backing up your wordpress site
DESCRIPTION
Review of manual WordPress Backups, Automattic's VaultPress service,and the WordPress backup plugins BackupBuddy and BackTRANSCRIPT
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Backing Up Your
WordPress Site
East Bay WordPress Meetup
February 26, 2012
Codex: WordPress Backups
http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups
The Hard Way
Export Settings
Manual Restore
http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup
Import Your SQL File
Back Up Your Files in Cpanel
THERE’S AN EASIER WAY
Backup Plugins
WordPress Backup Plugins
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/backup
Today’s Picks
• BackupBuddy: Premium Plugin from iThemes
• VaultPress: Paid service from Automattic
• BackWPUp: Free plugin by Daniel Hüsken
BackupBuddy
http://pluginbuddy.com/purchase/backupbuddy/
BACKUPBUDDY
My personal favorite
BackupBuddy Pricing
Note: this is an annual subscription fee.
BackupBuddy Backup Screen
Offsite Backup Destinations
Scheduling
Restoring/Migrating
See the video at http://player.vimeo.com/video/22918753 for detailed instructions
VAULTPRESS
Automattic’s Solution
VaultPress Pricing
VaultPress and MultiSite
Backup Stats
Blog Stats
Security
Automatic Database Restores
More details at http://vaultpress.com/help/database-restore/
BACKWPUP
Free WordPress Plugin
BackWPup Jobs List
BackWPup Job Options
• WP XML (WXR) Export
• Database Backup
• File Backup
• Optimize DB
• Check DB Tables
• Any combination of the Above
BackWPup Job Settings 1
BackWPup Job Settings 2
BackWPup Backup Locations
• FTP
• DropBox
• Amazon S3
• SugarSync
• Google Storage
• Microsoft Azure Blob
• Rackspace Cloud
BackWPup Manage Backups
BackWPup Logs
BackWPup Restore
Unzip your database backup and upload, then click the restore button. File backups must be restored manually.