
Why Is It So Important to Backup Your WordPress Site?
WITHOUT A BACKUP, YOUR WORDPRESS WEBSITE COULD BE LOST FOREVER.
Your WordPress website needs a reliable backup strategy using a trusted WordPress backup plugin like BackupBuddy. WordPress doesn’t include built-in backups, so we built BackupBuddy in 2010 to meet the need for a solid WordPress backup solution.
Even your host backup may not be enough if you experience a server crash. Other WordPress security issues include hacks, malware, user error, deleted files and running bad commands. All of these things can completely wipe out your WordPress site forever. Having a current backup of your WordPress website is critical for protecting your website. BackupBuddy is here to help.
MALWARE
BAD COMMANDS
DELETED FILES
HACKS
USER ERRORS
SERVER CRASHES
How BackupBuddy Makes it Easy to Backup Your WordPress Site
With just a few clicks, BackupBuddy backs up your entire WordPress website from within your WordPress dashboard. BackupBuddy makes the process of how to backup a WordPress site into five simple steps.

BACKUPBUDDY BACKS UP EVERYTHING ON YOUR WORDPRESS WEBSITE
While other WordPress backup plugins only backup the WordPress database, BackupBuddy backs up your entire WordPress installation, making sure you have a copy of all your WordPress website files.
BackupBuddy’s backup includes everything needed to run your WordPress website. Backup all WordPress files, all files in the WordPress Media library, your WordPress themes and WordPress plugins, and more. Once BackupBuddy completes your backup, you get a downloadable zip file of your entire WordPress website.
- Pages
- Posts
- Widgets
- Comments
- Theme Files
- Plugin Files
- Theme & Plugin Settings
- WordPress Settings
- WordPress Database
- WordPress Core Files
- Users
- Media Library Uploads
- Custom Post Types
- Categories & Tags
- Images, Videos, etc.