How to Backup Your Blog Automatically
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
We keep hearing about attacks on blogs, posts being wiped out, comments destroyed — and this is from people who aren’t even upgrading to the latest version of WordPress!
Yes, I’m talking about getting your blog hacked. It can happen to anyone, and in fact it has happened to many already. If the hackers do get access to your database, either through the front door (i.e. through your blog admin pages) or directly through some back door, you risk losing everything. That’s why it is so important to back everything up.
But how? I talked about it a little bit in a recent post dedicated to helping people move their WordPress blog from one server to another. But there is an easier way, and best of all it’s automatic!
I’m talking about Austin Matzko “WordPress Database Backup” plugin (version 2.2.1). This nifty plugin automates everything for you. I have it set so that a backup is emailed directly to my inbox every week, so that if I do get hacked, I will only lose a week of data at most. But you can set it up for daily, weekly, even hourly backups. It also allows you to manually save your database to your server or your own hard drive.
Now I’m sold on this one, but if you have another that you use, let us know by leaving a comment below! And I’m always up for new plugins and gadgets, so if you have a favourite, leave that here too…
~Graham
