How to Deploy Staging and Production WordPress on Code Capsules

Setting up separate staging and production WordPress environments doesn’t have to be complicated. Code Capsules makes it straightforward with its Git-managed deployments.

What You’ll Create

Two isolated WordPress environments:

• Staging: staging.blog.example.com – for testing changes
• Production: blog.example.com – your live site

Architecture

Each environment needs its own:

• WordPress Capsule
• MySQL Database Capsule
• Persistent Storage Capsule

Connect both WordPress Capsules to the same GitHub repository, but different branches: staging branch deploys to staging, main branch deploys to production.

Syncing Content

Code deploys automatically via Git. For database content (posts, pages, settings), use WP Synchro – a free plugin that handles one-click database migration with automatic URL replacement between domains.

Workflow

1. Push code changes to staging branch
2. Create/edit content on staging site
3. Get approval from stakeholders
4. Sync database from staging → production using WP Synchro
5. Merge staging → main to deploy code

This setup gives you professional staging capabilities without the complexity of AWS’s infamous multi-service architecture diagram – just a few clicks in Code Capsules.