Is it possible to automate exporting?

  • Resolved JohnKendrick

    (@johnkendrick)


    15 years, 4 months ago

    Is there a plugin which can automate exporting?

    Because of problems I’ve recently encountered, I need to have access to my WP files outside of MySQL, in case my access is blocked. One answer is to automate exporting the website, say, on a daily basis.

    Thus, my question, whether there is a plugin which would do that. Or, short of that, a plugin which would alert me to do it each morning?

    Thanks in advance for any help.

    John Kendrick

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  • How about having a backup of your WordPress database emailed to you once a day?

    This plugin – https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/wp-db-backup/

    Thread Starter JohnKendrick

    (@johnkendrick)

    Good thought. But I’m so new to this stuff I don’t know how to get into the database without going through an administrative form. I use the one in MAMP at the moment. And was denied access to the database. Which led me to have to reinstall.

    I need some means of saving the contents of WP posts and pages outside the database on a regular basis. Without it I have no confidence in working in WP.

    Thanks, anyway.

    John

    PHPmyAdmin is the normal interface that the majority of people use to access mySQL. Very few people access through the lowlevel MySQL command line interface.

    The point is, with a WP database backup you can recreate the entire site in 30 mins if necessary. (You need a backup of your theme and plugin folders to go with that).

    Being denied access to the database on a local install (MAMP etc) is usually a one-time password related issue having to do with the overall setup of MySQL in the MAMP installation. Its an issue of the password assigned to the root user, and whether you are accessing your local database with the root user or you added another user, and getting the correct user/password in WordPress’ wp-config.php file.

    When you go live on the web all that becomes a non-issue. You access PHPmyAdmin through the hosting control panel. If you can log into the hosting control panel you have access to your database.

    There are a number of tutorials on the web for how to admin a WordPress database using phpMyAdmin.

    Thread Starter JohnKendrick

    (@johnkendrick)

    Terrific suggestion. But how do I access MySQL database vis PHPmyAdmin if I’m told the password is wrong?

    John

    see if either of these posts about MAMP and MySQL password issues will help (I got these from Google search)
    https://www.killersites.com/forums/topic/317/help-accessing-mysql-on-mamp/
    https://forum.mamp.info/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1719&start=0

    Thread Starter JohnKendrick

    (@johnkendrick)

    Actually, those look to be exactly what I’m looking for. I’m pretty busy with other matters right now. So I’ll have to wait until much later this evening to run them down. Carefully. Hopefully, I can do that while I’m watching the tail end of the Yankees Twins game.

    Again, thanks,

    John

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