Learning how to back up a WordPress site is one of those things that might feel like it isn’t urgent…until something happens to your site, and it becomes incredibly urgent (but maybe too late).
There’s nothing fun or exciting about backing up WordPress. But it’s something that you’ll absolutely want to learn to prevent yourself from heartbreak down the road.
In this post, we’re going to try to make the topic of WordPress backups as painless as possible by covering everything you need to know in one spot:
- How often to back up WordPress
- The different types of WordPress content that you need to back up
- Where to store WordPress backups
- The best WordPress backup plugins
- How to back up WordPress using a free plugin