Backup Series: How Often Should You Backup Your Website?

It’s great you are backing up your website. The next challenge is to determine what’s the right backup schedule, which can vary depending on many factors.

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ading=”lazy” decoding=”async” class=”alignright size-medium wp-image-5406″ src=”” alt=”WordPress Logo Image” width=”300″ height=”162″ srcset=” 300w, 768w, 1024w, 2000w” sizes=”auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px” />In the past, I’ve written extensively about <a href=””>improving the performance of your WordPress sitea>. That’s very important work you can do, as speed matters. But what happens if something happens to your site? What if you’re hacked, or the hard drive on your server dies? These are all common events that could leave you high <a href=”https://dc5bb1pajhuek842xkgk8aay2z.hop.clickbank.net”>anda> dry with all your website content gone. Backups will be your best friend should any of these tragedies occur. In this three-part series, we’ll explore how <a href=”https://dc5bb1pajhuek842xkgk8aay2z.hop.clickbank.net”>anda> why to backup your website.

an style=”font-weight: 400;”>Why should you backup your WordPress website?an>

A key part of any web strategy should be how to protect your site, <a href=”https://dc5bb1pajhuek842xkgk8aay2z.hop.clickbank.net”>anda> a big part of that is backups.

If you’re using WordPress to manage your website (<a href=”https://dc5bb1pajhuek842xkgk8aay2z.hop.clickbank.net”>anda> you should, it’s a great tool), you have to worry about many pieces <a href=”https://dc5bb1pajhuek842xkgk8aay2z.hop.clickbank.net”>anda> parts — from pages to posts, media to plugins, there’s a lot to keep updated. Backups are key to this.

You should be backing up your WordPress site. Period, full stop. If you are relying on your hosting provider to do it, you may be disappointed. They may not be backing up all your data often enough. Site backups are something that you can easily do yourself, <a href=”https://dc5bb1pajhuek842xkgk8aay2z.hop.clickbank.net”>anda> setting them up will bring you peace of mind.

As you’ll see below, there are many choices when it comes to storing your backups.

Plugins Can Help

ading=”lazy” decoding=”async” class=”alignright ” src=”” alt=”Updraft Plus Logo” width=”169″ height=”140″ />There are several backup plugins available, many of which are free or have a free tier. I am a user <a href=”https://dc5bb1pajhuek842xkgk8aay2z.hop.clickbank.net”>anda> fan of <a href=”” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>UpdraftPlusa>, one of the more popular WordPress backup plugins. It’s a set it <a href=”https://dc5bb1pajhuek842xkgk8aay2z.hop.clickbank.net”>anda> forget it tool that will backup your site files, media, plugins, themes, <a href=”https://dc5bb1pajhuek842xkgk8aay2z.hop.clickbank.net”>anda> more on a schedule you determine.

The only negative about Updraft is that it likes to nag you to upgrade to their paid plan. I have no problem with a plugin developer asking folks to update, but Updraft does it a lot. Credit to Updraft though — they <a href=”” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>share details herea> on how to hide their nag messages.

In addition to Updraft, there are many backup plugins, both free <a href=”https://dc5bb1pajhuek842xkgk8aay2z.hop.clickbank.net”>anda> paid, available to download. These include plugins such as <a href=”” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>BackWPupa>, which behaves similarly to Updraft in that you can control where you would like your backups stored <a href=”https://dc5bb1pajhuek842xkgk8aay2z.hop.clickbank.net”>anda> how often your backups run. <a href=”” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>BackupBuddya>, available since 2010, also allows you to schedule backups <a href=”https://dc5bb1pajhuek842xkgk8aay2z.hop.clickbank.net”>anda> store them where you’d like.

If you don’t want to manage where your backups are stored, there are plugins that do the heavy lifting for you. These include plugins like <a href=”” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>VaultPressa>, which is created by Auttomatic <a href=”https://dc5bb1pajhuek842xkgk8aay2z.hop.clickbank.net”>anda> is part of the JetPack suite. There’s also <a href=”” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>Snapshot Proa> from WPMU Dev, which includes 10GB of cloud backup storage. Snapshot Pro is a paid plugin.

This is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of important backup information. Next week, in part two of this series, we’ll explore setting the right backup schedule for your site.

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