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It is very important to create backups of your website no matter what platform you design or host on. This post reveals how to backup your WordPress powered website/blog.

There are different ways to it but we will discuss some tested ways of getting it done securely to make getting the backup easier in case you need to restore the backup.

Types of Files to Backup on Your WordPress Website/Blog?

1. Database: Your WP is database driven and thus, the need to back it up as the number one on your backup list.

2. Files: You need this if you keep important files within the main folders of your WP website

3. Design: Backup your design to make it easy to restore the previous customization etc. or when moving to a new host.

4. Plugins: This is optional, yet you may need to do it as occasion serves.

Reasons For Backup?

There are differs reasons but the general ones are listed below:

1. To make restoring your WP website easier and faster in case of hacking, virus attach, accidental deletion of core files/folders and so on.

2. To move from a host to another due to up-time, bandwidth, insecurity, web space and so on.

3. To work with same website database, files etc. offline for correction, test and update before applying to live site.

and lot more…
Steps to backup securely ..... http://webdesignwealth.com/how-to-backup-your-website-securely/

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