Comments on: Create a Full Backup of Your WordPress Blog the Easy Way

By: Rudy

Rudy — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:08:56 +0000

The procedure is very well explained and very important. I just realized this because I got hacked and I lost my entire blog.

I looked in vain for a sql backup file, but didn’t have anything. I could not restore my blog. Always backup.

By: Darwin

Darwin — Sat, 01 May 2010 02:26:02 +0000

excelente, gracias por la ayuda al postear este tutorial

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:38:55 +0000

I would seriously recommend using a WordPress backup plugin, the export function is just not that reliable. If you have a large database, it won’t work sometimes.

Also, it doesn’t backup the images, so you have to copy the entire wp-content folder instead of just the theme directory.

By: Tessie

Tessie — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:20:47 +0000

Thanks for a really useful guide. Even if there are plug-ins and other ways to do it, I can feel safe knowing that in the meantime my WordPress files have already been backed up to my own system.

By: fotka

fotka — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:31:37 +0000

The best way to backup a WordPress blog is to FTP into your host and download your database and entire web directory. It’s the safest and most reliable method. You, of course, need a script to create a backup file of your database.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:42:35 +0000

Thank You for the well explained tutorial. I needed to know how to backup my wp blog and did not know exactly how to do it. thanks a million

Pamela

By: Melvin Ram

Melvin Ram — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:28:20 +0000

That’s not the easy way. The easy way is to use Automatic WordPress Backup at

http://www.wordpressbackup.org

By: Sallie Goetsch

Sallie Goetsch — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:05:20 +0000

This is the easy way? There are some handy backup plugins for WordPress, including a new one I haven’t tried yet, that will automatically back up your WP database (WP-DB-Backup) and your themes, plugins, and uploads folders (WordPress Backup). The new one is supposed to do both, and store the backups on Amazon S3. I hope to test it within the next week or so and write about it on the FileSlinger Backup Blog.

By: Jodith

Jodith — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:37:52 +0000

I actually back up all of my word press files, not just my theme. I sometimes upload files for special purposes, and it’s easier if I have to restore my site to just upload everything rather than reinstall wordpress and then upload my themes folder.