Backup management is very important to make sure that you don’t lose your data in case something goes wrong with your website.
How to make a backup in 1 minute
Step by step instructions
- Log in to the backend of your website. If the plugin is not yet installed or activated, you can install and activate UpdraftPlus yourself by going to Plugins – new plugin and searching UpdraftPlus.
- Go to UpdraftPlus and click the “Back up now” button.
- Make sure all boxes are checked:
Add your database to the backup (…)
Add your files to the backup (…)
and make sure plugins, themes, uploads and others are checked. - Click Backup Now and you will see the message: The backup appears to have been successful and has now been completed (date, time)
- The Backup appears on the screen. To download, click on the buttons: Database, Plugins, Themes, Uploads, WordPress, core, Other. (Sometimes there are multiple downloadable packages per part.)
- The components will then appear above and you can click on the buttons: Download to computer.
- Download the parts one by one to your PC or external hard drive or backup device.
- Then delete the backup from the web server, because space is often limited.