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Sarah Hantaah
Sarah Hantaah
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Posted by Sarah Hantaah
Sarah Hantaah
1,540 Points

Backing up

I've seen some people backup entire sites with plugins. Is this recommended or not? If it is fine what are the best pluging you recommend for this?

1 Answer

Liam Maclachlan
Liam Maclachlan
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Liam Maclachlan
Liam Maclachlan
22,805 Points

Hi there.

Are you using WordPress or is this a static site? And do you know if other people were using a Content Management System, or if they simply were using static files?

If they are using WordPress, I would recommend Updraft Pro (free version available without easy site migration features that will still protect your site with backups) as it is great for migrating entire WordPress sites and it is super easy to use. Other CMS's I'm unsure of but it would not surprise me, with a quick Google (or DuckDuck), that you would be able to find another one that is similar for Drupal or Joomla!

If you are build a site statically, I would recommend using a GIT VCS to back up your site. Treehouse have a course here that I would highly recommend. You may want to take the command lines basic course, if you have no experience with it. I learnt it in less that 3 days and am comfortable using the command line for GIT now :)