We make extensive use of InstaWP for our products WP All Import, Oxygen, and Breakdance.We use InstaWP internally for development and testing.Our marketing and docs teams use it to create demo installs that we can use for video tutorials, marketing promos, etc.Our support team makes extensive use of it for debugging problems on customer sites without concern about breaking a live site.Prospective customers use it to get a 1-click evaluation of our products before they buy. And we've tested this - it increases sales. And customer happiness.The list goes on and on.Whenever we need a WordPress install for anything, InstaWP is our tool of choice.Highly recommended.-Louis ReingoldCEO @ Soflyy

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Registro de cambios

0.0.9.51 – 28 Nov 2023

FIX – Fixed 2 Way Sync not working.
FIX – Fixed Site Dropdown CSS.
FIX – Fixed some PHP errors.
FIX – Optimized 2 Way Sync Codebase.
FIX – Heartbeat event logic.
FIX – Fixed auto login issue.
FIX – Fixed migration issue in destination script.
FIX – Stabilize the staging site creation process.

0.0.9.50 – 22 Nov 2023

NEW – Added connect logs to app.
FIX – Fixed get_source_site_detail api.
FIX – Removed SqlLite support.
FIX – Fix Download log button in failed screen.
FIX – Stabilize the staging site creation process.

0.0.9.49 – 14 Nov 2023

FIX – Fixed migration issues and stabilize the process.
FIX – Table export logic.
FIX – Removed URL extra slash.

0.0.9.48 – 11 Nov 2023

FIX – Skip database tables was not sending create table schema.
FIX – Skip known log tables during the migration.
FIX – Removed action scheduler.
FIX – Changed recording blink for 2 way sync.
FIX – Fixed displaying sites url on staging sites list.

0.0.9.47 – 8 Nov 2023

FIX – Implemented new migration method and stabilize the process.
FIX – Fixed .htaccess issue during the migration.
FIX – Added pre-check before the migration start.

0.0.9.46 – 1 Nov 2023

FIX – PharData library is now working properly.
FIX – Improvement in Migrate v3 Push to make it stable.
FIX – Improvement in Migrate v3 Pull to make it stable.
FIX – Show Inventory toggle option and make it checked by default.
FIX – Config API Key issue.
FIX – Calculation of total sizes to check usages limit before migration start.
FIX – Fixed the issue of automatically changing of api domain and connect id.
FIX – WordFence whitelist IP address dynamically.

0.0.9.45 – 27 Oct 2023

FIX – Provide an alternative of Phardata library when ZipArchive is not present
FIX – Stop staging process if SQLite library is not present
FIX – Improvement in staging process for stability
FIX – Removed unused files, making plugin .zip less than 500kb.

0.0.9.44

26/10/2023 – FIX – Skip Large files option not working.
26/10/2023 – FIX – Collapsible Files & Table skip screen.
26/10/2023 – FIX – Confirmation of files & database size.
26/10/2023 – FIX – Removed Reset option.
26/10/2023 – NEW – Migration (v3) functionality added (beta).
26/10/2023 – FIX – Include Parent theme if ‘active_themes_only’ is selected.
26/10/2023 – NEW – Site usage API for Remote Management.
26/10/2023 – FIX – File and Database manager not working for Remote Management.
26/10/2023 – FIX – Several 2 Way Sync fixes.
26/10/2023 – FIX – 2 Way Sync – Pagination UI.
26/10/2023 – FIX – 2 Way Sync – Event type count fixes for each batch.
26/10/2023 – FIX – 2 Way Sync – Fixed event pagination issue.

0.0.9.43

18/10/2023 – FIX – Add supported plugins check.
18/10/2023 – FIX – Fix character check issue.
18/10/2023 – FIX – Stabilise migrations/staging process.

0.0.9.42

17/10/2023 – NEW – Add support for non-zip and non-pdo servers.
17/10/2023 – FIX – Stabilise migrations/staging process.
17/10/2023 – FIX – Improve 2 way sync functionalities.

0.0.9.41

11/10/2023 – FIX – Fix folder creation issue.

0.0.9.40

11/10/2023 – NEW – Re-write of entire staging process from ground up, Goal: Stable staging process.
11/10/2023 – FIX – Removed un-used files.

0.0.9.33

29/09/2023 – NEW – Added option to whitelist InstaWP IP during staging creation.
29/09/2023 – FIX – Fixed repeat staging site creation issues.
29/09/2023 – FIX – Implemented excluded file and folders size check.
29/09/2023 – FIX – Stabilise migrations/staging process.
29/09/2023 – FIX – Replaced Tailwind CDN with NPM Package.

0.0.9.32

25/09/2023 – NEW – Introduced batch-based sync system.
25/09/2023 – FIX – Fixed repeat staging site creation issues.
25/09/2023 – FIX – Stabilise migrations/staging process.

0.0.9.31

14/09/2023 – NEW – Exclude selected files from the migration process.
14/09/2023 – FIX – Bath syncing change events for 2 way sync.
12/09/2023 – FIX – Deployer mode updated with new WaaS flow.
14/09/2023 – FIX – Stabilise migrations/staging process.

