{"id":38337,"date":"2014-11-20T02:32:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T07:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=38337"},"modified":"2017-07-17T06:03:11","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T10:03:11","slug":"wordpress-how-to-make-full-website-backup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wordpress-how-to-make-full-website-backup.html","title":{"rendered":"WordPress. How to make full website backup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>In this tutorial you will find out how to make a full backup of your WordPress website.<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"inline-banner\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/service-center\/\">\r\n<img src=\"\/help\/files\/banners\/inline\/Banner-3-(835-x100).jpg\" \/>\r\n<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c4m_tI0yzB8?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">WordPress. How to make full website backup<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"info-box\">Most website hosts provide software to back up your site. Check which services and programs your hosting provider has. We will show you how to backup your website manually.<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Log into your Hosting control panel. Select &#8216;<strong>File manager<\/strong>&#8216; button. <\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Open the WordPress site directory: <\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-1-300x254.png\" alt=\"Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-38342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-1-300x254.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-1-150x127.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-1.png 883w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Select all the folders and files, then use &#8216;<strong>Compress<\/strong>&#8216; function to archive them into .zip file: <\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-2-300x137.png\" alt=\"Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"137\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-38343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-2-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-2-150x68.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-2-1024x470.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-2.png 1578w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Download this .zip file to your computer to save it:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-3-300x196.png\" alt=\"Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-3\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-38344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-3-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-3-150x98.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-3-1024x671.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-3.png 1055w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Go to <strong>phpMyAdmin<\/strong>:<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"info-box\">Feel free to check the detailed tutorial on <a href=\"\/help\/phpmyadmin-how-to-backup-a-database.html\" target=\"_blank\">how to backup a database<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p> <a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-4-300x251.png\" alt=\"Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-4\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-38345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-4-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-4-150x125.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-4.png 882w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n  <\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Choose the database your WordPress site uses:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-5-300x104.png\" alt=\"Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-5\" width=\"300\" height=\"104\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-38346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-5-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-5-150x52.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-5-1024x358.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-5.png 1112w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Click &#8216;<strong>Export<\/strong>&#8216; button, then save the exported file on your computer:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-6-300x155.png\" alt=\"Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-6\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-38347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-6-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-6-150x77.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-6-1024x530.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-6.png 1277w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n  <\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p>The files have been saved here on your computer:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-7-300x150.png\" alt=\"Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-7\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-38348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-7-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-7-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Wordpress_How_to_make_a_full_backup-7.png 897w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c4m_tI0yzB8?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">WordPress. How to make full website backup<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this tutorial you will find out how to make a full backup of your WordPress website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":41366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[728],"tags":[799,796,678,2405],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38337"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82053,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38337\/revisions\/82053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}