Avoid WordPress disasters – back up EVERYTHING with the Duplicator plugin

Backup Before You Build…

When it comes to WordPress, backup first, always. Adding plugins, updating themes, or upgrading WordPress itself can sometimes break your site, turning it into a digital game of Jenga.

In this post, we’ll show you how the Duplicator plugin makes backing up and migrating your site quick, easy, and stress-free.

Backup, backup, backup…

Adding too many plugins can turn your WordPress build into a potential game of Jenga, sometimes the white screen of death will rear it’s ugly head.

So, adding a plugin? Back it up first. Updating the theme? Back it up first. Updating WordPress to the latest version? Back it up first. Always, always, always back up your WordPress site before changing anything to do with your sites functionality, database, theme or base files.

Zip it up…

The Duplicator plugin, found here,  is a rapid fire way to generate a quick launching backup of all WordPress files and your database, in a downloadable, neatly compressed zip file. The plugins’ very own easy to use interface and download facility allow you to create;

Great for server migration…

The Duplicator plugin is also great for migrating your site to a new hosting account or even to a new domain. When using the installer.php file to run the installation, you can specify a new URL for your site. Now, once deploying the backup to the new hosting account, all URLs found within the site will be automatically updated to the new URL, meaning all of the database data has been edited without having to go anywhere near phpMyAdmin. What’s more, it then gives you a handy list of things to check once the installation is complete.

This plugin has become our go-to tool for backing up, or migrating, any WordPress site.

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