Disaster can strike anytime. If you have a WordPress blog or a web site, you need to back them up on a regular basis. Case in point: I was upgrading the WishList Member plugin and it blew up. I was not able to get into the site from the login. Long story short, I deleted the WishList Member plugin using FileZilla. I logged in to see if things were OK. They were. I reloaded the plugin. Then I followed the instructions on the upgrade video. Stuff happens. I immediately backed up my site.
My good buddy Rob Cairns had sent me a WordPress plugin for backing up. It is WP-DBManager. I had installed it but had not activated it. Time to get this going. You just don’t know when stuff will happen. Fortunately, this was a minor crisis and I was able to quickly recover. It’s time to play smart.
Make sure this does not happen to you. Back up your files regularly.
Thank for the information Jeff. A couple things to add – 3-2-1 Backup always which means the original plus 2 copies one on site and one off site. WP-DBManager is free and works well. If you would like a premium plugin, BackupBuddy is available for a nominal fee.
Backups should apply to all your files not just your WordPress files. It is cheap insurance.
Rob, you are right here. I was glad to talk with you after my incident. I appreciate all your help keeping me on the straight and narrow. Backing up is not an option. For a brief moment, I saw the fear. Stuff can happen to anyone and it does. I like the 3-2-1 backup; makes sense.