Thanks so much for this Craig! It was so easy I'm tinking I must have done something wrong, lol. If you are not moving your site, and since this does not backup plugins and themes, should we be figuring out how to backup these also or is it not necessary?
I see Craig just posted link to another tutorial too, there are several different ways to do backups, if you want to do a complete backup you can have it setup to automatically do this every day/week/month and have it sent to a free Dropbox account if you want. I created a tutorial covering this https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/share_zone/view/1113
Really nice explanation,In uploading my site i will use import is it correct?Can I still use FTP in uploading instead of dashboard import?do I need to zip or unzipped the files?
thank you Labman.
If you have exported the files into an XML file as the tutorial explains then you should be able to directly import this file into a new(or the same)Wordpress installation.
Just reverse the process using the Import function.
Keep in mind that this technique will ONLY backup your content. Pictures and other media will NOT be backed up. This includes the Theme and Plugins.
Great add Craig, you had to show them the easy way didn't you. :)
I know you mentioned that you'd still need to install Wordpress, but you should also point out that no plugins/themes or uploads (meaning post images etc) are backed up via this method.