WordPress Backups & recovery

Reference articles for WordPress backup and recovery planning: what a real backup contains, how often to run one for a content site versus a WooCommerce store, where to put the backups so a single hosting incident cannot take both the site and its restore points with it, and how to actually recover when the time comes.

A backup you have never restored is not a backup. Each article is written with the recovery path in mind so that the strategy and the emergency use it supports stay connected.

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  1. WordPress backup strategy: what to back up and how often

    A practical WordPress backup strategy: what a real backup actually contains, how often to take one, where to store it, and how to prove it works before you need it.

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  2. How to restore WordPress from a backup

    Restore a WordPress site from a backup the right way: matching files and database, the official restore order, three working methods (hosting panel, UpdraftPlus, WP-CLI/SSH), and the WooCommerce HPOS rules that catch most operators by surprise.

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