{"id":393,"date":"2019-02-06T19:53:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T11:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelliwolf.com\/?p=393"},"modified":"2020-10-17T09:08:08","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T01:08:08","slug":"backup-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelliwolf.com\/backup-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Backup A WordPress Site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
If you run WordPress websites, you'll spend a large proportion of your time backing up sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are two main reasons you'll be backing up a site:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One-time backups for doing updates, moving the website or improving the site<\/li>
Regular backups in case the server goes down, you accidentally delete something or the website gets hacked.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
How to backup a WordPress site<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Install a backup plugin like Duplicator, Backup Buddy or UpdraftPlus<\/li>
Click a button to create a new backup<\/li>
Wait for the backup to run<\/li>
Optionally download the backup files to your computer or upload to the cloud<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
The exact steps will depend on which plugin you're using. I'll go through some of the more common ones below, as well as how to backup a WordPress website manually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you just want to jump to the walkthrough, here are the links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n