{"id":27228,"date":"2022-11-23T22:38:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T22:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/?p=27228"},"modified":"2025-01-07T13:21:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T12:21:27","slug":"wordpress-backup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wordpress-backup\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress backup: the definitive guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WordPress backups are&nbsp;<strong>essential<\/strong>&nbsp;to ensure that you can recover site content should something go wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Updates gone wrong, hacker attacks, but even programming errors can require a&nbsp;<strong>restore<\/strong>&nbsp;of a backup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this it is important to know how to backup WordPress and always keep copies of the site up to&nbsp;<strong>date<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>functional<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this guide we will see what options we have to create a site backup, both&nbsp;<strong>manually<\/strong>&nbsp;and automatically with a&nbsp;<strong>plugin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table of Contents<\/h2><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#word-press-backup-what-its-for-and-why-its-important\">WordPress backup: what it&#8217;s for and why it&#8217;s important<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#how-to-do-a-complete-backup-of-word-press\">How to do a complete backup of WordPress<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#how-many-ways-can-you-backup-your-word-press-site\">How many ways can you backup your WordPress site?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#how-to-make-a-manual-word-press-backup\">How to make a manual WordPress backup<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#make-a-backup-of-your-word-press-site-files\">Make a backup of your WordPress site files<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#download-a-backup-of-your-word-press-files-with-c-panels-native-feature\">Download a backup of your WordPress files with cPanel&#8217;s native feature<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#download-a-backup-of-your-word-press-files-with-the-file-manager\">Download a backup of your WordPress files with the file manager<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#make-a-copy-of-your-word-press-files-with-the-file-manager\">Make a copy of your WordPress files with the file manager<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#download-a-backup-of-your-word-press-files-via-ftp\">#Download a backup of your WordPress files via FTP<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#download-a-backup-of-your-word-press-files-via-ssh\">Download a backup of your WordPress files via SSH<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#make-a-backup-of-the-word-press-site-database\">Make a backup of the WordPress site database<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#download-a-database-dump-with-php-my-admin\">Download a database dump with phpMyAdmin<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#download-a-copy-of-the-database-with-wp-migrate-db\">Download a copy of the database with WP Migrate DB<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#what-to-do-after-word-press-backup\">What to do after WordPress backup<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#restore-a-word-press-backup\">Restore a WordPress backup<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#upload-site-files\">Upload site files<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#import-the-database\">Import the database<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#word-press-backup-the-plugins-to-use\">WordPress backup: the plugins to use<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#updraft-plus\">Updraft Plus<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#duplicator\">Duplicator<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#jetpacks\">Jetpacks<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#wp-time-capsule\">WP Time Capsule<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/wordpress-backup-guide-1024x538.png\" alt=\"Wordpress Backup Guide\" class=\"wp-image-30408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/wordpress-backup-guide-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/wordpress-backup-guide-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/wordpress-backup-guide-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/wordpress-backup-guide-120x63.png 120w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/wordpress-backup-guide.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"word-press-backup-what-its-for-and-why-its-important\">WordPress backup: what it&#8217;s for and why it&#8217;s important<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Backing up a site allows us to avoid losing data and changes made, as well as keeping us safe from possible problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What can go wrong with a WordPress site?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Everything<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the one hand there are accidental events that we cannot predict such as a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wordpress-hacked\/\">hacker attack<\/a>, programming errors or incompatibility with plugins that can cause problems for the site.&nbsp;Think for example of the dreaded&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/critical-error-wordpress\/\">WordPress critical error<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wordpress-backup-and-cyber-attacks.png\" alt=\"Wordpress Backup And Cyber Attacks\" class=\"wp-image-30409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wordpress-backup-and-cyber-attacks.png 1024w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wordpress-backup-and-cyber-attacks-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wordpress-backup-and-cyber-attacks-768x521.png 768w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wordpress-backup-and-cyber-attacks-93x63.png 93w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, there are all sorts of situations that require a backup.