Backup versus Export?

  • I’m not sure what the difference is. I had my current WordPress on another domain/hosting setup, and I set up the one I’m using now on a new one, exported (some of) the old posts, then imported them to the new site, and everything works, except for a few things that are probably the result of changing themes and non-relative linking.

    Now I want to back up my current WP, and have read and re-read the backup pages in the Codex to no avail. I have Filezilla, but don’t know what I need to save. Everything?

    I guess I just don’t understand what I need to be doing, since the Export command seemed to do what I needed it to, whereas the backup documentation seems far more dense and less than casual-user-friendly.

    tl;dr: is the “Export” option a viable backup, or do I need to do something additional/else?

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  • put simply, Export/import relies on you having wordpress already installed on the new host. Basically you are exporting/importing all the posts, categories, menus from the old site to the new

    A full backup, backs up all your custom themes, plugins, database, the whole site can be restored by copying the files and database back to the server without having to reinstall wordpress to it.

    Thread Starter graphitegolem

    (@graphitegolem)

    I’m sorry, but I’m still not seeing the difference.

    Wouldn’t I want to have WP installed if I am restoring the site anyway, whether I have to install it again because of a server crash, or because a WP update ate my posts? Or is there something in the database that I’m overlooking?

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