Newbie asks – How Do I Back Up My Blog?

  • Hi,

    I just had trouble opening my blog and its admin page, and I realized I need to make a back up of the blog. I’ve never done this before, and I’d really appreciate step by step instructions. I don’t want to lose a thing.

    I really appreciate your help,
    Elizabeth
    https://blog.onespotallergy.com

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  • Hi Elizabeth,

    It’s great that you realized you should be backing up your blog. One never knows when something could go terribly wrong.

    I use and recommend the BackWPup plugin.

    I wrote a post about Backing-up WordPress websites just a few days ago. If you’re interested you can read it here.

    Although backing up onto your server is safer than to not backup at all, I do recommend backing up to a remote site. If someone – or something – gets access to your files your backup files could be compromised as well. On the websites that I maintenance I typically do a complete backup – all files, database, posts/pages export – twice a week. I then also backup the database the the pages/post export every other day. I set the times to early morning – like 2 or 3 a.m. when there isn’t much traffic.

    Please let me know if you need any more help!

    Thread Starter OnespotAllergy

    (@onespotallergy)

    Thank you for replying, Patrick. Is that plugin compatible with version 3.0.1? I haven’t updated, because when I start to, I get messages that I need to back up first :-/

    I also don’t understand about backing up to my server or a remote site. Could you please explain that a little bit more, so I understand what to do?

    I appreciate your help very much,
    Elizabeth

    Sure, no problem!

    I cannot guaranteed that the BackWPup plugin is compatible with WP v 3.0.1.

    There are other plugins available that perform similar tasks. If you want to be 100% certain I can recommend you the WP-DBManager plugin. This plugin only backs up your database – not your files and the WXR (the export of the content of your pages and posts.)

    It’s very rare that something drastic will happen when you upgrade but I would still recommend backing up.

    Backing up to your server means the backup files are stored on your server – the same place where all the WordPress files are stored. Backing up to a remote site simply means that it’s not located on your server and is therefore more secure because if your WP blog/website is hacked then those files won’t also be compromised.

    Let me know if you have any other questions!

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