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Backing Up Your

WordPress Site

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February 26, 2012

Codex: WordPress Backups

http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups

The Hard Way

Export Settings

Manual Restore

http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup

Import Your SQL File

Back Up Your Files in Cpanel

THERE’S AN EASIER WAY

Backup Plugins

WordPress Backup Plugins

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/backup

Today’s Picks

• BackupBuddy: Premium Plugin from iThemes

• VaultPress: Paid service from Automattic

• BackWPUp: Free plugin by Daniel Hüsken

BackupBuddy

http://pluginbuddy.com/purchase/backupbuddy/

VaultPress

http://vaultpress.com/

BackWPup

http://backwpup.com/

BACKUPBUDDY

My personal favorite

BackupBuddy Pricing

Note: this is an annual subscription fee.

BackupBuddy Backup Screen

Offsite Backup Destinations

Scheduling

Restoring/Migrating

See the video at http://player.vimeo.com/video/22918753 for detailed instructions

VAULTPRESS

Automattic’s Solution

VaultPress Pricing

VaultPress and MultiSite

Backup Stats

Blog Stats

Security

Automatic Database Restores

More details at http://vaultpress.com/help/database-restore/

BACKWPUP

Free WordPress Plugin

BackWPup Jobs List

BackWPup Job Options

• WP XML (WXR) Export

• Database Backup

• File Backup

• Optimize DB

• Check DB Tables

• Any combination of the Above

BackWPup Job Settings 1

BackWPup Job Settings 2

BackWPup Backup Locations

• E-mail

• FTP

• DropBox

• Amazon S3

• SugarSync

• Google Storage

• Microsoft Azure Blob

• Rackspace Cloud

BackWPup Manage Backups

BackWPup Logs

BackWPup Restore

Unzip your database backup and upload, then click the restore button. File backups must be restored manually.