Daniel Emunot

StageBridge gives you a complete staging workflow without leaving WordPress.
Core Features
<ul>
<li>Clone – Create a staging copy of your production site in a configurable subfolder, such as /staging/, or on a staging subdomain such as staging.example.com.</li>
<li>Sync – Pull current production files and database changes into staging.</li>
<li>Push – Push staging changes back to production with safe conflict protection by default.</li>
<li>Force overwrite – Optional push mode for cases where staging should intentionally replace production changes.</li>
<li>Backups – Create full, database-only, or files-only backups manually or on a schedule.</li>
<li>Restore – Restore from saved backups when you need to roll back.</li>
</ul>
Additional Features
<ul>
<li>Incremental file copying for clone, sync, and push operations.</li>
<li>Conflict-aware push protection for production files and common WordPress content tables.</li>
<li>Compressed file backups to reduce inode usage.</li>
<li>Automatic full safety backups before sync and push, with a per-operation checkbox to skip them when appropriate.</li>
<li>Subfolder or subdomain staging URL modes.</li>
<li>Staging admin bar indicator and frontend staging banner.</li>
<li>Same-tab switch buttons to reduce accidental editing in the wrong environment.</li>
<li>Search/replace for URLs and paths with serialized data support.</li>
<li>Password-protect staging with .htaccess / .htpasswd when supported by the server.</li>
<li>robots.txt handling for staging environments.</li>
<li>Email notifications for clone, sync, push, and backup events.</li>
<li>Live activity logs and persistent completion modals for long-running operations.</li>
<li>Configurable file exclusions for cache, backup, archive, and log files.</li>
<li>Automatic retries for temporary server errors.</li>
<li>Clean uninstall that removes plugin options and custom plugin tables.</li>
</ul>
StageBridge is intended for site owners, maintainers, and developers who need a practical staging workflow from inside WordPress.
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 5.9 or higher</li>
<li>PHP 7.4 or higher</li>
<li>ZipArchive PHP extension for file and full backups</li>
<li>mod_rewrite for optional staging password protection on Apache-compatible servers</li>
<li>Sufficient disk space for staging copies and backups</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
StageBridge runs locally inside your WordPress installation. It does not send site data to an external service.
The plugin stores settings, logs, backup metadata, operation progress, and staging metadata in the WordPress database. Backup archives and temporary job files are stored on your server under wp-content/uploads/stagebridge/. Email notifications are sent through your WordPress site’s configured mail system.

StageBridge

WordPress staging workflow manager for cloning, syncing, pushing, restoring, and backing up sites from the dashboard.

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The Deployer for Git (and <a href="https://deployer-for-git.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Deployer for Git Pro</a>) are designed for developers who seek to simplify their website changes deployment. This tool seamlessly connects your WordPress site with various git repositories, enabling real-time updates and automated deployments directly from your commits. This plugin makes it easy — no FTP, no zipping files. Supports all popular services.

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I had a client that has a bit unusual server setup so we had problems setting up GitHub Actions and making them work.The client has paid for the Pro version since our repositories are private.Everything worked like charm - after pushing my changes I simply went to wp-admin and clicked a button to pull the changes from GitHub.We have 3 repositories on that website.Then I realized that each repository has a special deployment link, so I created GitHub Action to do a GET request to that URL, and that worked like a charm, even behind the basic auth that the website uses.So now our changes get deployed automatically.Definitely a great and simple solution than setting up the pipelines which always cause problems on different platforms.Good job!



EDIT:I found 2 features I'd like to see in the next version:- An option to define the folder nameMy GitHub repository is not named the same as I'd like the plugin's folder to be named.Currently, there's no way to influence that.- The name of the last commit included in the log fileIt's rather hard to quickly confirm that all my last commits got deployed.Currently, it's almost 1am where I am, but the server is set to a different time zone so it's still yesterday.When I checked the logs, the date of the last entry was 1 day behind my current date.The reason I even checked the logs is because the browser has hashed my CSS so I couldn't see all the changes.Having the last commit message would help quickly confirming that everything was deployed properly.


Very useful plugin, works like a charm!


This is a fantastic plugin for theme or plugin development. It has proven to be helpful for our team's workflow. The free version functionality is excellent, but the Pro version is worth the upgade. Also the developer of this plugin is very responsive.


Very helpful for Plugin Development

Install and update plugins (and themes) hosted on your repo hosted on GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, or Gitea in a single click.

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