{"id":78638,"date":"2026-04-28T17:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/?p=78638"},"modified":"2026-04-28T17:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:20:13","slug":"clone-website-with-10web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/clone-website-with-10web\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Clone Any Website with 10Web (Step-by-Step Guide)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You found a site that looks like what you want to create. The structure and composition is just the way you\u2019ve been imagining yours to be. So you decide to clone it and use it as a base. Ten minutes later you&#8217;re reading about FTP transfers, database exports, and a file called wp-config.php. Twenty minutes later you&#8217;ve closed 11 tabs, opened a Reddit thread from 2019, and you\u2019re still lost.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That&#8217;s the standard experience. This guide skips all of it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10Web&#8217;s agentic builder lets you paste a URL and walk away with a fully editable clone in under five minutes. This guide covers that approach: using <a href=\"https:\/\/10web.io\/ai-website-builder\/\">10Web&#8217;s agentic builder<\/a> to clone any publicly accessible website from a single URL, in minutes, without touching a database or a config file.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What does it mean to clone a website?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloning a website creates a structural copy of an existing site, its layout, design system, and page hierarchy, that you then customize with your own content and branding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s commonly used for three things:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rebuilding a site you admire as a starting point for your own<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Migrating a non-WordPress site into a WordPress environment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating a staging version of a live site before making changes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloning a site&#8217;s <\/span><b>structure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is standard practice in web design. Copying someone else&#8217;s written content, photography, or brand assets and publishing them as your own is a different matter entirely, and it&#8217;s addressed directly in the next section.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Is cloning a website legal?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloning a website&#8217;s layout is legal when used for inspiration and not a pixel by pixel copy. Structural design patterns and page layouts are not protected by copyright law.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is protected:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written copy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photography<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Logos<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trademarked brand assets<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copyright protects the way someone has expressed an idea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before any cloned site goes live, every piece of original content from the source must be replaced with your own. Think of the design as a reference point. The content must be entirely yours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This distinction also applies to search engines. Publishing cloned copy as-is, even temporarily, risks duplicate content issues with Google. Customize first, then publish.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why traditional cloning methods fail<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most cloning failures trace back to the same handful of problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress stores URLs as absolute paths inside its database. When you move a site, those paths break, producing 404 errors across internal links, widget settings, and plugin configurations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Separately, a mismatch between the cloned database credentials and the new server causes a white screen of death before the site even loads. Plugin and theme compatibility failures compound this: clones frequently lose their active theme or plugins mid-restoration, requiring manual intervention in the WordPress dashboard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JavaScript-heavy sites introduce a different problem. Tools like HTTrack or Duplicator produce a static shell. This means, the visual structure of a page, stripped of the dynamic functionality that made it work. The result looks broken, well, because it is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/10web.io\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10Web<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> approaches the problem differently. Its agentic builder deploys the same coordinated AI agents to detect and reconstruct the site&#8217;s structure directly from the source URL without copying any of the original code. There are no files to transfer, no database to configure, and no server credentials to enter. The table below shows where the two approaches diverge:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The table below shows how common failure points compare:<\/span><\/p>\n<table class=\"tenweb-table-new\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Problem<\/td>\n<td>Traditional method<\/td>\n<td>10Web Agentic Platform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Broken internal links<\/td>\n<td>Manual database search-and-replace<\/td>\n<td>Handled automatically<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Database credential errors<\/td>\n<td>Edit wp-config.php manually<\/td>\n<td>No database configuration required<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Plugin\/theme failures<\/td>\n<td>Debug restoration manually<\/td>\n<td>No file transfer or restoration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>JavaScript-heavy sites<\/td>\n<td>Incomplete static clone<\/td>\n<td>AI reconstructs structure from the URL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Setup complexity<\/td>\n<td>FTP, phpMyAdmin, multiple plugins<\/td>\n<td>Single URL input<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to clone any website with 10Web<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The process starts from the 10Web homepage. You do not need an account before you begin, sign-up happens partway through the flow, after you&#8217;ve already submitted the URL.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 1: Go to 10Web and click Clone site from URL<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Navigate to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/10web.io\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10web.io<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. On the homepage, hover over the <\/span><b>&#8220;+&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button in the prompt area at the bottom of the page. A dropdown appears with four options:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clone site from URL<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Redesign site from URL<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take a screenshot<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attach a media<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select <\/span><b>Clone site from URL<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, paste the full URL of the site you want to clone, and click <\/span><b>Generate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.08.12.png\" alt=\"clone a website\" width=\"2074\" height=\"922\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.08.12.png 2074w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.08.12-742x330.png 742w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.08.12-1484x660.png 1484w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.08.12-150x67.png 150w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.08.12-768x341.png 768w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.08.12-1536x683.png 1536w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.08.12-2048x910.png 2048w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.08.12-600x267.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2074px) 100vw, 2074px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 2: Create your free account or log in<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After clicking Generate, a sign-up modal appears. You will need to create a free account to generate and customize your website. You can sign up with Google in one click, or enter your email, name, and password. If you already have a 10Web account, log in here instead. The free trial runs for 3 days and requires no credit card.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.09.57.png\" alt=\"how to clone a website\" width=\"2070\" height=\"1136\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78640\" style=\"font-weight: 400; width: 744px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.09.57.png 2070w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.09.57-742x407.png 742w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.09.57-1484x814.png 1484w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.09.57-150x82.png 150w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.09.57-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.09.57-1536x843.png 1536w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.09.57-2048x1124.png 2048w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.09.57-600x329.