Live Site Tools
InstaWP allows you to use additional Live Site tools to track website activity, helping you to improve performance and resolve issues. You can access error logs and server activity. Cloning lets you create a copy for editing, and the DB Editor enables you to manage databases.
In this documentation, we will explore the steps to manage a Live-hosted site by configuring the following tools.
DB Editor
Clone
View Logs
Let’s get started 🚀
Go to the InstaWP Live page and locate the live site for which you want to access its tools.
Click on the horizontal ellipsis showing More Actions tooltip.
Here, you can access and manage your InstaWP Live-hosted site database using phpMyAdmin, which provides a web interface for managing MySQL databases.
Click DB Editor from the options.
This will take you the a new window where you can handle the contents of databases.
Here, you can clone your InstaWP live-hosted site by creating a replica of your existing one with all the design, file system, and database.
Step 1: Select Clone from the options.
Step 2: Enter a domain name and click on Clone button.
Step 3: A confirmation window will appear. Select Clone from the popup window.
Here, you can view different logs related to your InstaWP live-hosted site as follows:
Click View Logs from the options.
It'll display the Error Log and Access Log list related to web server.
👉 InstaWP also offers you the following in-built tools for your staging and connected sites: These tools help you manage and edit your WordPress sites, enhancing site structure, search engine visibility, and user experience quality.
In this documentation, we will explore the steps to manage a Live-hosted site by configuring the following tools.
DB Editor
Clone
View Logs
Let’s get started 🚀
Go to the InstaWP Live page and locate the live site for which you want to access its tools.
Click on the horizontal ellipsis showing More Actions tooltip.
DB Editor
Here, you can access and manage your InstaWP Live-hosted site database using phpMyAdmin, which provides a web interface for managing MySQL databases.
Click DB Editor from the options.
This will take you the a new window where you can handle the contents of databases.
Clone
Here, you can clone your InstaWP live-hosted site by creating a replica of your existing one with all the design, file system, and database.
Step 1: Select Clone from the options.
Step 2: Enter a domain name and click on Clone button.
Step 3: A confirmation window will appear. Select Clone from the popup window.
View Logs
Here, you can view different logs related to your InstaWP live-hosted site as follows:
| Types of Logs | Descriptions |
|---|---|
| Error Logs | Error such as PHP warnings indicate that the scandir() function encountered an issue because it couldn't find the specified directory. |
| Access logs | Shows web server logs that clients may use to provide insights to their users and support team. These log entries contain information regarding a request sent to a server, such as the client, the request, and the server's response. |
Click View Logs from the options.
It'll display the Error Log and Access Log list related to web server.
👉 InstaWP also offers you the following in-built tools for your staging and connected sites: These tools help you manage and edit your WordPress sites, enhancing site structure, search engine visibility, and user experience quality.
| Sites | Tools | References |
|---|---|---|
| Staging sites | Code Editor: Directly write and edit WordPress source code files for your website. | See more |
| Protect Site: Protect WordPress site by setting a username and password for better security. | See more | |
| Site Usage: Checks the sizes of your WordPress site databases. | See more | |
| Connected sites | File Manager: Edit, remove, upload, download or paste files and folders right from the WordPress backend. | See more |
| Purge Cache: Free up server resources, allowing your connected site to run faster and more efficiently. | See more |
Updated on: 24/04/2025
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