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Backup & Security Lite
Slides: slideshare.net/jeffreyzinn/backup-and-security-lite-wcphx13
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Jeffrey Zinn
• Co-founder of Pixel Jar• WordCamp OC co-organizer• AdSanity co-developer• @jeffreyzinn• jeff@jzinn.us
surfer, WordPress fanboy, avid backpacker, euro gamer, soccer hooligan, traveler,voracious coffee drinker
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Objective
1. Reduce your risk of being hacked.
2. Have a plan for when you are hacked.
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Security‣Secure your computer‣Secure your connection‣Secure your WordPress website
★ Do not be a target
★ Nothing is 100% secure!
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Secure your computer
‣ Keep you computer updated with the latest software‣ Install anti-virus software on your computer
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Secure your connection
‣ Use SFTP or SSH to connect to your site instead of FTP‣ If possible, use an SSL connection‣ How secure is your website host? Read up, ask questions.
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Secure your WordPress website
‣ Update, Update, Update (WordPress and plugins)‣ Change the database prefix (do not use wp_ )‣ Use secret keys https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/‣ Use trusted sources for themes and plugins‣ Do not use “admin” as a username‣ Use a strong password‣ File permissions, generally set files to 644 and folders to 755
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Backup & Security Lite‣Why back up your website?‣What needs to be backed up?‣When to back up your website?‣How to back up your website?
★ Have a plan to get your website back
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Why backup your WordPress website?
“Making backups is essential because problems inevitably occur and you need to be in a position to take action when disaster strikes. Spending a few minutes to make an easy, convenient backup of your database [and files] will allow you to spend even more time being creative and productive with your website.”
- wordpress.org
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‣ Database - Your WordPress database contains every post, every comment and every link you have on your blog. If your database gets erased or corrupted, you stand to lose everything you have written.‣ Files - Your WordPress website consists of the WordPress
Core Installation, your plugins, your themes, images, javascripts, PHP scripts, other code files, additional files, static pages... All of these are used in various combinations to generate your website.
What needs to be backed up?
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When to backup your website? (and where?)
‣ Frequency - Frequency depends on site activity. A blog that is posted to daily should be backed up more often than a CMS site that is only updated monthly. How much data are you willing to lose?‣ Where - Ideally three back ups should be made - one to your local hard drive, one to an
external server and one to a cloud or other service not in your immediate vicinity.
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How do I back up my WordPress website?
‣ Manually - Just like when WordPress was set up and the files were uploaded and the database was created, files can be pulled down and the database can be exported through the site’s hosting control panel.‣ Automated Through Plugins - Plugins can provide most of the functionality to create
back ups of WordPress sites, but finding the right one can be difficult.‣ 3rd Party Service - 3rd parties take most of the work out of your hands and provide
excellent back up and restore functionality, but usually at a price.‣ Specialized Hosting - Some hosting options are starting to pop up which specialize in
hosting WordPress installations including backup services.
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Backup Manually
Pros ConsFreeConfidence in result
ManualMust be diligent
‣ phpMyAdmin - Log into the site’s hosting control panel. Log in to the default database management tool. Select the WordPress database and create and export. (Save the file in all your back up locations.)‣ SFTP - Again, use the site’s hosting default SFTP tool or other 3rd Party tool
and connect to the webhost. Bring ALL files down to local machine. (Zip the folder, save to all back up locations.)
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Backup with Plugins
Pros ConsFreeSome automation
Plugin supported?Backs up to website server
‣ WP-DBManager pluginhttp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-dbmanager/‣ WordPress EZ Backup
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-ez-backup
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Backup with 3rd Party Services
Pros ConsLittle-to-no work after set upFully AutomatedSaves away from website serverRestore!
Paid service
‣ VaultPress - Automattic’s solution to backing up self-hosted WordPress installs. ($180 - $2400)‣ Amazon S3 - Automatic WordPress Backup is WordPress plugin that saves a
copy of your entire WordPress site to the Amazon S3 servers. (around $0.15/GB.)‣ BackupBuddy - BackupBuddy is an all-in-one solution for backups,
restoration, and migration. ($45 - $150)
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Backup with Specialized Hosting
Pros ConsFully automatedRestore!Web servers optimized for WordPress sites
Pricier than other hosting
‣ Page.ly - Provides nightly backups of both the files and the database of a WordPress site. ‣ Blog on Cloud 9 - Also provides nightly backups. ‣ WP Engine - Provides daily backups of your site, also allows you to create
your own restore points.
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The End. Thank You. Any Questions?
Slides: slideshare.net/jeffreyzinn/backup-and-security-lite-wcphx13
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