&nbsp;Some examples of cases in which it is good to make a backup of WordPress:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>before making&nbsp;<strong>changes<\/strong>&nbsp;to the site;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>before&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/update-wordpress\/\">upgrading WordPress<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In any case, if you are relying on a&nbsp;<strong>reliable hosting<\/strong>&nbsp;service, you should already be able to count on automatic backups.&nbsp;All SupportHost customers can rely on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/tutorial\/supporthost-backup\/\">daily backups<\/a>&nbsp;and can autonomously restore the last&nbsp;<strong>30 backups<\/strong>&nbsp;from cPanel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"note\">The presence of automatic backups does not exclude the need and the importance of performing&nbsp;<strong>manual backups<\/strong>&nbsp;with a certain regularity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-do-a-complete-backup-of-word-press\">How to do a complete backup of WordPress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To make a complete backup of a WordPress site you need to make a copy of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>all site&nbsp;<strong>files<\/strong>, i.e. those contained in the WordPress site directory;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the&nbsp;WordPress&nbsp;<strong>database<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wordpress-org-logo-brand.png\" alt=\"Wordpress Org Logo Brand\" class=\"wp-image-30410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wordpress-org-logo-brand.png 1024w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wordpress-org-logo-brand-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wordpress-org-logo-brand-768x261.png 768w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wordpress-org-logo-brand-120x41.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In our guide to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wordpress-phpmyadmin\/\">phpMyAdmin for WordPress<\/a>&nbsp;we have seen how the database is organized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In short, the tables of the&nbsp;<strong>database<\/strong>&nbsp;are those in which all the&nbsp;<strong>contents<\/strong>&nbsp;of the site are stored.&nbsp;In fact, the following are saved in the database: comments, articles, pages, site menus and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>files<\/strong>&nbsp;contained in the root directory, usually called&nbsp;<em>root<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>public_html<\/em>&nbsp;or with the name of your site, are the files that the CMS needs to work.&nbsp;Among them are the plugins, themes and media files that you upload to your WordPress site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-many-ways-can-you-backup-your-word-press-site\">How many ways can you backup your WordPress site?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that we&#8217;ve seen why it&#8217;s important to save a backup copy of your site and what files should be included in the backup, let&#8217;s see how to proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"974\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/full-wordpress-backup.png\" alt=\"Full WordPress Backup\" class=\"wp-image-30412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/full-wordpress-backup.png 974w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/full-wordpress-backup-300x266.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/full-wordpress-backup-768x680.png 768w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/full-wordpress-backup-71x63.png 71w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Basically there are two alternatives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>create a manual WordPress backup;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>use a plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In this guide we will focus on&nbsp;<strong>manual<\/strong>&nbsp;backups and we will see how to create a copy of your files and database step by step.&nbsp;We will also see how to make sure that our backup can be restored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In closing we will also see which&nbsp;<strong>plugins<\/strong>&nbsp;to use for the backup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-make-a-manual-word-press-backup\">How to make a manual WordPress backup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To make a WordPress backup without using plugins, we need to make a copy of the files and a backup of the database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several methods to back up your WordPress site files and make a copy of the database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/perform-a-manual-wordpress-backup.png\" alt=\"Perform A Manual WordPress Backup\" class=\"wp-image-30411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/perform-a-manual-wordpress-backup.png 1024w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/perform-a-manual-wordpress-backup-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/perform-a-manual-wordpress-backup-768x554.png 768w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/perform-a-manual-wordpress-backup-87x63.png 87w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the following sections we see:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>how to back up your files (5 methods explained step by step);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>how to dump the database (2 methods);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>what to do after backup;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>how to restore a WordPress backup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"make-a-backup-of-your-word-press-site-files\">Make a backup of your WordPress site files<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>First let&#8217;s see how to create a copy of all WordPress site files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re going to see how:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>use cPanel&#8217;s backup function;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>use the file manager;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>download a backup with an FTP client;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>create a backup via SSH.