Is it possible to clone the plugins and settings from a WordPress site to a new fresh install?
I don’t want any of the content from the original site I just want all the plugins used and their settings.
Just ftp’ing the plugins into the new install doesn’t work.
It’s really important that all the settings are saved from the one site to the other as this will save a huge amount of time.
Usually blog settings, sidebars and plugins option are located in wp_options table. If you copy whole table except option_name IN ( ‘siteurl’, ‘home’ ), You get whole “old” configuration.
I use blogzapper to clone WordPress installations and it works surprisingly well. It costs around $30. I use it t0 try out new code on clone sites before migrating to a live site.
It will clone your whole install, and then you would have to manually delete your content, but it should still save you loads of time.
http://www.datasystemsplus.net/blog-zapper