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Do this or risk of losing everything :(

by mince001
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This has happened to one of my sites. I have lost all the information, all the content. The website was no longer existent. I had to start again from scratch.

Every now and again, hosting companies mess up, and you can lose your wordpress websites(the content, everything).

In order to avoid this, I would advise you to download this free plugin(no opt in required) and install it on your wordpress theme.


Good luck!
#losing #risk
  • Profile picture of the author ~kev~
    Its always a good idea tto backup, but your going to need to backup more then just the database, you need to backup all of your files as well.

    I'll do a database dump, then I will use FTP to download the entire html directory on the server.

    In fact, I did 2 dumps of the database, and downloaded the entire html directory last night.
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    • Profile picture of the author InTheMaking
      Wish this thread was around sooner, just happened to one of my sites. I'm so rattled.

      So stupid..spent a whole day on it yesterday actually.

      Is there any way how to re find our content or something?
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      • Profile picture of the author mince001
        Originally Posted by InTheMaking View Post

        Wish this thread was around sooner, just happened to one of my sites. I'm so rattled.

        So stupid..spent a whole day on it yesterday actually.

        Is there any way how to re find our content or something?
        As far as I know, there isn't. Try and contact your hosting company and see if they can do anything. I usually save copies of my posts, pictures, an affiliate links on my computer just in case. But I also use that plugin.
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        • Profile picture of the author jaybee2003
          Always locally backup both your html and your database. If backing up your database is too advanced for you, ask your hosting company if they offer a daily backup service.
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  • Profile picture of the author howto
    Seriously why would you not back up your files? :/ I make all my pages on my pc before I upload them and just keep the same file structure on my pc as well as on my web server. I suppose thats another pluss of having a bespoke website instead of relying on crappy word press.
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    • Profile picture of the author InTheMaking
      Originally Posted by howto View Post

      Seriously why would you not back up your files? :/ I make all my pages on my pc before I upload them and just keep the same file structure on my pc as well as on my web server. I suppose thats another pluss of having a bespoke website instead of relying on crappy word press.
      well that's a stupid question to ask, if I knew I would of done it in the first place.
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      • Profile picture of the author howto
        Originally Posted by InTheMaking View Post

        well that's a stupid question to ask, if I knew I would of done it in the first place.
        What happened if your hosting company had burned down etc? My friend has how own web design company and he didn't have any of his clients pages backed up. I gave him a sturn talking to about it. His company would be bankrupt if they lost his data. I guess what seems common sense to me isn't for others
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        • Profile picture of the author mince001
          Originally Posted by howto View Post

          What happened if your hosting company had burned down etc? My friend has how own web design company and he didn't have any of his clients pages backed up. I gave him a sturn talking to about it. His company would be bankrupt if they lost his data. I guess what seems common sense to me isn't for others
          I think backing up is one of the most important things to do if you want websites that will exist for years. You don't want to take such high risks.

          This applies to internet marketers,web design companies , seo consultants.
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    • Profile picture of the author ~kev~
      Originally Posted by howto View Post

      I suppose thats another pluss of having a bespoke website instead of relying on crappy word press.
      when you start getting thousands of pages, you will understand why people use a content management system
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  • Profile picture of the author Keep Trying
    Originally Posted by mince001 View Post

    This has happened to one of my sites. I have lost all the information, all the content. The website was no longer existent. I had to start again from scratch.

    Every now and again, hosting companies mess up, and you can lose your wordpress websites(the content, everything).

    In order to avoid this, I would advise you to download this free plugin(no opt in required) and install it on your wordpress theme.


    Good luck!
    Wow, I'm sorry to hear that. Which hosting company were you hosted with?
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    • Profile picture of the author mince001
      Hostgator. They have a great team, but they couldn't do anything .Luckily I had all my posts saved on my computer, pictures and everything else. So it wasn't that hard to do it all over again. Just time consuming, but some people don't save up their information on the computer, which makes it very hard to start again.
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      • Profile picture of the author Keep Trying
        Originally Posted by mince001 View Post

        Hostgator. They have a great team, but they couldn't do anything .Luckily I had all my posts saved on my computer, pictures and everything else. So it wasn't that hard to do it all over again. Just time consuming, but some people don't save up their information on the computer, which makes it very hard to start again.
        I was hoping you didn't say HostGator, because I have the same host too! Now I'm afraid that my files will get deleted, because I haven't saved any of my content on my computer. I tried to install the plugin, but it didn't work for me...
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        • Profile picture of the author mince001
          Originally Posted by Keep Trying View Post

          I was hoping you didn't say HostGator, because I have the same host too! Now I'm afraid that my files will get deleted, because I haven't saved any of my content on my computer. I tried to install the plugin, but it didn't work for me...
          Try installing it through the cpanel...if that doesn't work, try using ftp. It will definitely work. I have actually installed it on one of my sites a couple of minutes ago.
          I would also advise you to copy all your content and paste it in some notepad docs.

          After you install the plugin, you can also create a backup straight away and save it on your computer. Just go to your cpanel an then tools, backup and then it is self-explanatory.

          I hope this helps!
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          • Profile picture of the author Keep Trying
            Originally Posted by mince001 View Post

            Try installing it through the cpanel...if that doesn't work, try using ftp. It will definitely work. I have actually installed it on one of my sites a couple of minutes ago.
            I would also advise you to copy all your content and paste it in some notepad docs.

            After you install the plugin, you can also create a backup straight away and save it on your computer. Just go to your cpanel an then tools, backup and then it is self-explanatory.

            I hope this helps!
            Thank you.
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  • Profile picture of the author Keep Trying
    Hi mince001, I am talking to HostGator live chat right now. They say they run automated weekly backups and you can restore your back up for a charge of $15.
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    • Profile picture of the author mince001
      Originally Posted by Keep Trying View Post

      Hi mince001, I am talking to HostGator live chat right now. They say they run automated weekly backups and you can restore your back up for a charge of $15.
      When I have asked them, they did not offer this
      It's all fine now though. I have reconstructed the site

      Install the plugin though. Don't risk it
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  • Profile picture of the author Steven Miranda
    It is a good idea to have 2 backups always.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Most times you can recover your content from the Google cache, If you act as soon as you lose the site.

    Still the cache isn't a replacement for backing up a site.

    Just saying,



    Originally Posted by mince001 View Post

    This has happened to one of my sites. I have lost all the information, all the content. The website was no longer existent. I had to start again from scratch.

    Every now and again, hosting companies mess up, and you can lose your wordpress websites(the content, everything).

    In order to avoid this, I would advise you to download this free plugin(no opt in required) and install it on your wordpress theme.


    Good luck!
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