WordPress: Backing Up Your Site

Protect your WordPress site with a robust backup routine. Learn how to back up and restore your data using several key methods, including manual backups and migration plugins.

Introduction

• Backing up your WordPress site

1. Backing Up WordPress

• Why is backing up your site necessary?
• What to back up and when
• Solutions covered in this course

2. Manually Backing Up Your Site

• Access the database
• Back up the database
• Restore the database from a backup
• Back up WordPress files
• Restore WordPress files from backup

3. Back Up and Restore via Hosting Tools

• Host-managed backup services
• Restore the site from a backup
• Create a backup

4. Back Up Using Third-Party Plugins

• Overview of popular backup plugins
• Install and activate UpdraftPlus
• Overview of UpdraftPlus
• Configure and schedule backups
• Restore your site from backup

5. Back Up Using Migration Plugins

• Backup using site migration plugins
• Configure and schedule package creation
• Create a manual package
• Restore your site from a package

Conclusion

• Backup matters