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WordPress is arguably the biggest platform for blogs, stores, and all sorts of different and unique websites. Ranging from small business to lifestyle blogs, and even cookbooks, a WordPress website can be a big part of your life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You spend a lot of time optimizing and creating content for your website, and it is arguably any creators fear of losing their work <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You wouldn\u2019t spend hours typing a document on a document editor like Word without pressing save, so why should you do the same thing with your website?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Numerous problems can happen, a server breaks, something happens to your account, or even cyber-attacks can strike at any moment. Backing up your hard work is essential and you do it with everything else so why would you treat your WordPress website any differently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below we listed of the 5 main reasons why backing up your WordPress site is absolutely essential, and can have your back when things get messed up. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1. Server Crashes Happen <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever been working on your computer for a while, it\u2019s a hot day\noutside, so you take a break to stay hydrated. After stepping back into your room\nyou realize how hot it is. Your computer meanwhile, handling all 40 of those Google\nChrome tabs couldn\u2019t take the heat and shut off. It was beyond your control for the\nmost part, but nonetheless, the data is gone now. We love having cloud saving, but\nwe often forget that the servers the cloud is hosted on are on computers too, with\nphysical forms. Servers aren\u2019t infallible and just because it is on the cloud doesn\u2019t\nmean that it is here to stay.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Hackers and Malware <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One the subject of the cloud. It may also not be safe from hackers and malware getting into either WordPress\u2019 servers or even just into your website. Password cracking happens all the time, and if you have a tendency to reuse passwords you are at an even greater risk! Backing up your data can allow you to revert your website back to a time where hackers didn’t have control of the site. Rollbacks can be a lifesaver, and are a big part of recommended digital security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. \u200bEveryone is Prone to Mistakes <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It happens sometimes you just press a few too many buttons. Suddenly your blog about getting cute dogs and cats ready for adoption has turned into that recipe for fettuccine alfredo you were googling for dinner before you went to work. Overwriting files, changing names and losing them, there is a huge range of just human mistakes that we can make. It is always safe to have one (or 20) backups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. \u200bUpdates can Mess Things up <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Anyone who has worked with WordPress for a longer period of time can\nremember a point in the website designing careers where a push update messed up\nsomething you had tenuously working, and sometimes it can break the whole page.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling back updates and making changes is a great way to make sure you don\u2019t lose content or systems you want to keep, but still stay updated (with the latest security protocols, etc). Backups can help you get the best of both worlds.
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5. \u200bYou can Change your Mind <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Website design is often a very complicated and personal thing to those who do the designing. There are a lot more than just business decisions to be made. Namely a ton of creative ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes you will try to take a project or website a certain direction but soon discover that is not where you want to go. Everyone is allowed to change their mind and want what is best for their website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having backups allows you to simply just press that reset button and go back to a template or design change that you liked better. Having backups allows you to more confidently go in different directions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You know you will always have a safe copy of your work before you started making changes to fall back on. That piece of mind is priceless, especially for small businesses that rely on their websites as the lifeblood of their enterprise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It can be sort of convoluted to figure out how to go about setting up a backup system that can do it for you automatically but don’t worry, we are here to the rescue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below you will find a comprehensive guide on how to backup your WordPress website, along with our picks or the best choices of a plugin to help you do that. While plugin selections are always updating and changing we think there are the best ones to use to keep your website and work secure and backed up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How we Recommend you Backup your WordPress Site: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Looking at the WordPress the support page lists a number of options you can\nuse to keep your site safe. What is recommended is that in addition to setting up\nthe automatic backup process you also have a number of manual backups for key\nmoments in the development of your website. For example, if you are about to do a\nbig update as we discussed before, this is a good time to make sure your data is safe\nwith a manual backup.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These manual backups will be files. You should take these files and store\nthem on some sort of physical and external source. So backing it up onto a CD or\nflash drive (preferably both just in case) is the best way to protect the integrity of\nyour site.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are also options to install WordPress plugins from third parties that\nwill automatically backup your website on whatever schedule you want, and take\nthe files somewhere secure. This way you don\u2019t have to manage those physical files\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

yourself. It creates two separate servers where your data is stored. One with\nWordpress and one with the plugin. It is much harder for two separate servers to\nfail than just one.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plugins we Recommend: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are a ton of different plugins that provide a large variety of services. For some, they might need these extra features, and for others, they just want a very simple and straightforward tool that will help them accomplish their specific goal when it comes to backing up their website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have listed some of our best choices for both of these categories here. We focused on plugins that had genuine reviews from their users. There is no better way to test the merit of a certain program than by asking its users what they think. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The below plugins are the active and best ones we could find. They are not\nordered in any particular way for the most part. As this is a list of plugins with\nvarying different uses. Not everyone needs the same feature set.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. UpdraftPlus<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While we may not have listed these in any real order. We only found it fitting\nthat UpdraftPlus be at the top of any list. This is not the plguin for someone who\nwants a simple backup really. This plugin was made for those who take the ability to\nmanage their backups deadly seriously (this should be all of us!). UpdraftPlus carries\nwith it an impressive set of features.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UpdraftPlus takes care of backing up all of your data. Not just your site data, or your database. It includes all WordPress files, any themes, and your database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A comprehensive and simple way of backing your database alone is a valuable thing to look for amongst the plugins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They have scored the highest review count, and one of the most glowing\nscores on the entire market place so you know that the users enjoy their product.\nThey offer both a free and a paid version. Though the free version allows you to\nhave almost all the features anyway.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the coolest features we saw from looking at the large list is the ability\nto automatically have your backups sent to your Dropbox. This helps you move\nthem on to physical storage or just to keep them there. You have lots of options.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have outlined some of the free and paid features below:\n<\/h3>\n\n\n\n