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"note\">Keep in mind that these different methods do the same thing, so you can choose which method you prefer to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"download-a-backup-of-your-word-press-files-with-c-panels-native-feature\">Download a backup of your WordPress files with cPanel&#8217;s native feature<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Through&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/tutorial\/cpanel-backup\/\">cPanel&#8217;s backup<\/a>&nbsp;function, we can create a copy of the site&#8217;s files.&nbsp;This function allows us to create a compressed&nbsp;<em>tar.gz<\/em>&nbsp;file and save it on the server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By doing so we will be able to download the archive to our computer to keep the&nbsp;<strong>backup&nbsp;of the files<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s see how to do it step by step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First we&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/tutorial\/cpanel-login\/\">log in to cPanel<\/a>, then click on&nbsp;<strong>Backup<\/strong>&nbsp;from the&nbsp;<em>File<\/em>&nbsp;section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-backup-tab-1024x414.png\" alt=\"Cpanel Backup Tab\" class=\"wp-image-30413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-backup-tab-1024x414.png 1024w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-backup-tab-300x121.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-backup-tab-768x310.png 768w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-backup-tab-120x49.png 120w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-backup-tab.png 1175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From here we can create a partial<\/strong>&nbsp;backup&nbsp;of the site and download a copy of the files.&nbsp;Specifically we can create a backup of the&nbsp;<em>home directory<\/em>, to create a copy of all files in a&nbsp;<em>tar.gz<\/em>&nbsp;archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To do this we must click on the&nbsp;<em>Home directory<\/em>&nbsp;button under \u201c<strong>Download a backup of home directory<\/strong>\u201c.&nbsp;Then we just need to choose the folder in which to save the archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/partial-and-complete-backup-of-home-directory.png\" alt=\"Partial And Complete Backup Of Home Directory\" class=\"wp-image-30414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/partial-and-complete-backup-of-home-directory.png 736w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/partial-and-complete-backup-of-home-directory-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/partial-and-complete-backup-of-home-directory-120x49.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"download-a-backup-of-your-word-press-files-with-the-file-manager\">Download a backup of your WordPress files with the file manager<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The second method that we can use to download a file backup is to use the&nbsp;cPanel&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/tutorial\/file-manager\/\">file manager<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We access cPanel and click on&nbsp;<strong>File Management<\/strong> from the&nbsp;<em>File<\/em>&nbsp;section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-file-manager-tab-1024x414.png\" alt=\"Cpanel File Manager Tab\" class=\"wp-image-30415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-file-manager-tab-1024x414.png 1024w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-file-manager-tab-300x121.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-file-manager-tab-768x310.png 768w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-file-manager-tab-120x49.png 120w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-file-manager-tab.png 1175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From the left section we can navigate through the site folders and locate the root directory.&nbsp;Note that it could be called public, public_html, root or have the name of the website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We right click on it and then click on&nbsp;<em>Compress<\/em>&nbsp;as you see indicated in this screenshot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"489\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/create-wordpress-backup-of-public-html.png\" alt=\"Create WordPress Backup Of Public Html\" class=\"wp-image-30416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/create-wordpress-backup-of-public-html.png 489w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/create-wordpress-backup-of-public-html-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/create-wordpress-backup-of-public-html-84x63.png 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We will be asked for the type of compression, we can choose&nbsp;<em>Zip Archive<\/em>&nbsp;and click on&nbsp;<strong>Compress Files<\/strong>&nbsp;to create the archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-compression-type-settings-1024x627.png\" alt=\"Cpanel Compression Type Settings\" class=\"wp-image-30417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-compression-type-settings-1024x627.png 1024w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-compression-type-settings-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-compression-type-settings-768x471.png 768w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-compression-type-settings-103x63.png 103w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-compression-type-settings.png 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This will create the zip archive of the site files that we can download to our computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To download the archive, right-click on it and click on&nbsp;<em>Download<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/download-backup-public-html.png\" alt=\"Download Backup Public Html\" class=\"wp-image-30418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/download-backup-public-html.png 496w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/download-backup-public-html-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/download-backup-public-html-85x63.png 85w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"note\">Please note that for security reasons it is recommended to delete the zip file from the server after downloading it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"make-a-copy-of-your-word-press-files-with-the-file-manager\">Make a copy of your WordPress files with the file manager<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of creating a compressed archive and downloading it, we can also create a copy of the WordPress site files in a folder on the server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember that to ensure that you have a backup copy of your WordPress site, it is not recommended to keep it on the same server as your live site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the fundamental points of a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/disaster-recovery\/\">disaster recovery<\/a>&nbsp;strategy is to keep multiple backup copies of files and use different servers.