What is an easy to use backup plugin for a Wordpress website?

Thank-you for this information. I was also looking for suitable easy ways to backup my wordpress blog along with how and which RSS feed plugins are the best to use and install with a Wordpress blog.

I will definately try out the dropbox option. At least this is one thing I will be able to tick off my list as a job well done thanks to your recommendation!

Hi realnetworker,

I have just downloaded and installed this plugin on my site and it works like a charm. My site is fully up to date with the latest version of WP too.

Thanks to JaRyCu for recommending this too I use dropbox all the time and this is fantastic

That doesn't mean it doesn't work. I've got about 10 WP sites, some are updated to the most current WP installation and I've left some of them in older installs...the DropBox thing works just fine on the most current installation. No bugs at all!

-- jason

I also use the WordPress Database Backup Plugin, but I have hired a guy to backup my entire sites (weekly) for about a year, because only having the database backed up will not prevent massive time-consuming issues with a host of other problems. That said, I ran across this thread this morning: \warrior-special-offers-forum/422153-wpmaxbackup-ultimate-backup-plugin-pre-launch-special-till-8-18-11-a.html (I apparently don't have enough posts yet to insert a complete URL. Paste this in after the warriorforum.com and it will pop up the thread). This plugin appears to automate everything I currently pay a human to do, at a fraction of the cost. I bought it, and will set it up this weekend to give it a test drive.

Please note - I am not an affiliate for this product and I do not know anyone that has anything to do with it. It had a few good reviews and I was already paying humans to do the same thing, so I thought I would give it a shot. I'll try to find some time to come back here on Monday and let you know what I think about it after I have set it up.

Just a quick note that the database is a very important part, but if your hosting solution had a failure, you won't have your theme files, images, ebooks, plugins and other customizations.


I've played with a few plugins, but ended up creating my own solution that's specific to my VPS.

Here's a few that seem to rate fairly well:

WordPress › BackWPup « WordPress Plugins

WordPress › myEASYbackup « WordPress Plugins

WordPress › BackUpWordPress « WordPress Plugins

WordPress › Pressbackup « WordPress Plugins

WordPress › EZPZ One Click Backup « WordPress Plugins

WordPress › XCloner - Backup and Restore « WordPress Plugins


It seems there are a lot more options these days than when I checked a few years ago, and they seem to have a lot of options and apparently fairly stable now...

Good Luck!

Matt

Just a short note here. As I mentioned earlier, I have installed and tested WPMaxBackup plugin, and I have no axe to grind either way. It was easy to install, set up, and executed full site backups both manually and automatically flalessly.

Since I have several WP sites, and have experienced both database and site corruption from time to time in the past, it was important to find a solution that could backup the entire site, not just the DB. Had I known about Matt at kettlewell earlier it looks like there are more options than I was aware of. Looks like Matt could be a good WP resource.

In any case, I'll continue to test the effectiveness of WPMaxBackup over the next couple months, and if all goes well, I think I can get rid of my human for my site backups.