One of the most common questions I get is how do I backup my site through cpanel, how often should I backup my website and how do I run automatic backups of my website ?

When using cpanel your are presented with a few backup options. you can backup all the contents the home directory only, or just your individual databases. if the backup is going to be big cpanel can send you an email when the backup is complete. cpanel will provide download links to all the backups available on your account.

I always ask my customers “if your site were go down today how much data would you be ok losing?” most of my customers are running wordpress blogs and say that no more then 30 days of lost posts is acceptable. I myself run backups once a week. I back up the databases, plugin directory and the wordpress theme I am currently using.

wordpress can always be reinstalled you just need your theme, database and plugins to get back up and running. I have sucessfully restored sites for both myself and customers in less than 10 minutes using this technique. WordPress also has its own backup option through the wp-admin control panel when you have the plugin activated. This can email you a copy of your database, backup other databases on your account, save the backup to the server or provide you a direct download link.

see our next article on cPanel Automated Backup Script

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