WordPress Reprint: a free tool to copy or move your WordPress site

WordPress.org announced Reprint on 13 November 2026. It is a free, open-source plugin with a command-line client that copies a whole WordPress site, files and database, to another server or to your own computer. Businesses can use it to make a test copy before big changes, or to move to a new host. Take a backup first and treat every copy as live customer data.

What does Reprint copy?

Exporting posts and pages has been possible in WordPress for years. Reprint goes further and takes the theme, plugins, uploaded images, settings and the database. WordPress.org says it sends the site across piece by piece, straight to the server or computer you choose, so the old host does not need spare disk space for one big backup file.

Other points from the announcement:

• If the connection drops, the copy carries on from the last saved point.
• Give it a new web address and it updates links to the old one, including links kept inside settings and blocks.
• When you copy the same site again later, it only sends what changed.

There is also an experimental version in WordPress Playground that copies a sample site inside your browser, so you can see how it works without touching your own site.

When would a business use it?

For testing: before a WordPress update, a new plugin or a new layout, try it on a copy first. If the copy breaks, your real site is untouched and your customers never see it.

For a host move: copy the site, check the copy works, then point your domain at the new server. Your visitors keep using the old site while you test.

Reprint needs some technical skill. The move guide expects command-line PHP on the new server, an empty database and control of the web server settings. For many small offices this is a job for the person or company who looks after the website.

What to do before you copy your site

1. Take a full backup of the live site first and keep it somewhere outside the site, even if the tool works well.
2. Try Reprint on a test site you manage before your real one, as WordPress.org also suggests.
3. Turn off outgoing email, scheduled jobs and payment connections on the copy. WordPress.org warns that Reprint does not handle all of these, so a copy could send emails to customers or touch payments.
4. Remember the copy holds your customers' names, emails, orders and enquiry form entries. Keep it password protected, never leave it open on a public address, and delete copies you no longer need. Malaysia's PDPA covers personal data in a copy as much as on the live site. Ask a lawyer if you are unsure what applies to you.
5. Do not reuse the old site's database password on the new server.
6. For a host move, pause changes on the old site (new orders, posts, sign-ups), make one final copy, check it, and only then switch the domain. Keep the old site until the new one is checked.

If you would rather not do this yourself, our WordPress website care service covers planned updates, backups and security patching. Planning a move? Compare our web hosting in Malaysia plans and ask us before you switch.

Source and credit

We are sharing this news from WordPress.org. This summary is written by Synctech in our own words.

• Copy Your WordPress Site with Reprint, WordPress.org News, 13 November 2026: https://wordpress.org/news/2026/11/reprint-your-site/
• Move to another host, Reprint documentation, WordPress Developer Resources, 3 November 2026: https://developer.wordpress.org/reprint/guides/move-to-another-host/ Retrieved 14 Nov 2026. WordPress is a trademark of the WordPress Foundation. Synctech is not connected with it. This is general information, not legal, tax or financial advice. If anything here is wrong, email support@synctech.com.my and we will correct it.