Backups are an important task that you should keep in the back of your mind.

You should set a schedule to complete these Backups regularly. Perhaps on the first of the month?

Most programmers experienced with software and data storage recommend that you keep 3 copies of your Backups in various locations. I keep one on my computer in a dedicated directory, I keep another on my external drive and a third is available on a dedicated Thumb drive. This way if I loose the computer hard drive and the Thumb drive is corrupted, I can still retrieve my data.

Backups should be done before any major changes to your site, when installing a new plugin or when upgrading your WordPress installation. If you make a copy BEFORE you make your changes you have a way to go back and undo your changes should anything go wrong.

This process will allow you to back up the content of your site. If you want to reinstall this to another location you will still need to install the WordPress onto the new location first then restore your files from inside WordPress.

Lets Get Started:

Log in to your site. This is done by entering the name of your site followed by /wp-admin.

Enter your user name and password

*Note: You should ALWAYS change the UserName from Admin. This is done for demonstration purposes only

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thevaz74 Premium
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?
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welshy Premium
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
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thevaz74 Premium
@welshy I will check it out-thanks!
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Shawn Martin Premium
Thank you for the info.
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emil
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.
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Labman Premium Plus
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.

If you need to do a complete installation or are moving your site to another URL, check out my other tutorial on Backing up your site manually.
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/share_zone/view/1139

Or look at Seilke's tutorial on moving your site.
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mission0ps Premium
Back in the day Craig aka Welshy went PROPER above and beyond helping me out. This guy deserves Kudos..
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welshy Premium
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.
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Labman Premium Plus
One of the nice parts of this new training module is that it can be readily edited. I will make sure to make that point.
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