This post is for those who maintain their own WordPress site/s (or are employing someone other than myself do it for them).
Recently, I wrote an article about how to backup your WordPress site properly. If you are not in the habit of backing up regularly, reference that post for more information about backing up and then…
Why backup?
1) hosting companies disappear
2) servers crash
3) code gets corrupted
Ok, so I convinced you. Now if you’re like most people, you’ve got 2 tasks ahead:
To backup your database, use the WP-Database-Backup plugin. Before I discovered this simple backup plugin, I manually backed up my clients’ databases for them before I upgraded their version of WordPress. Those of you who have used MySql to backup can imagine how grateful I was to discover a plugin that would do this automatically. With WP-database-backup, you can schedule an automatic backup with email delivery to yourself or your WordPress manager.
To backup your wp-content folder, use an ftp program like fetch or use your web hosting control panel’s file manager. Once you’ve copied the wp-content folder to your computer or hard drive, burn your database and your wp-content folder onto a CD-R or DVD disk for storage (remember – hard drives can fail). Then sleep well at night – you’ve backed yourself up!
