Automated WordPress Daily Backups

Let's get real. We know that if you're looking for information about WordPress backups, more likely than not you've already been burned by not having a backup solution. Firstly, we're sorry that you suffered from such an experience. When you've put so much effort into building out your WordPress site, only to have it go belly-up into a puff of smoke, with no way to go back in time... that's like receiving a hefty punch to the gut. Not only do we understand that, we applaud you for pulling yourself up and out of that misery and deciding not to give up.

In this article, we start by briefly explaining why backups are important (which we realize you very likely already know). Next, we talk about our backup solution and how it's designed to mitigate the risk of data loss. Finally, we conclude with some actionable suggestions. We know you're busy, so we'll jump right in and get started with the question: Why bother?

Why bother with a WordPress backup?

Given that you are reading this specific article, you probably already have an understanding of why WordPress backups are important. In fact, it's quite likely you've gained this understanding the hard way. Nevertheless, to ensure we are all on the same metaphorical page, we'll briefly make the case for having WordPress backups:

If you don't have a process for backing up your WordPress site, at some point in the future, you will not have a WordPress site.

To be pungently clear, the statement above is neither hyperbole nor fear-mongering. Here are some of the ways your WordPress site can go from humming along nicely to a complete wreck, in mere seconds:

• Your WordPress host has a catastrophic disk failure and doesn't have a functioning backup. To be honest, nowadays the risk of this is low, but it's still worth mentioning.
• A WordPress upgrade goes horribly wrong and leaves your site in a broken state. This could be due to an upgrade that either didn't work correctly, or didn't complete successfully, leaving your site with an incomplete upgrade.
• An administrator misconfigured a WordPress plugin. Luckily this can usually be fixed by reconfiguring the plugin correctly. Yet having a backup in place can serve as fail-safe. By the way, please be nice to your admin if this happens; People make mistakes.
• A WordPress plugin eats your site for lunch. We saved the best for last, because this is the one that will certainly do you in. Whether it's a malicious plugin, a plugin which was benevolent but was later compromised, or a defect in the plugin, this is what will likely turn your precious WordPress site into a ball of flames. Aside from backups, we also offer a Smart WordPress plugin manager which helps mitigate this risk.

The short of it is this: If you don't have a backup process in place, the moment your site gets eaten alive it will be game over.

You'd have to start all over from scratch. We can't think of a single living soul who just can't wait for this to happen.

In case it's not already obvious, of course we have a solution for all this mayhem!

Automated daily backups

Naturally, as a WordPress hosting provider, we have a solution that can ensure your WordPress site is backed up at all times. Simply put, if you choose to host your WordPress site with us, our deluxe hosting plan will provide you with a worry-free backup solution which automatically creates daily backups of your WordPress site. We maintain 30 days' worth of backups from which you can restore your WordPress site if the need arises. And the best part is: you don't have to lift a finger. The backups just happen for you. Automatically. Every day. It feels a bit like when you instruct a trusted assistant to perform an important task; You just know it will get done, and get done correctly.

As any worthy backup solution must do, the backups include your WordPress files and the database. And if you ever need to restore your WordPress site, you can choose to restore either the WordPress files, the database, or both. We leave that choice up to you, so you may choose what works best for your use-case. But nevertheless we caution you to choose wisely.

You may be wondering: Why daily, and not hourly or weekly? Well, we feel like daily backups hit the sweet spot. Weekly backups just aren't fresh enough to be useful, and hourly backups, to be frank, would be too costly. However, we'd like you to know that you can also manually create backups on-demand whenever you wish.

Next steps

Now that you have a good understanding of automatic WordPress daily backups and what they have to offer, it's time to take action. The principle aim of our WordPress hosting solution is to take care of the nitty-gritty and remain out of your way so that you may spend more of your time on the things which matter most; The business proposition of your product and services. Generally-speaking, we do the heavily lifting so that you may remain hyper-focused on what you do best. Our automated WordPress daily backup solution is yet another reflection of that ethos.

If you'd like to learn more about how to restore your WordPress site from our backup solution, take a look at our documentation.

If you're hungry for more information about what our deluxe WordPress hosting solution can do for you, the best place to start is at our home page right here.