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Wordpress Backup

by Aaron Elliott
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Can anyone suggest a backup plug in for wordpress, I found some free ones, and also found back up buddy - any advice as of what to use would be great.
#backup #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author Defunct
    Originally Posted by Aaron Elliott View Post

    Can anyone suggest a backup plug in for wordpress, I found some free ones, and also found back up buddy - any advice as of what to use would be great.
    Hi Aaron,

    I use WordPress Database Backup, you can mail yourself daily back ups or do it on the fly.
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  • Profile picture of the author Aaron Elliott
    That is what I use at the moment, Im trying to figure out what extras backup buddy saves.
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  • Profile picture of the author Aaron Elliott
    Anyone got experience with back up buddy, is it needed? Does it offer anything else the free backups do not?
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  • Profile picture of the author N4PGW
    I use a free one to backup the database everyday, but I recently purchased WPTwinBackup which is a suppliment to WPTwin. I read that it is supposed to create automated backups, but I don't know if it mails them or not. I haven't had time to look it over.

    I created a gmail account called zz.mydomain@gmail.com with a very secure password which I use as a backup storage facility. I set WP up with a free plugin called Database Backup. I set it to create a new backup every day of all the database tables and to email them to my gmail account. Then I manually create a backup designated to go to the same email account. After the backup, I go to gmail and set a criteria to automatically delete any email with the word "Wordpress" in the From field.

    Gmail keeps files in the trash for 30 days and then deletes them. So, you get to refer back to 30 days worth of database backups in the event of a crash.

    I also use WPTwin to do a full backup. At first, I sent them to the same email address without deleting them, but they outgrow the 25MB limitation of the gmail incoming email size. Now I just store them on my computer or burn them to a cd.

    As long as the database stays below 25MB, you are ok. I setup 10 blogs to each gmail account. That is about what will fit if they were all 25 MB for 30 days.

    I hope this helps a little.
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  • Profile picture of the author Pat Ordenes
    backup buddy save EVERYTHING...
    it's pretty handy... you can migrate quite easily.
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  • Profile picture of the author theentry
    I got it backed up by my hosting company every week or so. But if thats not an option then manually backup the SQL database + the files and you will be fine
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  • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
    Dunno why you need all these plugins - a manual database backup is quick and easy - and free.
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    nothing to see here.

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    • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
      Andy,
      Dunno why you need all these plugins - a manual database backup is quick and easy - and free.
      And requires time and can be easily forgotten.


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      • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
        Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

        Andy,And requires time and can be easily forgotten.


        Paul
        You could say the same thing about many business processes. That doesn't mean they're not valid.

        I'm all for automating things like this - but sometimes people are looking for tools before even understanding the process.

        I know that 'making a database backup' can sound very daunting for a non-techy, but most people seem to be able to use email and operate their web-browser if they come here.

        If you have any sort of cpanel then doing a backup of your site is very easy and definitely worth working out how to do - even if you do decide to just use a tool to do it.

        It concerns me that people often come here looking to cut the corners off all of their business processes - but then when they get problems - it's always someone else's fault because they're not able to help themselves.

        At least if you know the process - it doesn't matter whether your site is a blog or some other type of cms.

        I see something like knowing how to backup your data/website in the same way as knowing how to change the tyre on my car - I'm not expecting to need to do it often, and I can get someone else to do it - but if the brown stuff hits the fan - I want to know how to help myself.

        Maybe I'm not normal - I've been told that a lot

        Andy
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  • Profile picture of the author TrafficMystic
    I use blogzap and and it backups the db as well as the blog..
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