Need help with wordpress cloning

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I worked on a clients website at some xxxxxxxxxx(dot)com he asked me to get same website at another domain is there a best plugin in wordpress which takes backup and install in new website ?

please advise best and easy method


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What you actually need to backup? content or theme?
If you need the theme you can easily get it via ftp /file manager.
If you need content , you can get it from dashboard - tools - export
 
Well i want the database backup and put it into new website more like cloning the whole website
 
I'd install a brand new wordpress. Export the old site SQL, open the sql file up in notepad or something (I use dreamweaver for this) and do a find and replace on the old URL for the new URL. Then you can import that into the new database. Then copy over all your files except for the wp-config.php

You might have to activate your plugins again and depending on what theme you are using you might have to sort your widgets but you should be ok to go.
 
I tried to take SQL dump now when i tried to install the sql dump into the new database its saying cannot create a new database something

[h=1]Error[/h]SQL query:
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-- Database: `######(databasename)`
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https://s135442.gridserver.com/.tools/phpMyAdmin/current/url.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.mysql.com%2Fdoc%2Frefman%2F5.1%2Fen%2Fcreate-database.html&token=438cf31992a7b562165253ea22ca9bc0 #######(databasename)` https://s135442.gridserver.com/.tools/phpMyAdmin/current/url.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.mysql.com%2Fdoc%2Frefman%2F5.1%2Fen%2Fmiscellaneous-functions.html%23function_default&token=438cf31992a7b562165253ea22ca9bc0 CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci;


MySQL said: https://s135442.gridserver.com/.tools/phpMyAdmin/current/url.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.mysql.com%2Fdoc%2Frefman%2F5.1%2Fen%2Ferror-messages-server.html&token=438cf31992a7b562165253ea22ca9bc0
#1044 - Access denied for user '###########(databaseusername)'@'%' to database '######(databasename)'

what should i change in notepad or Dreamweaver with the sql dump can you explain
 
ok so from your control panel you went to manage mysql ? and from there you clicked on manage NOW?
if so you should see your phpmyadmin. Click on the database your using under information_schema then click export on the right hand side. Export method should be QUICK and format should be SQL
Click go and then you'll be prompted to save as...
Make the changes to the SQL as above
Install your new wordpress site
Then click manage on your new database - again selecting the database name and click import
Select the SQL file you edited and click GO
Transfer all your old wordpress files replacing the new files via FTP all except for the wp-config.php file and that should work
If you get any problems, you could click structure then below check all select with selected and change to empty then try importing again.
I've just done this myself for a demo site that I have sent live on a different server.
 
I use wptwin. Just upload wordpress to your new server, clone your current site and deploy the clone on your new server. 5 minute job at the most.
 
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