&nbsp;For example, you could keep one copy of the site files on your computer and another copy on a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/what-is-cloud\/\">cloud<\/a>&nbsp;storage service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, to create a copy of the WordPress site files, we can create a folder on the server and name it &#8220;backup&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the cPanel file manager click on&nbsp;\u201c<em>+folder<\/em>\u201d, enter the name and click on&nbsp;<em>Create New Folder<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"107\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-create-a-new-folder-1024x107.png\" alt=\"Cpanel Create A New Folder\" class=\"wp-image-30419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-create-a-new-folder-1024x107.png 1024w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-create-a-new-folder-300x31.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-create-a-new-folder-768x80.png 768w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-create-a-new-folder-120x13.png 120w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-create-a-new-folder.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At this point we can select all the files inside the&nbsp;<strong>root directory<\/strong>, for example public_html, and copy them inside the new folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To do this with the cPanel file manager we follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>open the <em>public_html<\/em>&nbsp;folder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>click on&nbsp;<em>Select All<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>click on&nbsp;<em>Copy<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>we enter the path of the backup folder that we have created and click on&nbsp;<em>Copy files<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>On this screenshot you see the listed steps summarized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-select-and-copy-all-files-1024x438.png\" alt=\"Cpanel Select And Copy All Files\" class=\"wp-image-30420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-select-and-copy-all-files-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-select-and-copy-all-files-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-select-and-copy-all-files-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-select-and-copy-all-files-120x51.png 120w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-select-and-copy-all-files.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"download-a-backup-of-your-word-press-files-via-ftp\"><strong>#<\/strong>Download a backup of your WordPress files via FTP<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The fourth method we can use to download a copy of our WordPress site files is to use an&nbsp;<strong>FTP client<\/strong>&nbsp;to connect to the server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To install the FTP client on your computer and establish the connection to the server, check out our guides on two of the most popular programs:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/filezilla\/\">FileZilla<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/cyberduck\/\">Cyberduck<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"note\">The information needed to connect to the server via FTP will be provided to you by your provider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After connecting to the server, you will need to navigate through the folders and find the root directory of the WordPress site.&nbsp;This folder can be named&nbsp;<em>public_html<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>root<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>public<\/em>&nbsp;or have the name of your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you find it, you can download it to your computer.&nbsp;The procedure varies according to the FTP client you are using, in this example we see how to do it using FileZilla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/filezilla-download-wordpress-backup-directory-1024x591.png\" alt=\"Filezilla Download WordPress Backup Directory\" class=\"wp-image-30421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/filezilla-download-wordpress-backup-directory-1024x591.png 1024w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/filezilla-download-wordpress-backup-directory-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/filezilla-download-wordpress-backup-directory-768x443.png 768w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/filezilla-download-wordpress-backup-directory-109x63.png 109w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/filezilla-download-wordpress-backup-directory.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"download-a-backup-of-your-word-press-files-via-ssh\">Download a backup of your WordPress files via SSH<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Another method you can use to back up your WordPress files is to connect to the server via&nbsp;<strong>SSH<\/strong>&nbsp;and create an archive of the files to download locally or a copy of the files in a new folder on the server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First we need to establish an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/ssh-connection\/\">SSH connection<\/a>&nbsp;with the server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then using SSH commands we can&nbsp;<strong>create a tar or zip archive<\/strong>&nbsp;of the files to be able to download them as a backup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To create a tar archive with site files we can use this command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>tar -zvcf backup-name.tar.gz public_html<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>This command is used to create a tar.gz archive of the &#8220;public_html&#8221; folder.