Backing up my WordPress website

  • I’m new to WordPress and before I potentially mess up the site I’d like to create a back up.

    I’d purchased a backup plug in which unfortunately my site host does not support. My question is, can I simply FTP the complete site back to a folder onto my PC?

    Then if I need to restore it, simply upload by FTP the contents in the same order as they can off?

    I’m hoping it’s possible but am guessing it’s a bit more complicated.

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    It’s more complicated. You also need to backup your database.

    I use the free plugin backwpup to do scheduled, automatic backups and ship them off to Dropbox.

    Thread Starter Stephen

    (@stephenc1)

    Thanks Stern, it seemed quite straightforward.

    Planning to back up all the files tomorrow and then hopefully I’ll be protected in case the site goes down. Should have done this ages ago!

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