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2070px) 100vw, 2070px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 3: The cloning starts automatically<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once authenticated, the process begins immediately, no additional configuration required. The interface switches to 10Web&#8217;s AI builder: a split screen with the AI chat panel on the left and a live preview area on the right.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The left panel logs the build as the agents work through it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nothing else is needed at this stage. 10Web&#8217;s agents handle structure, code generation, and content extraction from the source URL.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.12.00.png\" alt=\"clone a website with 10web\" width=\"2158\" height=\"934\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.12.00.png 2158w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.12.00-742x321.png 742w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.12.00-1484x642.png 1484w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.12.00-150x65.png 150w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.12.00-768x332.png 768w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.12.00-1536x665.png 1536w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.12.00-2048x886.png 2048w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.12.00-600x260.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2158px) 100vw, 2158px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 4: Review your cloned site<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the build finishes, the AI confirms: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Your website has been successfully created. It&#8217;s now ready for you to explore.&#8221;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The cloned site appears in the right panel. Two action buttons appear in the chat:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Preview<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Opens a full-page view of the cloned output<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Code diff<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Lists all generated files for developers who want to inspect what was built before making any edits<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.15.21.png\" alt=\"use 10web to clone a website\" width=\"2462\" height=\"1100\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.15.21.png 2462w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.15.21-742x332.png 742w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.15.21-1484x663.png 1484w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.15.21-150x67.png 150w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.15.21-768x343.png 768w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.15.21-1536x686.png 1536w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.15.21-2048x915.png 2048w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.15.21-600x268.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2462px) 100vw, 2462px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 5: Edit visually<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The visual editor uses a chat-based AI interface. You select the element you want to change, describe how you want to change it, and the WordPress vibe coder executes it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click <\/span><b>Select to edit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the top-right corner of the preview panel to enter visual editing mode.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click any element on the page.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A floating toolbar appears with control over that specific element.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use the <\/span><b>AI chat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the left to instruct changes in plain language \u2014 for example: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Move the cookies button to the left.&#8221;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The AI executes the change, logs its action steps, and confirms the result.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All modifications are tracked in a <\/span><b>Latest Modification<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> card in the chat panel. Click <\/span><b>Restore<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at any time to undo. Edits can also be made through the <\/span><b>Content<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Layout<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Style<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or <\/span><b>Code<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tabs in the floating toolbar for more precise control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.18.00.png\" alt=\"how to clone a wordpress website\" width=\"2458\" height=\"1096\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.18.00.png 2458w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.18.00-742x331.png 742w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.18.00-1484x662.png 1484w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.18.00-150x67.png 150w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.18.00-768x342.png 768w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.18.00-1536x685.png 1536w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.18.00-2048x913.png 2048w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.18.00-600x268.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2458px) 100vw, 2458px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 6: Edit with code (optional)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click <\/span><b>Code editor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the top left of the interface to open a full development environment. A file tree appears on the left with direct file editing on the right. This is 10Web&#8217;s WordPress code editing built into the builder. Non-developers can skip this step entirely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.21.54.png\" alt=\"10web code editor to clone website\" width=\"2454\" height=\"1078\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.21.54.png 2454w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.21.54-742x326.png 742w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.21.54-1484x652.png 1484w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.21.54-150x66.png 150w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.21.54-768x337.png 768w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.21.54-1536x675.png 1536w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.21.54-2048x900.png 2048w, https:\/\/10web.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-19.21.54-600x264.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2454px) 100vw, 2454px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 7: Access project settings and navigation<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hover over the <\/span><b>10Web logo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the top-left corner to reveal a settings menu. From here you can:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Navigate to the dashboard<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regenerate the site<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access Appearance and Notification settings<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manage Project settings<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explore White label and API solutions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The menu also displays your AI credits. Each AI request costs one credit. The free trial includes five.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What to do after cloning a website<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Complete this checklist before connecting a domain or publishing:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Replace all cloned text with your original copy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swap all images for your own brand-owned or licensed visuals<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Update the logo, colors, and typography to match your brand<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review and update the navigation menu and page titles<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Confirm no original site branding remains anywhere on the page<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Run a mobile check. 10Web&#8217;s output is responsive across all devices<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the checklist is done, connect your custom domain from the 10Web dashboard and click <\/span><b>Publish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 10Web handles SSL, CDN through Cloudflare Enterprise, caching, and performance optimization automatically. Sites launch targeting a 90+ <a href=\"https:\/\/10web.io\/page-speed-booster\/\">PageSpeed<\/a> score out of the box.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Managing multiple sites? 10Web migrates up to 200 at once<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloning works well for one site at a time. If you&#8217;re managing a portfolio of existing WordPress websites and need to move them all to 10Web, the migration tool handles up to 200 sites in a single operation \u2014 preserving files, databases, plugins, and settings without manual intervention. 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