&nbsp;The archive name will be \u201cbackup-name.tar.gz\u201d.&nbsp;To change the folder to be compressed and the name of the backup, just replace the name with the elements I have indicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If, on the other hand, we want to copy the files to another folder, we can create a &#8220;backup&#8221; folder like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>mkdir backup<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Then we can copy all the contents of the &#8220;public_html&#8221; folder into the backup folder, like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>cp -r public_html\/* backup\/<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>In this way the contents of the public_html folder (and not the folder itself) will be copied to the &#8220;backup&#8221; folder that we have created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If instead you want to copy the entire public_html folder inside the backup folder you created you can use this command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>cp -r public_html backup\/<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>In this way you will have the backup folder on the server with the public_html folder inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"make-a-backup-of-the-word-press-site-database\">Make a backup of the WordPress site database<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that we have seen 5 different methods to create WordPress&nbsp;<strong>file backup<\/strong>, let&#8217;s see how to create a&nbsp;<strong>database<\/strong>&nbsp;backup copy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this case we need to create what is referred to as a database&nbsp;<strong>dump<\/strong>, i.e. export a complete copy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several ways to do this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>create a dump with phpMyAdmin;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>create a dump with other database management systems such as adminer, sequel pro or sequel ace;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>export a copy of the database with the WP Migrate DB plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s see how to do it in detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"note\">Remember that you just need to make a copy of the database with one of the methods we will see.&nbsp;You can choose one of the methods to use among those proposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"download-a-database-dump-with-php-my-admin\">Download a database dump with phpMyAdmin<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most used database management systems is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/phpmyadmin\/\">phpMyAdmin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can access&nbsp;<strong>phpMyAdmin<\/strong>&nbsp;directly from cPanel, from the&nbsp;<em>Database<\/em>&nbsp;section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-phpmyadmin-tab-1024x260.png\" alt=\"Cpanel Phpmyadmin Tab\" class=\"wp-image-30422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-phpmyadmin-tab-1024x260.png 1024w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-phpmyadmin-tab-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-phpmyadmin-tab-768x195.png 768w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-phpmyadmin-tab-120x30.png 120w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-phpmyadmin-tab.png 1175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the interface is open we will see the different databases present on the site.&nbsp;From the left sidebar we can select the database of our WordPress site.&nbsp;Doing so will open a list of database tables in the central section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then click on the&nbsp;<em>Export<\/em>&nbsp;tab from the top bar.&nbsp;From this section it is possible to dump the database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First we are asked to choose the export method.&nbsp;We can select&nbsp;<strong>Quick<\/strong>&nbsp;because we need to make a complete copy of all the tables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the&nbsp;<em>Format<\/em>&nbsp;section we select&nbsp;<strong>SQL<\/strong>&nbsp;and then click on the&nbsp;<em>Run<\/em>&nbsp;button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/phpmyadmin-database-dump-1024x493.png\" alt=\"Phpmyadmin Database Dump\" class=\"wp-image-30423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/phpmyadmin-database-dump-1024x493.png 1024w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/phpmyadmin-database-dump-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/phpmyadmin-database-dump-768x370.png 768w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/phpmyadmin-database-dump-120x58.png 120w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/phpmyadmin-database-dump.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We then choose the folder on our computer in which to save the copy of the database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"download-a-copy-of-the-database-with-wp-migrate-db\">Download a copy of the database with WP Migrate DB<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Another method that can be used to make a copy of the WordPress database and download it to our computer is to use a plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WP Migrate DB<\/strong>&nbsp;is a plugin that can be used if we want to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/migrate-wordpress\/\">transfer a WordPress site<\/a>&nbsp;from one server to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to migrations, this plugin can also be used to export a copy of your WordPress database.