How to use plug-ins to automatically back up WordPress websites _ website backups

The most important thing of the website is the data security. Although my father has not encountered the situation of data loss on the server for so many years, he has to do backup. This article introduces how to use plug-ins to WordPress Automatic website backup.

Tip: All plug-ins described in this article can be backed up manually or automatically.

There are many plug-ins for automatically backing up website data on WordPress. Dad tested the first UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin and WP Database Backup currently in use today

UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin vs. WP Database Backup

UpdraftPlus has a free version and a paid version, some of which are displayed in Chinese. The paid version supports more cloud storage methods and more exclusion rules.

UpdraftPlus supports backup of database and website data, as well as incremental backup (which is why Daddy installed and tested it)

WP Database Backup only supports database backup. You can purchase their WP All Backup plug-in to realize database and data backup.

UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin Function Demonstration

Some contents of UpdraftPlus have been translated into Chinese. The following figure is the main interface. You can click the backup button to manually backup.

Since we want to implement automatic backup, we need to set it first.

The automatic backup time is selected once a day, and the remote storage option is FTP. Domestic users can only use FTP, and other cloud disks can't access it. It is a paid version option.

After selecting FTP, there is an FTP configuration window at the bottom of the page. Fill in your FTP configuration information. (If you don't have FTP space other than your own website server, you can also not select remote storage, which will be automatically saved to the local, and then you can download it and save it to your own computer.)

The default UpdraftPlus excludes some file directories from the backup list. You can also add or delete the excluded file list yourself.

After setting, go to backup. UpdraftPlus will automatically compress your backup files and upload them to the designated FTP directory. The backup file format is shown below:

Data, plug-ins, and theme directories are compressed and uploaded separately.

Dad reminds me that if you want to back up the website data, try to back it up when there are few people in the morning to avoid affecting the stability of the server. For example, Dad's server has only 1M bandwidth, and it is difficult to open the website when uploading.

WP Database Backup function demonstration and description

WP Database Backup can only automatically back up the database, but it is enough for the father to back up the database, because the father's attachment files are uploaded to the cloud（ Use Youpai Cloud to accelerate WordPress website ）The files on the server are rarely changed. The main problem is that the theme file is backed up. And the theme is not always changed, so manual backup is OK.

WP Database Backup is an English interface, but it is also simple to use. The following figure is the default interface.

To automatically backup, select the Scheduler tab and check Enable Auto Backups.

In the following Auto Database Backup Frequency, select Daily to backup every day.

Then set the Maximum Local Backups to be the number of backup copies reserved by the local machine (server), Daddy Here is the set 0

Enable Log， Enable logging. (I didn't see where to see the log information)

Remove local backup.

The Exclude Table From Database Backup at the bottom excludes which tables of the database are not added to the backup.

For example, some statistical plug-ins you install will generate logs. Those logs are not important and take up a lot of space, which can be excluded. Of course, don't touch those who don't understand.

In the Destination interface, select Upload to FTP. Of course, if you don't have FTP, you can check the email notification below, and attach the backup attachment (Yes for Attach backup file). However, the email attachment is 25MB at most. If your website database is large, you still need to use FTP (it can also be downloaded manually on the server)

After setting, WP Database Backup will automatically back up the database for you every day and upload it to FTP and send emails. The database is the soul of the website, and the website file is just the body of the website, so it is more important to backup the database every day.

WP Database Backup is no longer recommended to back up data. The data it backs up has bugs, and the percent sign will be backed up as garbled code.

In addition, automatic backup can be directly implemented on the server, such as Pagoda panel Next time, Daddy will introduce it to you. If you are also interested in building websites, click here to view Tutorial of building website from scratch 。

More articles on website backup

In addition to plug-in backup, there are other ways to backup website data. You can refer to the following articles:

• Tutorial on Automatic Backup of Website and Database to FTP Storage Space on Pagoda Panel
• How to restore the pagoda backup website _ Server backup data recovery tutorial
• Manual backup of website and database with cPanel for SiteGround virtual host Tutorial
• Differences between WordPress website background export and database plug-in backup
• The database is too large. Failed to import. 502 Bad Gateway Error Resolution

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