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This guide explains how to back up WordPress using WP Toolkit and the cPanel Backup Wizard.
Regularly backing up your WordPress website is one of the most important aspects of website maintenance. A backup creates a copy of your website’s files, databases, themes, plugins, media library, and settings, allowing you to restore your website if something goes wrong.
Unexpected issues can occur at any time due to plugin conflicts, failed WordPress updates, accidental file deletion, malware infections, server issues, or human error. Without a recent backup, recovering your website may be difficult, time-consuming, or even impossible. By maintaining reliable backups, you can quickly restore your website and minimize downtime.
Hosted.com® WordPress Hosting includes multiple backup options to help protect your website and data, alongside daily Acronis backups of all our hosted WordPress servers and their websites.
WordPress Toolkit provides a fast and space-efficient way to back up individual WordPress websites whilst the cPanel Backup Wizard creates a comprehensive backup of your entire hosting account, including websites, databases, email accounts, and account settings. Combined with automatic security features, LiteSpeed optimization, and expert support, these backup tools help ensure your website remains protected.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
How To Back Up WordPress Site?
Method 1: Back Up WordPress Website Using WordPress Toolkit
WordPress Toolkit is included with Hosted.com® WordPress Hosting plans. It allows you to quickly create backups of individual WordPress websites without requiring significant disk space.
1. Login to your Hosted.com® Client Portal.
2. Navigate to Manage Services and select WordPress Hosting.
3. Locate the WordPress Hosting plan for the website you want to back up and click Manage.
4. Under Product Information, click Login next to Control Panel (cPanel).
5. In cPanel, click the WP Toolkit icon.
6. Select your WordPress installation and click Back Up / Restore.
7. Click Back Up from the slide-out panel.
8. Wait while WP Toolkit automatically creates a backup of your WordPress website.
9. Verify that the backup appears in the list of available restore points before making any major changes to your website.
Method 2: Create Full Backup Using cPanel Backup Wizard
The cPanel Backup Wizard is included with Hosted.com® WordPress Hosting plans and creates a complete backup of your hosting account, including all websites, databases, email accounts, and account configurations.
1. Login to your Hosted.com® Client Portal.
2. Navigate to Manage Services and select WordPress Hosting.
3. Locate the WordPress Hosting plan for the website you wish to back up and click Manage.
4. In cPanel, scroll to Files and click Backup Wizard.
5. Click Back Up to begin the backup process.
6. Select Full Backup if you wish to create a complete backup of your hosting account.
7. Click Generate Backup and wait for cPanel to create the backup archive.
Download and securely store the completed backup if you want an additional copy outside of your hosting account.
IMPORTANT
A Full Backup created through the cPanel Backup Wizard is intended for archiving your hosting account or migrating it to another server. It cannot be restored through the cPanel Backup Wizard interface. If you need to restore a Full Backup, contact Hosted.com® Support for assistance or follow the appropriate server migration procedures.
Additional Information
- WordPress Toolkit is ideal for creating fast backups of individual WordPress websites before installing updates, changing themes, or adding plugins.
- The cPanel Backup Wizard creates a comprehensive backup that includes all websites, databases, email accounts, and hosting configuration files associated with your account.
- Creating a manual backup before making significant website changes provides an additional layer of protection alongside your regular backups.
- Store important backups in a secure off-site location, such as your computer or cloud storage, to protect against unexpected hosting issues.
- A backup should complement good security practices such as keeping WordPress core, themes, and plugins updated and using strong passwords.
- Test major updates in a staging environment whenever possible to reduce the likelihood of needing to restore your website.
- Regularly review your backup strategy to ensure it meets your website’s recovery and business continuity requirements.
- Hosted.com® WordPress Hosting includes daily Acronis backups of all our hosted WordPress servers and their websites.
Login to Hosted.com® Account
1. Go to the Hosted.com® website Account Login page.
2. Enter your Email and Password and click the Sign In button.
3. You will see the Hosted.com® Dashboard, displaying the Manage Account menu on the left and your Account Information, Account Overview and Open Support Tickets on the right.
Login to cPanel from your Hosted.com® Dashboard
4. Click on Manage Services to view the sub-dropdown menu and select the hosting package for the domain you want to work with – in our example we are using WordPress Hosting.
5. Click the Manage button to the right of the domain name you want to access.
6. The display will now show Product Information, Quick Manage, Resource Usage and Site Statistics for that domain name.
7. Under Product Information, scroll down to Control Panel, which will display cPanel to the right, and click on the Login button.
8. The cPanel Dashboard will now be display