&nbsp;Let&#8217;s see how to use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First you need to install and activate WP Migrate (previously called WP Migrate DB) by Delicious Brains on your WordPress site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"932\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wp-migrate-db-plugin-for-wordpress-backup.png\" alt=\"Wp Migrate Db Plugin For WordPress Backup\" class=\"wp-image-30424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wp-migrate-db-plugin-for-wordpress-backup.png 932w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wp-migrate-db-plugin-for-wordpress-backup-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wp-migrate-db-plugin-for-wordpress-backup-768x357.png 768w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wp-migrate-db-plugin-for-wordpress-backup-120x56.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then click on&nbsp;<em>Tools &gt; WP Migrate<\/em>&nbsp;to access the plugin settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wp-migrate-settings-tab-1024x544.png\" alt=\"Wp Migrate Settings Tab\" class=\"wp-image-30425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wp-migrate-settings-tab-1024x544.png 1024w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wp-migrate-settings-tab-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wp-migrate-settings-tab-768x408.png 768w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wp-migrate-settings-tab-118x63.png 118w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wp-migrate-settings-tab.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Open the <em>WP Migrate<\/em>&nbsp;tab&nbsp;and click on&nbsp;<strong>Export database<\/strong>.&nbsp;We leave the default settings and click on the&nbsp;<em>Export Database<\/em>&nbsp;button at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep in mind that in this case we don&#8217;t need to make replacements inside the database and therefore we don&#8217;t have to use the&nbsp;<em>Find &amp; Replace<\/em>&nbsp;function of the plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this, eliminate the contents of the automatically generated columns that you see in the&nbsp;<strong>Find<\/strong>&nbsp;list and proceed to export the database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"886\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wp-migrate-export-wordpress-database-1024x886.png\" alt=\"Wp Migrate Export WordPress Database\" class=\"wp-image-30426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wp-migrate-export-wordpress-database-1024x886.png 1024w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wp-migrate-export-wordpress-database-300x260.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wp-migrate-export-wordpress-database-768x664.png 768w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wp-migrate-export-wordpress-database-73x63.png 73w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wp-migrate-export-wordpress-database.png 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The plugin will generate a sql.gz file and we can then save the WordPress database backup to our computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-to-do-after-word-press-backup\">What to do after WordPress backup<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After creating the WordPress site backup it is important to verify that the backup is working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To do this we can create a site staging environment and try to&nbsp;<strong>restore<\/strong>&nbsp;the backup.&nbsp;In this way we can be sure that the copy of the files and the database has taken place correctly and that the backup can in all respects be restored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of our plans from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/shared-hosting\/\">shared<\/a>&nbsp;hosting to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wordpress-hosting\/\">WordPress hosting<\/a>&nbsp;to dedicated solutions allow you to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/staging-site\/\">stage<\/a>&nbsp;your site for testing and development purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"restore-a-word-press-backup\">Restore a WordPress backup<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To&nbsp;<strong>restore<\/strong>&nbsp;a manual WordPress backup we need to upload site files and import the database.&nbsp;Let&#8217;s see how to do it now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"upload-site-files\">Upload site files<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We just need to connect to the server via FTP, using one of the clients we have seen before such as FileZilla or use the cPanel file manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We then need to upload the root directory of the site to the server.&nbsp;Note that it can be named public, public_html, root, or your site name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before doing so, it is advisable to rename the folder, for example to &#8220;<em>public_html_new<\/em>&#8221; and upload it to the server in the same position as the current one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At this point we can eliminate the old directory (eg &#8220;public_html&#8221;) and rename the backup folder again with the previous name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"import-the-database\">Import the database<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>To restore the WordPress site backup we need to&nbsp;<strong>import<\/strong>&nbsp;the database backup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To do this, access phpMyAdmin and select the WordPress database from the left sidebar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the&nbsp;<em>Import<\/em>&nbsp;tab and then click on&nbsp;<em>Choose file<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/phpmyadmin-import-database-file-1024x392.png\" alt=\"Phpmyadmin Import Database File\" class=\"wp-image-30427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/phpmyadmin-import-database-file-1024x392.png 1024w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/phpmyadmin-import-database-file-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/phpmyadmin-import-database-file-768x294.png 768w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/phpmyadmin-import-database-file-120x46.png 120w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/phpmyadmin-import-database-file.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s load the database backup and make sure that the selected format is&nbsp;<strong>SQL<\/strong>.