Tutorial: Backing up your WordPress Website

One of the most common questions I receive is ‘How do I back up my database?’. Unfortunately a small number of people do back up their websites. There have been quite a few cases recently where people have lost their entire website with no back up. So I wanted to provide you with instructions on how to do this to prevent or minise the damage if something goes wrong. There are two steps to backing up your site; 1.  Copying your wordpress files (this means your theme, uploaded media files and plugins) 2.  Backing up your database...

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