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2 Ways To Backup Your WordPress
June 7, 2008
I can’t tell you how many times I’m on a forum, and I read threads of people freaking out because their entire sidebar is missing (or something along those lines.) I’ve been a victim of such incidents myself; this is why I can’t express enough how important it is to backup your blog.
Just imagine: you go to add a new AdSense code or change a banner, and you accidently erase a <div> tag but you don’t notice. You hit save, view your blog and 1/3 of the page is blank! If you’re not familiar with html, php coding and all that good stuff, it’s going to be while for you to determine it’s a <div> tag your missing let alone where to place it.
Save yourself the hassle and backup your files. If you make a mistake, then poof voila! Back everything up again and it’s all brand new. So here’s 2 ways you can backup your WordPress.
1.) The WP export Feature
Now this feature that already comes in your WP’s dashboard is great if you just want to quickly back up all your posts and pages. You can simply go to your dashboard under “Manage,” then click on “Export” and finally, choose the Author’s post you’re exporting and download the file. You can later go back to your dashboard under “Manage” – “Import.”
2.) WordPress Back Up Plugin
This is the way I do it. With this plugin you simply download, upload, and activate like any other plugin. Then go to the menu, which you can find by going to your WP dashboard and clicking on the “Manage” tab. after that a subtab will come out and you will then see the tab: “Backup”. The plugin automatically selects all default WP files (tables) and gives you the option to select anymore it might find. You can even schedule the plugin to back up your WP under an hourly, daily, or weekly basis.
You can get the plugin here WP Backup Plugin
These are two simple ways for you to backup your database incase anything goes wrong. Even if you feel you won’t make mistakes, servers crash, people get hacked. This is why no matter what you should always backup your database.
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