How Do I Backup and Restore a WordPress Site?

If you’re using a self-hosted WordPress site, your first line of defense is to make a backup of your site every time you make any changes. That way, if something goes wrong and your site is down for a while, you’ll still have a copy of it.

If you’re using a hosted WordPress site, your host should provide you with a backup service. If you’re not using a hosted WordPress site, you’ll need to find a way to backup your site yourself.

There are a number of ways to backup a WordPress site. You can use a plugin like WPBakery Page Builder to create a backup of your entire site, or you can use a plugin like BackupBuddy to create a backup of just the blog posts, pages, or posts per category.

Of course, you can also use a backup service like Crashplan or Backblaze to create backUPS of your site automatically.

Once you have a backup of your site, you can restore it if something goes wrong. You can use a plugin like WPBakery Page Builder to restore your entire site, or you can use a plugin like RestoreBuddy to restore just the blog posts, pages, or posts per category.

Finally, always make sure to keep a backup of your site’s files, just in case something happens and you have to rebuild it from scratch. You can use a plugin like FileZilla to copy your site’s files to a USB drive or external hard drive, or you can use a tool like Duplicati to create a backup of your site’s files.