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Wordpress Backup & Restore
Rating: 4.7 out of 5(299 ratings)
2,438 students

Wordpress Backup & Restore

Learn how to backup your Wordpress website & then use those backups to restore your website, even after server failure.
Created byAndrew Williams
Last updated 11/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • Backup and Restore a Wordpress Site
  • Automate the backup of the Wordpress Database and important files and then be able to use those backups to restore a broken website
  • Get backups sent to cloud storage (e.g. DropBox) and/or email.
  • Understand the important parts of a Wordpress site that need to be backed up, and those parts that do not need to be backed up.

Course content

6 sections • 18 lectures • 1h 28m total length

  • Introduction2:33

    This lecture introduces the instructor of the course and the course itself.  It will tell you what you are going to learn, and why it's important for your success as a Wordpress site owner.

  • Wordpress Sites v Traditional HTML sites5:03

    This lecture introduces you to a few differences between more traditional HTML based websites and Wordpress. Knowing these differences will help you understand how to backup Wordpress.

  • What You Need To Backup6:39

    This lecture shows you the components that make up a Wordpress website, and explains which parts you need to backup and which you don't.

  • Roadmap - How to Use this Course0:48

    This course gives you options.  For example, you can backup your site manually, or by using a plugin or script.  Even within the manual backup, you have options.  This lecture explains the options you have for backing up and restoring your site, and tells you which lectures are relevant to the possible backup pathways.  See this lecture before you move on with the course.

Requirements

  • Students will need to have (or plan to get) a Wordpress website that needs backing up.

Description

If you’re like me, you know just how powerful and easy WordPress is to use. It’s amazing how you can build a professional, high-quality website without needing to know all the technical details. Whether you’re a complete beginner or a seasoned pro, WordPress just works.

But here’s the thing: I hear this one question a lot – “How do I back up my WordPress site?”

Imagine this: You wake up one morning, excited to check on your site, but instead, you’re met with an error. Your website is down, and you’re not sure why. Panic sets in, right? How do you fix it? More importantly, how do you make sure this never happens again?

Take a deep breath – I’ve got you covered.

I’ve put together a course that will guide you step by step through everything you need to know about backing up and restoring your WordPress website. I’ll show you how to manually back up your site, and I’ll also introduce you to a handy (and free) plugin that can automate the whole process for you.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

  • What to back up: I’ll break down which parts of your WordPress install are essential to save and how to access them.

  • Manual backup made easy: I’ll guide you through backing up important files using FTP or cPanel’s File Manager (and yes, I’ll even show you how to set up FTP from scratch).

  • Restore with confidence: You’ll learn how to manually restore files using FTP or cPanel – so no more guessing.

  • Database safety: I’ll teach you how to manually back up and restore your WordPress database.

  • Automated backups: You’ll discover different ways to automate backups, so you’re always prepared.

  • Free plugin walkthrough: I’ll show you how to install and set up a simple plugin that automatically backs up your database and sends it to your email.

  • Complete site backups: Learn how to automate full site backups with a plugin that can even upload them to Dropbox or your preferred online storage – hands-free!

By the end of the course, you’ll feel confident knowing that your website is protected. You’ll know how to easily back up and restore your site, giving you peace of mind no matter what happens.

Never worry about your WordPress site again. Once you know how to safeguard your hard work, you can focus on what you love doing – building and growing your website.

I’d love to help you get there!

Ready to make your WordPress site bulletproof? Let’s do this together.

Who this course is for:

  • This course is for anyone that owns a Wordpress website, and wants to be able to safeguard the site by taking regular, automated backups.
  • Anyone that wants to know how to backup and restore a Wordpress website.

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