Plesk Cloning WordPress instance fails | Solution

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Symptoms of Plesk Cloning WordPress instance fails

• The below warning is displayed when cloning the WordPress instance:

An error occurred while setting the correct permissions for files (644) and directories (755) on the WordPress installation 'staging.example.com'. openat 'db.php' failed: Too many levels of symbolic links. Failed to open safely /var/www/vhosts/example.com/staging.example.com/wp-content/db.php: Too many levels of symbolic links.Copy Code

• The file with the symbolic link mentioned on error db.php belongs to a WordPress plugin. e.g. query-monitor:

  #ls -lah /var/www/vhosts/example.com/wp-content/db.php
  ..
  db.php -> /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/query-monitor/wp-content/db.php
  ..Copy Code

   

  Cause:

  WordPress Toolkit bug “EXTWPTOOLK-9401”. The WordPress Toolkit will not process the symbolic link created by the plugin “query-monitor”.
   

  Resolution for Cloning WordPress instance fails:

   
  1. Log in to Plesk.
   
  2. Access to Domains >> example.com >> WordPress Toolkit >> Plugins.
   
  3. Before cloning, disable the affected WordPress plugin on the source website.
   
  4. Next, Clone the website and enable the plugin back on the newly cloned website.
   

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  Conclusion

   
  To sum up, from this article you have checked on the Symptoms of Cloning WordPress instance failure cause and its resolution through the plugin.
  
   

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