0.0.9.30

08/09/2023 – NEW – Split uploading backup files to cloud part based.
08/09/2023 – NEW – Exclude unnecessary backup files created from other plugins during the migration process
08/09/2023 – FIX – Fixed abort migration issues and duplicate migration starting.

0.0.9.29

04/09/2023 – FIX – Fixed critical error on staging sites loading.
04/09/2023 – FIX – Fixed disconnect API with a warning about site deletion.
04/09/2023 – FIX – Fixed two-way sync sites listing issue.

0.0.9.28

02/09/2023 – FIX – Fixed database restore timeout issue.
02/09/2023 – FIX – Fixed Radis Object Cache plugin conflict.

0.0.9.27

31/08/2023 – NEW – Added disconnect button in plugin screen.
31/08/2023 – FIX – Fixed loading media from parent site when doing quick migration.
31/08/2023 – FIX – Fixed flush permalink issue through while happening through CLI.

0.0.9.26

28/08/2023 – FIX – Fixed repetitive migration process.

0.0.9.25

24/08/2023 – NEW – Added plugin installation/update/delete features in two-way sync.
24/08/2023 – NEW – Added media transferring features in two-way sync.
24/08/2023 – FIX – Fixed migration abort issues from external sources.
24/08/2023 – FIX – Fixed starting of repetitive migration after completing one.
24/08/2023 – FIX – Fixed over populating native debug.log files.
24/08/2023 – FIX – Stabilise migrations/staging process.

0.0.9.24

21/08/2023 – NEW – Remote Management features added on the Beta programs.
21/08/2023 – FIX – Stabilising the migrations process.
21/08/2023 – FIX – Auto login issue with magic login button.

0.0.9.23

07/08/2023 – FIX – Fix reset permalink after successful migration.
07/08/2023 – FIX – Stabilise migrations/staging process.

0.0.9.22

05/08/2023 – FIX – Stabilise migrations/staging process.

0.0.9.21

02/08/2023 – NEW – Automatically hide Staging Sites from search engines.
02/08/2023 – FIX – Restrict staging site creation for a site already marked as staging.
02/08/2023 – FIX – Stabilise migrations/staging process.

0.0.9.20

28/07/2023 – FIX – Fix limit checking warning screen issues.
28/07/2023 – FIX – Allow migration from local WordPress installations.
28/07/2023 – FIX – Fixed some UI issues regarding user experience.

0.0.9.19

24/07/2023 – FIX – Fix Sync API vulnerability issue, disclosure by WordFence.

0.0.9.18

20/07/2023 – NEW – [ BETA ] Implemented two-way sync. Production to staging and vice versa. Includes Compatibility with: Posts, Media, Pages, Custom Post Types
20/07/2023 – NEW – Implement new migration algorithm, So website migration is now much more stable and faster.
20/07/2023 – NEW – Added remote management features.
20/07/2023 – FIX – Fix WaaS and Migrate V2 migration flows.
20/07/2023 – FIX – Minor changes on the migration user interface.

0.0.9.17

06/07/2023 – FIX – Fix site usage checking issues.
06/07/2023 – FIX – Fix WaaS and Migrate V2 migration flows.

0.0.9.16

04/07/2023 – FIX – Fix minor migration issues. Website migration is now much more stable and faster.

0.0.9.15

15/06/2023 – FIX – Fix migration issues on wizard go live flow.
15/06/2023 – FIX – Update user interface to display limit issues before starting migration.
15/06/2023 – FIX – Added a “Start Over” button in the limit warning screen.

0.0.9.14

31/05/2023 – FIX – Fix some migration issues on staging to production flow.

0.0.9.13

30/05/2023 – NEW – New user interface of the plugin.
30/05/2023 – FIX – Fix many errors in the migration process.
30/05/2023 – FIX – Fix migration issues on staging to production flow.

0.0.9.12

24/05/2023 – FIX – Wizard Mode Migration errors fixed.

0.0.9.11

11/05/2023 – FIX – Wizard Mode Migration is now updated.
11/05/2023 – FIX – Migration Process errors fixed, migration is now more stable.
15/05/2023 – FIX – Added Migration Status Timelapsed.

0.0.9.10

28/04/2023 – UPDATE – Improve calculating migration progress status.

0.0.9.9

18/04/2023 – FIX – Fix many errors while restoring process.

0.0.9.8

13/04/2023 – UPDATE – Heartbeat interval default changed to 15 minutes.
13/04/2023 – UPDATE – API key manual input allowed in the settings page.
13/04/2023 – FIX – API key is not setting properly after returning from auth screen.

0.0.9.7

11/04/2023 – NEW – Added plugin reset functionality.

0.0.9.6

11/04/2023 – NEW – Parallel approaches for site migration.
11/04/2023 – Improved performance and updated user interface.
11/04/2023 – FIX – Many bug fixes.

0.0.9.3

Still in beta version, but more stable
2 way Sync option enabled (from staging to prod)
Many bug fixes

0.0.7

Major bug fixes and quick backup option.

0.0.1

Initial release of the plugin.