Backing up WordPress should be a simple process but unfortunately it is not.
You need to create several backup files because none of them will capture everything you need.
For example, if you have set up special server directives to support your WordPress installation you should copy those files. This could include .ini, .conf, and other operating system files (as well as your .htaccess).
You also want to backup your installation directory, which consists of all the .PHP files that WordPress uses. Some people only backup their wp-content directory (which includes all your themes and plugins as well as various uploaded files, including all your media). But you still want to backup your wp-config.php file.
Next, you’ll need to download your WordPress SQL data. Simply copying the SQL database at the operating system level won’t quite do the trick because sometimes WordPress databases become munged, preventing you from logging in. Unless you are adept at SQL programming you’ll want to grab a WordPress export file every now and then.
If you create a full backup once a month but publish content more often than that you should be sure you can rebuild the articles and other content you published since the last backup.
If you neglect to create a backup, or if your backup is so old it’s not usable, you’ll have to reconstruct your content from various Web cache tools or else just learn to do without.
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