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I need to backup my Wordpress blog

by Farouseh
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Hi Warriors,

I always hear that we should constantly backup our sites. Please tell me what should I backup.

Should I make a full backup? How can I do it?

Thanks,
#backup #blog #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author RARMediaGroup
    Originally Posted by Farouseh View Post

    Hi Warriors,

    I always hear that we should constantly backup our sites. Please tell me what should I backup.

    Should I make a full backup? How can I do it?

    Thanks,
    Make a full back up if you using cPanel, it's a quick button.
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  • Profile picture of the author Marketing Cheetah
    Use the WP Twin Plugin.
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  • Profile picture of the author cicicpa
    or this plugin " WordPress Database Backup ", one of the best, very easy to use
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    • Profile picture of the author aseper
      Originally Posted by cicicpa View Post

      or this plugin " WordPress Database Backup ", one of the best, very easy to use

      That's what I use as well. Incredibly easy and self explanatory. Once you get it set up, you can set it up to backup automatically as often as you want.
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  • Profile picture of the author moykan
    for me the best solution is that you connect via FTP and backup all files, then connect to your phpmyadmin and backup your database.
    If you contact your hosting provider they will explain how to do it.
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    • Profile picture of the author markv
      I use the WP-DB-Backup plugin for my blogs. You can schedule the plugin to e-mail you a backup of your blog at any set interval. Its very good and easy to set up.
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      • Profile picture of the author blue_sky
        I second that BUT -

        I just had a blog where the backup didnt work - in this particular case the download monitor plugin couldnt be restored...

        so before you go out and start a blog with 1000 posts check out if the plugins you are using "are coming back" after a backup


        Originally Posted by markv View Post

        I use the WP-DB-Backup plugin for my blogs. You can schedule the plugin to e-mail you a backup of your blog at any set interval. Its very good and easy to set up.
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  • Profile picture of the author jack jastin
    Yeah, Backing up is very important timely. Because if your daytabase gets erased, You will lose whatever you have written. That is not in your control so the best way to avoid is do back up your data.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ruth P
    I do my backup in two steps.

    Step 1 is for the database files (stores your settings, posts, pages etc), which I use the WP-DB-Backup plugin for as others have mentioned on this thread.
    Step 2 is for the Wordpress files (theme files, plugins etc) and to do that I login via FTP and backup the "wp-content" folder.

    As long as you have those two parts you should be able to completely restore your Wordpress site should anything happen.
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  • Profile picture of the author IdeaLady
    You need to backup both your WP installation and the data base. I just wrote about this, because I accidentally deleted my husband's site last weekend while I was cleaning up some server files. Fortunately, we had automatic backups set up, so I am still married (and alive).

    There are two free plugins that will do the job for you automatically: WP Backup and WP DB Backup. You can read more at http://cathystucker.com/back-up-your-blog
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  • Profile picture of the author Jouvan Johnson
    I have never thought about backing up my blog before but this seems like the wise thing to do, I am glad I read this post. Thank you
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Shook
      With so many more people starting to use WP as their money sites, the idea of backup is a really important topic. It is not a hard thing to do, but for some reason a lot of people skip this step.

      I think WP is a fabulous program. It allows anyone to create a decent looking site with very little trouble. But since all of the pages of content are created and stored online, it is vitally important to have a copy for yourself somewhere easily accessible.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Baker
    I have found the easiest and quickest way to backup any wordpress blog is by using the WP-DB-Backup plugin.
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  • Profile picture of the author laurenswuyts
    Use the Wordpress Back up thing. It's easy and always do a full back up.
    I choose to send the backups to my email-address every day. You can never now what happens in a day
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    • Profile picture of the author msafi
      BackWPup does plugin/theme files backup as well as database backup. It can send the backups to your email, FTP server, Amazon S3, and more. Well worth checking out. (It's free and open source, by the way.)
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