# Can I switch the site being used as provider (staging to prod)?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-switch-the-site-being-used-as-provider-staging-to-prod/330577>\
**Category:** WordPress\
**Created:** [October 12, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-switch-the-site-being-used-as-provider-staging-to-prod/330577 "2024-10-12T14:01:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 6:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-switch-the-site-being-used-as-provider-staging-to-prod/330577/4 "2024-10-14T06:46:08Z")

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This is a common scenario - someone creates a site on some WordPress hosting service (say WP Engine), tests things out on the default staging site, then switches over to production. I answered the same question multiple times when I was doing Discourse support. A permanent separate staging site for Discourse generally wasn’t an option (or really needed.)

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