One of the most essential functions in keeping a smoothly-running website is to make sure you always have a current backup. In a perfect world, disaster recovery would never be necessary, but in reality, server crashes do sometimes happen. Particularly for small businesses, it’s vital to make sure that you always have a way to restore your data in case of emergency.
The WP-DB-Backup plugin allows you to quickly and easily backup your core WordPress database. To install the WP-DB-Backup plugin and run a backup of your WordPress website:
- Go to Add New plugins in your WordPress Admin interface
- Search for WP-DB-Backup and install it
- Go into the setting for the plugin and schedule your backups.
You can set a schedule to run the backup and email you a zip file with the contents of your WordPress database. The schedule of how often you should run a backup really depends on how frequently your website content changes.
For example, if you post new content every week, just set the schedule to run the backup each week.
If your website ever does crash, and you need to restore from your most recent backup, simply log into your web host’s control panel, and use phpMyAdmin to quickly and easily restore your WordPress database.
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Hi Cindy
WP-DB-Backup appears to be the backup plugin that everyone recommends.
I’ve looked at the developers website and he only mentions Wordpress 2.7… is it OK with Wordpress 2.8.4?