Wpwatercooler - Weekly Wordpress

On this episode we will be focusing on tools and techniques to backing up a WordPress installation and how to backup before a major upgrade. Backups are really important, and everyone should backup their sites. It doesn’t matter what platform you’re using, you need to be checking your restores every now and then to make sure that in the event of a site crash, your backups will work. Make sure your backup is going to a separate server and NOT on the same server your site is on. How often should you backup? * It really depends on the site and how your site changes. * It’s content dependent. If you have a site that puts out content all day, your would do well to back up several times a day. * Many sites back up nightly. * If you’re in e-commerce and having a lot of customer transactions in a day, you need to back up multiple times a day. * Back up every time you make any change whether it’s upgrading WordPress, a plugin, activating a plugin, updating a theme, anything. Ways to test your backup/restore: Restore