back up my WordPress site

[Annie_P]

How do I back up my WordPress site?

[Rex Maughan]

There are two ways to back up your WordPress website: one is using a WordPress plugin, and the second is doing it manually.

There are so many plugins available, like BackWPup, UpdraftPlus, All-in-One WP Migration, and Jetpack.



--> Manual Backup:

First, back up all your files.

• Connect to your site via cPanel.
• Navigate to Files >> File Manager.
• Choose public_html.
• Next, select your website’s folder, then click the ‘Compress’ button at the top of the page.

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• A pop-up window will open, choose ‘Zip Archive’, then click ‘Compress Files’ to create a backup.

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• Once compression is finished, a confirmation message will appear, click ‘Close’ to continue.

Now you have new .zip file in your public_html folder.

• Click ‘Download’ at the top to save the backup file to your computer.

This includes your theme, plugins, uploads, and WordPress core files.



--> Backup your database

• Log in to your cPanel.
• Open phpMyAdmin.
• Select your WordPress database.
• Click Export (choose "Quick" and "SQL" format).
• Download the .sql file to your computer.

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[Christian J]

If you're using managed WordPress hosting, your hosting provider usually offers daily backups as part of the service.

You can contact their support and ask for a backup of your website, or you can restore your backup from their hosting panel also.