{"id":42152,"date":"2015-01-29T04:55:45","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T09:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=42152"},"modified":"2017-07-14T06:04:11","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T10:04:11","slug":"wordpress-how-to-restore-a-website-from-full-backup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wordpress-how-to-restore-a-website-from-full-backup.html","title":{"rendered":"WordPress. How to restore a website from full backup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<p>You may check how to make a full backup for <strong>WordPress<\/strong> website here: <a href=\"\/help\/wordpress-how-to-make-full-website-backup.html\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress. How to make full website backup.<\/a> <\/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>In this tutorial you will find out how to restore a full backup for your <strong>WordPress<\/strong> Site.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LTlTfW5WdIc?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">WordPress. How to restore a website from full backup<\/a><\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>First, you should restore the files.<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"list\">\r\n<li>\r\n<p> Log into your <strong>Host Control Panel <\/strong>. Go to <strong> File Manager <\/strong>: <\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-1-300x260.png\" alt=\"Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-1-300x260.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-1-150x130.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-1.png 764w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Select all the files, click <strong>Delete<\/strong> button:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-2-300x199.png\" alt=\"Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-2-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-2-150x99.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-2.png 995w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p> Click <strong>Upload<\/strong> button and upload the .zip file that we have backed up before. Then click <strong>Extract<\/strong> to unzip this file, so that you will have all the files back from the full backup:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-3-300x121.png\" alt=\"Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-3\" width=\"300\" height=\"121\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-3-300x121.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-3-150x60.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-3-1024x415.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-3.png 1031w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n  <\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Next, you should restore the database. <\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"list\">\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Go to <strong>phpMyAdmin<\/strong>:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-4-300x230.png\" alt=\"Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-4\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-4-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-4-150x115.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-4.png 507w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Choose the right database of the website, select all the tables and then drop them.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-5-300x166.png\" alt=\"Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-5\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-5-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-5-150x83.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-5-1024x569.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-5.png 1088w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n  <\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Click  <strong>Import<\/strong> tab, <strong>Browse<\/strong> to import the .sql file that we had backed up before. Then click <strong>Go<\/strong> to start importing: <\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-6-300x208.png\" alt=\"Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-6\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-6-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-6-150x104.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-6-1024x711.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-6.png 1039w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n  <\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Last of all, connect the website to the restored database. <\/p>\r\n<p>Type the website URL in the browser address bar. You will see the installation page appearing.<\/p>\r\n<p>Proceed with all the steps showing up on the screen.<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"list\">\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Choose the language:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-7-288x300.png\" alt=\"Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-7\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-7-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-7-144x150.png 144w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-7.png 697w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Fill in the fields with <strong>database name, username, password, hostname<\/strong> and <strong>prefix table<\/strong> which should be <strong>wp_<\/strong>:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-8-300x234.png\" alt=\"Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-8\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-8-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-8-150x117.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-8.png 856w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Proceed with other steps. Then click Login page and log into <strong>WordPress Admin Panel<\/strong>:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-9-300x151.png\" alt=\"Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-9\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-9-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-9-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-9.png 924w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>From <strong>Admin Panel<\/strong>, click <strong>Visit Site<\/strong> to see the site has been restored successfully:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-10-300x108.png\" alt=\"Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-10\" width=\"300\" height=\"108\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-10-300x108.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-10-150x54.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-10-1024x370.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wordpress_How_to_restore_a_full_backup-10.png 1144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p>Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LTlTfW5WdIc?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">WordPress. 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