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Backing up Wordpress
It’s important to make a backup of your Wordpress website once in
awhile.
If you’re updating the website daily, then it is a good idea to make
Wordpress backup at least once a week. The easiest solution is to install
a backup plugin that does automated backups of the website.
On this presentation I will cover both, manual backup and automatic
backup/using plugin.
“Better safe than sorryyyy…!”
First, let’s see how we can backup Wordpress manually.
Access the Wordpress installation through your FTP Client, e.g. Filezilla.
Go to the root folder of your Wordpress installation, e.g. public_html
where you can see all the Wordpress files and folders
Then create a folder on your local computer and drag/copy all the
Wordpress files into the backup folder.
Make sure you copy all the files from the Wordpress installation folder on
your server.
Backup files on your local
computer
Once you have the copied Wordpress files from the server to your
computer, the next step is to backup the Wordpress database.
(On Hostgator) Login to your Cpanel and go to Databases ->
phpMyadmin
You will be redirected to the phpMyadmin control panel where you can
access all the databases on your server account
You can see the all the databases on the left sidebar, click the one you’re
using for your Wordpress installation.
If you cannot remember the name of your database, you
can find it on the wp-config.php file (on the WP backup
files)
On the next screen choose Export from the top menu.
You will see “Exporting tables from…” text.
Keep the Exporting method as Quick, format as SQL and click Go
After pressing Go button, the browser will automatically start
downloading the SQL database file. You have finished manually backing
up your Wordpress installation. Keep the backup files and database safe!
Now, let’s see a much easier way to do make a backup of your
Wordpress website with the Backupwordpress plugin.
Login to your Wordpress backend and go to the Plugins – Add New
Then on the Search Plugin field - type: backupwordpress
You will see BackupWordpress plugin listed on the plugins list, click
Install Now under it.
On the next screen you will see “Successfully installed the plugin…” text.
Click Activate Plugin
After activating the plugin you
will see it on the Plugins section
Next, on the left Wordpress sidebar go to Tools -> Backups
On the Manage Backups page, you can edit the
backup settings, how many backups weekly and what
to backup.
Click on the Settings and you will see a pop up where you can choose your
Schedule Settings.
Backup: choose Both Database & Files
Schedule: choose Once Daily or Weekly
Number of Backups…: choose less than 5
If you have a big Wordpress website, it’s better
to have only 1-2 backups stored on the server
since these might eat a lot of space on your server
You can also add your email address and
receive the backup to your to your email.
Once you have updated the settings, click Update.
Click on the Settings and you will see a pop up where you can choose your
Schedule Settings.
Backup: choose Both Database & Files
Schedule: choose Once Daily or Weekly
Number of Backups…: choose less than 5
If you have a big Wordpress website, it’s better
to have only 1-2 backups stored on the server
since these might eat a lot of space on your server
You can also add your email address and
receive the backup to your to your email.
Once you have updated the settings, click Update.
It’s good to create one backup immediately and download it.
You can make a new backup by clicking Run Now.
Remember to check that the backup is creating backup of both, the files and the
database. Once backup is completed you can see it on the list and click
Download to save it to your computer.
Even the BackupWordpress plugin does automatic backups to your server,
it’s good to download the backups to your local computer, just in case.
You never know when the server goes down…