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In this video I outline the "quick and dirty" technique outlining how to back up your Wordpress sites. This is using the Tools Import and Export features that are native to Wordpress.
Some of the topics that I cover within this video are:
(1) The importance of backing up your website
(2) How to Export and organize your file
(3) Why you should always record the name of your "theme"
(4) How to get your website back if it ever goes down
(5) Using the Tools => Import function and installing the necessary plugin
If you have any questions about backing up your website or how to use the Tools Import/Export function within Wordpress, let me know and I will be more than happy to give you a hand.
Some of the topics that I cover within this video are:
(1) The importance of backing up your website
(2) How to Export and organize your file
(3) Why you should always record the name of your "theme"
(4) How to get your website back if it ever goes down
(5) Using the Tools => Import function and installing the necessary plugin
If you have any questions about backing up your website or how to use the Tools Import/Export function within Wordpress, let me know and I will be more than happy to give you a hand.
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Labman
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While backing up, I decided it might be a good idea to grab my Media files too. Thought the best way to do this was ftp so I got that set up and operating while I grabbed a full set of media files.
Always nice to have a full backup. Tomorrow I will complete the job with a Database backup as well using PortablePHPmyAdmin.
Always nice to have a full backup. Tomorrow I will complete the job with a Database backup as well using PortablePHPmyAdmin.
ragrabowski
Premium
Thanks for the walk through Kyle. I have tested the process for my site and found that it did not restore any of the customized plug-ins. Is there a way to backup and restore plug-ins and all their specialized settings?