&nbsp;Then click&nbsp;<em>Go<\/em>&nbsp;at the bottom of the page to import the database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"word-press-backup-the-plugins-to-use\">WordPress backup: the plugins to use<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to manually backing up your WordPress site, you can rely on a plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wordpress-plugins\/\">WordPress plugins<\/a>&nbsp;that allow us to schedule site backups at regular intervals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Generally they are almost all available in a free version and a premium one with additional functions.&nbsp;For example, in most cases the plugins that allow you to create&nbsp;<strong>incremental<\/strong>&nbsp;backups are paid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s see some of the most used. You can also have a look at our list of <a href=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wordpress-backup-plugins\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"123177\">best WordPress backup plugins<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"updraft-plus\">Updraft Plus<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>UpdraftPlus is a plugin used on over&nbsp;<strong>3 million<\/strong>&nbsp;sites and has a free and a premium version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"932\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/updraftplus-plugin-for-wordpress-backup.png\" alt=\"Updraftplus Plugin For WordPress Backup\" class=\"wp-image-30428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/updraftplus-plugin-for-wordpress-backup.png 932w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/updraftplus-plugin-for-wordpress-backup-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/updraftplus-plugin-for-wordpress-backup-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/updraftplus-plugin-for-wordpress-backup-120x52.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the functions we mention the possibility of scheduling backups and saving them directly in the cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are some differences between the free and premium version of the plugin, for example,&nbsp;<strong>incremental<\/strong>&nbsp;backups of WordPress are only possible with the premium version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to dig deeper into the differences between the two versions of the plugin and see how to use it to create backups, check out our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/updraftplus\/\">UpdraftPlus<\/a>&nbsp;guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"duplicator\">Duplicator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Another WordPress backup plugin is&nbsp;<strong>Duplicator<\/strong>&nbsp;which is used on over&nbsp;<strong>1 million<\/strong>&nbsp;active sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"932\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/duplicator-plugin-for-wordpress-backup.png\" alt=\"Duplicator Plugin For WordPress Backup\" class=\"wp-image-30429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/duplicator-plugin-for-wordpress-backup.png 932w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/duplicator-plugin-for-wordpress-backup-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/duplicator-plugin-for-wordpress-backup-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/duplicator-plugin-for-wordpress-backup-120x52.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This plugin comes in a free version and a paid Pro version.&nbsp;In the free version, you can create a backup of your WordPress files and database and use the plugin to transfer your site from one server to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pro version includes other features such as the ability to&nbsp;<strong>schedule<\/strong>&nbsp;backups and save files to the cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With our guide you can learn how to use&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/duplicator\/\">Duplicator<\/a>&nbsp;to transfer the site or even just to create a backup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"jetpacks\">Jetpacks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Jetpack, with over&nbsp;<strong>5 million<\/strong>&nbsp;active installations, is one of the most used backup plugins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"932\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/jetpack-plugin-for-wordpress-backup.png\" alt=\"Jetpack Plugin For WordPress Backup\" class=\"wp-image-30430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/jetpack-plugin-for-wordpress-backup.png 932w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/jetpack-plugin-for-wordpress-backup-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/jetpack-plugin-for-wordpress-backup-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/jetpack-plugin-for-wordpress-backup-120x52.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Like the other plugins we&#8217;ve seen, Jetpack also has a free version and several paid plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The backup feature as well as other features including site scanning are only available with the paid plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wp-time-capsule\">WP Time Capsule<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>WP Time Capsule is a premium plugin used in over&nbsp;<strong>20k<\/strong>&nbsp;active WordPress installations.&nbsp;A 30-day free trial is also available by registering on the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"932\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wp-time-capsule-plugin-for-wordpress-backup.png\" alt=\"Wp Time Capsule Plugin For WordPress Backup\" class=\"wp-image-30431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wp-time-capsule-plugin-for-wordpress-backup.png 932w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wp-time-capsule-plugin-for-wordpress-backup-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wp-time-capsule-plugin-for-wordpress-backup-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/supporthost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wp-time-capsule-plugin-for-wordpress-backup-120x51.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The plugin has different plans starting at $49\/year in 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