Hi there, In this Article on CyberNomadTV. I am sharing a WordPress Resource.
Here, you will learn ” How to Take a Full Backup of WordPress Website/Blog”
Full Backup of WordPress means:
- Entire WordPress Database
- Themes and Plugins Configurations
- Post and Page Data
- WordPress Settings and SEO Functions
Earlier, when I used to run Websites ( WPNomadic and Seodumb ), I used to perform backups and migrations for lot of clients. This was back in 2017 and 2018. Now things have gotten quite better actually with various solutions and methods introduced.
In this Article, I am Using Updraft WordPress Plugin which is our most used plugin at cybernomadtv. Also we recommend our readers to use updraft, It’s free and covers most of the features you need to perform backups.
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So, Let’s get started with the WordPress Backup Tutorial without wasting any time.
How to Take WordPress Backup
Taking Backup for a WordPress site involves – Backup Plugin, Creating Backup and Selecting the Backup file created.
In this Article, I am showing Taking Backup and testing it live to see changes in the WordPress Website.
I will be using, two backup files. One of 21st June and created ones which i created for this tutorial.
- Head over to Updraft Plugin Dashboard, If you haven’t installed, you can find it here for free. “Updraft”
- Shown in the Image above, Click on “Backup Now”
- The Backup Process starts
As you can see, The backup is in progress. It takes less time depending on the size of your Website and the data it holds.
Once done, The backup file created which show in last section called ” Existing Backups”
As you can see above, The backup which I have created just now is being displayed.
The Backup File shows:
- Backup Date
- Backup Data – Plugins, Themes, Database, Uploads and Other
- Actions – Restore, View Log and Delete.
Here, I am downloading the backup file on my local computer and will show the backup upload in real time.
To download the Backup File, Click on View Log > Opens the Log file which appears like this > Click on Download Log File
This is the Backup Restore Process shown in the image above.
To Perform Backup Restore to check the status of website you can perform it in 2 ways:
- Click on Restore Button shown in the Updraft Dashboard which you can find it in Existing Backups Section
- You can also download the Backup File Locally on your Computer and navigate to Updraft and select Upload to perform the action
However both the methods are same, you can choose as per your ease.
The Backup File which we uploaded in the process, and takes less time to finish.
As you can see the backup shows:
- Verifying
- Database
- Plugins
- Themes
- Uploads
- Others
- Cleaning
- Finished
The backup restores all the files in the WordPress database and fetches older version of site, which in this case is of 21st june.
Once done, you can check the website for changes.
As you can see in this image shown, This was my earlier website which is different from the current one. The header and footer menu is different and the content on homepage is different.
This becomes useful when you are designing and configuring wordpress, you have backup data in case anything goes wrong.
Even if your site got hacked, you have data backups stored.
You can store the backup data in:
- Local Computer
- Cloud
- Updraft
- WordPress Dashboard
I would recommend store it in 3 options – Local, Cloud and Internal
To Protect wordpress data from being stolen, you can use and install Sucuri WordPress Security Solution.
At CyberNomadTV, we use Sucuri to protect from Cyber Attacks. You get Firewall and DDOS Protection and also lot of security configurations which you can perform.
It’s a must have security plugin, You can check out Sucuri here.
Now, here I am restoring again to my current version and uploading the lastest backup file.
This tutorial was created on 30 sep to show the backup process in real time.
Now you can check CyberNomadTV and see changes.
If you any help and assistance in Backup and Migrations, we offer 1:1 Consulting. We are connected with wordpress ecosystem since 2014.
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