• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
MinutesGuide.com

MinutesGuide.com

It is Not Just About WordPress

  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
    • Blogger Talk
    • Email Marketing
    • Hosting Talk
    • Plugins
    • Themes
      • Extra & Divi
    • WPbeginner
      • Guide
      • Life Hacks
      • WP Fix
    • WP Security
    • WP SEO
    • WooCommerce
  • Services
  • Reference
  • Contact
  • Start Here
Home » Blog » WPbeginner » Guide » How to Backup WordPress Site? …

How to Backup WordPress Site? – Ultimate Guide For Beginner

Post on October 29, 2017 | Updated on November 30, 2020 by FaizAlias Leave a Comment

How to Backup WordPress Site? The basic important when you are using WordPress as your website is doing the backup. You must learn how to backup your WordPress site if you want to save your business.

Imagine. During you install or update the plugin, then your site cannot run properly after that. Everything has broken on your site. So, what you can do? Hire someone to fix it? Maybe it can, but it still scary.

Nothing to get it back because your database has been changed during you install or update the plugin. Yes, this issue maybe only 2% happen to WordPress users. But, take precautions for your WordPress security is very important.

Get it?

backup wordpress

When Must You Do The Backup?

This is a good question. Let’s see when you must do the backup:

  1. Install a new plugin or theme
  2. Update plugin or theme
  3. Web migration
  4. Server Migration
  5. Change domain name
  6. Change database
  7. Change the core of WordPress files

How to Backup WordPress Site – Ultimate Guide

Now, I will show you how you can do backup for your WordPress site that will cover all your folder, file and database of website.

Method #1 Backup WordPress Using Backup Function on cPanel

This method is useful for full account backup if you have cPanel. If you want to migrate all your websites to new web hosting, you can do this technique.

Step 1 First, please login to your cPanel.

Step 2 On Files section, click Backup.

backup wordpress

Step 3 Next screen, click on Download a Full Website Backup.

backup wordpress

Step 4 Then, choose your backup destination. I recommend you to select Home Directory. Then, click Generate Backup button to finish it. You must wait for a few minutes to complete generate a full backup.

backup wordpress

If you enter your email address, notification will notify you via email when it complete. Find your backup file on the backup destination which you have chosen.

Method #2 Backup WordPress Manually By Separate File and Database

This is the best method for me if I want to transfer my WordPress site to new web hosting. But, this technique makes you very tired and take a lot of time to do it. Depends on you.

Step 1 Login to your cPanel and navigate to your WordPress file. It is usually located on public_html.

Step 2 Now, you are in your WordPress directory. What you must to do is, please Select All and make sure all your files selected.

blank

Step 3 Click on the right on your mouse, and you will see this option. Click Compress to backup. Then, wait a few minutes to complete it.

blank

Step 4 Now, your current backup already finishes. You can download it or stay it there.

blank

Note: Before compressing the file, you can rename your file’s backup. By default, your backup name will rename to anything file/folder at the top in your WordPress root folder.

Wait! It does not finish yet here. The next step you must to do is backup the database for this file. Continue…

Step 5 On Files section, click phpMyAdmin.

blank

Step 6 Choose your right database and click on it. See our tutorial how to look up the right database and match domain name in WordPress. For example:

blank

Step 7 Click on the Export tab, and you can follow the picture below.

blank

Click the Go button and download your current database.

So, finish the tutorial for Method #2. I like this method because I can backup and restore it separately with another web on my server.

If you want to know how you can restore your WordPress site using this method, I think I will write in the next article. Now, I want to focus on how to backup WordPress.

Conclusion

On this article, you have learned how to backup your WordPress. Make it as a habit if you want to change anything on your WordPress site. Keep it safe and practice precaution.

Happy Blogging!

If you like this article, then please FOLLOW our Linkedin, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, and Facebook. Do not forget to check our services page to upgrade your WordPress. If you find this post has an issue with copyright, outdated, or in error, please contact us to fix it.

Related Article..

  • How to Add Google Analytics to WordPress (Two Easy Method)
  • How to Remove Underline On Text Link in Genesis Theme
  • This Block Has Encountered An Error And Cannot Be Previewed (Fixed!)
  • How to Add Google Search in a WordPress
  • WordPress Needs to Access Your Web Server

Filed Under: Guide, WPbeginner

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Follow Me

  • Facebook
  • GitHub
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Start With…

blank
Start Blogging
blank
eShop Guide
blank
WP Guide
blank
WP Security

Categories

blank

Footer

About MinutesGuide

Was founded in October 2017 by FaizAlias. The main goal of this site is to provide quality tips, tricks, hacks in easy way that you can learn it just in minutes.

Highlight Service

Ninja Tables Pro Installation And Setting
CSS Hero Plugin Installation And Setting
Divi Theme Installation & Settings
Build Complete eCommerce Site

Quicklink

Home
Services
Contact
Blog

Copyright © 2021 · Designed by SM Creative Studio | Hosted by Cloudways DMCA.com Protection Status

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use