# Fix MySQL errors when cloning WordPress in Softaculous
Source: https://docs.webgee.com/en/hosting/wordpress/resolving-mysql-error-during-wordpress-cloning-in-softaculous



If cloning a WordPress installation in Softaculous fails with an error like
`Table 'example_wp276.ie23f_blogs' doesn't exist`, the installation is a
**Multisite network** and Softaculous cannot clone it. Applies to shared and
reseller hosting on cPanel.

The table named in the error is the giveaway. `wp_blogs`, `wp_site`,
`wp_sitemeta` and `wp_signups` exist only in a Multisite network. Softaculous
sees the Multisite flag in `wp-config.php`, expects those tables, and stops when
its clone does not have them.

## If the site does not need to be a Multisite [#if-the-site-does-not-need-to-be-a-multisite]

Some sites carry the Multisite flag without ever having been converted — it gets
added while following a guide and then left behind. If no network was ever
created, turn it off:

1. Open `wp-config.php` in the site's root directory.

2. Find:

   ```php
   define( 'WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true );
   ```

3. Change `true` to `false`.

4. Save, then retry the clone.

<Callout type="warn">
  Only do this if the installation is not actually running a network. Check
  first: if the admin bar has a **My Sites** menu, or `wp_blogs` exists in the
  database, it is a real network and disabling the flag will break it. Use one
  of the tools below instead.
</Callout>

## If it is a real Multisite [#if-it-is-a-real-multisite]

Use a tool that supports networks.

**WP Toolkit** — clone between cPanel accounts or domains. See
[Clone a WordPress site with WP Toolkit](/en/hosting/wordpress/how-to-clone-a-wordpress-website-between-cpanel-accounts-using-wp-toolkit).

**Installatron** — open it from cPanel's **Software** section, select the
installation and use **Clone**. See
[Migrate WordPress with Installatron](/en/hosting/wordpress/how-to-migrate-a-wordpress-website-using-installatron).

## After cloning a network [#after-cloning-a-network]

A Multisite network stores its domain in the database in more places than a
single site does — `wp_blogs` and `wp_site` both hold it, alongside the usual
options. A clone that loads but sends you to the original domain has not had
those updated. Check them before assuming the clone failed.

## Related [#related]

* [Clone a WordPress site with WP Toolkit](/en/hosting/wordpress/how-to-clone-a-wordpress-website-between-cpanel-accounts-using-wp-toolkit)
* [Migrate WordPress with Installatron](/en/hosting/wordpress/how-to-migrate-a-wordpress-website-using-installatron)
* [WordPress Multisite with subdomains](/en/hosting/wordpress/wordpress-multisite-subdomains)