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What to back up, why backups fail on large sites, where to keep copies, how many to keep and what fills your disk. No fluff, no fear-mongering.
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How Many WordPress Backups Should You Keep? A Simple Retention Plan
Keeping only the latest backup is risky. Here is a practical WordPress backup retention plan by site type, and the rules that keep it safe.
· 2 min read
Guides
How to Back Up a WordPress Site: Files, Database and What People Forget
A complete WordPress backup needs your files and your database, taken together and checked. Here is what to include, what to skip, and how to verify it.
· 3 min read
Storage
What Is Using My WordPress Disk Space? A Practical Guide
Find out what fills WordPress storage: uploads and image sizes, plugins, caches, old backups, logs and the database. And what is safe to clean up.
· 2 min read
Large sites
Why WordPress Backups Fail on Large Sites (and How to Fix It)
Time limits, memory limits, missing mysqldump and oversized rows break backups on large WordPress sites. Here is why, and what a resumable backup does differently.
· 2 min read
Off-site backups
WordPress Backup to S3: Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2 and Wasabi
Why WordPress backups belong off the server, how S3-compatible storage works, and what to check before you send backups to Amazon S3, R2, B2 or Wasabi.
· 2 min read
Database
WordPress Database Backups Without mysqldump: How It Works
Many hosts block mysqldump. Here is how a WordPress database can be exported safely through PHP, including large tables, big rows and binary data.
· 2 min read
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