I want to migrate from a DigitalOcean wordpress site to a wo site - I have to test the old site on the new site before repointing. What is the recommend way to do this (i read the procedure but this will not allow me to test)-- For example, if I duplicate using updraft wordpress plugin to copy a backup of the site to the new site and using the plugin on the new site restore the old site --of course I would never be able to enter the site to test it because it will redirect me to the original site on any attempt (inluding wp-login.php) --
If i create a subdomain version of the site and have updraft change all the urls to the subdomain.site.tld If the site works how should I properly destroy the existing subdomain version and proceed with creating the original on the new ip --
Thanks for any help -- this seems trivial but I have attempted it before and have encountered problems. I need to minimize the down time of the original site ..