How do you backup WordPress ?

Dear All,
How do you backup your wordpress sites?
What do you think is the most reliable method for doing this ?

Thanks.

 

Download and install BackupBuddy (install like any other WordPress plugin). You'll also need to activate BackupBuddy (visit your plugins dashboard and follow the instructions).

 

Updraftplus also and option

 

You can simoly use rsync if u are on a VPS. For regular backup, you can also use cpanel backup feature itself.

 

If softaculous is installed, try using auto backups option.

 

When we talk about backup, there are two thing we should keep in mind. A complete Website backup consists of two types of backups i.e one is WordPress files and other is WordPress database.

As mentioned in other answers, you can create a backup using a WordPress plugin, but I don’t think a free plugin will do that for you. Even if some does, they don’t do complete website backup.

But don’ worry! You can go manual backup of WordPress. All the web developers around the world uses manual backup to create backup of their client’s website or even their own website. It is simple to manually backup your WordPress site if you know the steps.

First, Backup your WordPress database:

Follow the steps:

• Go to your hosting cPanel and find backup or database backup.
• Find MySQL Database Backup. Here, you will find your database.
• Click on your database name and download it.
• The database file will be downloaded to your computer in zip(.gz extension) format.

Second, Backup your WordPress files

You can download all your WordPress files present inside hosted server using cPanel or FTP (file transfer protocol).

• Go to your cPanel and look for File Manager.
• Go into public_html - this is the root folder of your website. All your website files can be found inside this folder.
• Here, you can download any file you want to your computer. Suppose if you have made changes to your WordPress theme and you want a backup of it. Then inside the public_html, go to wp-admin/themes/. You will see your theme folder. Download it.

You can also use an FTP client software like FileZilla to backup your WordPress files. It is recommended way to download your WordPress files.


Regards,
Adrian

 

Being a blogger for the past three years I know how important it is to back up the blog as the WordPress runs on web hosting, there are a lot of issues that can come with your blog at any given time like the following:

• The hosting company might shut down.
• A hacker might hack the blog
• By mistake, you delete your Wordpress database.
• Your hosting company suspects your WordPress site for high memory usage.

For a Wordpress blog, you need to backup these two folders:

• WordPress database
• WP-content folder

The best way to backup the website is by using the hosting company. If you are using any managed WordPress hosting like Kinsta hosting, WPEngine hosting then there is no need to worry about taking a backup of your own. As these hosting companies take a daily backup at an offshore location.

If you are using the shared hosting then the case will not be the same. The only thing which you need to check with your hosting company is that do they store the backup on a remote server or the same server.