POST /wpcom/v2/sites/$wpcom_site/staging-site

Creates a staging site for an existing site. You can create one staging site per main site. After creating, you can monitor its provision status in the Transfer Status endpoint.

Resource Information

Method	POST
URL	https://public-api.wordpress.com/wpcom/v2/sites/$wpcom_site/staging-site
Requires authentication?	Yes

Method Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
wpcom_site	string | integer	Yes	A domain or blog ID.

Response Example

					
						{
    "id": 123456,
    "name": "Site Title",
    "url": "http:\/\/staging-123456-sitename.wordpress.com",
    "user_has_permission": true
}					
				

Resource Errors

This endpoint does not return any errors.